12/12/2025
CELEBRATING CREATIVITY WITHIN THE MBHS FAMILY
For those who may not yet know him, Salvatore is one of our own — an MBHS author, poet, and creative voice whose work continues to inspire both within and beyond our organisation.
We are proud to share that Salvatore was awarded Best Poetry Creative at the Ngoma Awards, held last night — a well-deserved recognition of his powerful storytelling, authenticity, and impact through words.
To be an artist — and to work in healthcare or pharmacy — takes more common ground than most people realise.
At the core, both are acts of service.
An artist listens deeply: to pain, to joy, to silence, to stories people struggle to tell. A healthcare professional does the same — reading symptoms, hearing fear between words, recognising what is not said but deeply felt.
Discipline is another shared foundation.
Art is not just inspiration; it is consistency, practice, patience, and showing up even when the work is hard. Pharmacy and healthcare demand the same rigor — precision, routine, lifelong learning, and accountability where lives depend on it.
Both require empathy.
An artist seeks to heal the unseen wounds — emotional, psychological, spiritual. A pharmacist and healthcare worker heal the physical body, often while holding space for emotional distress. In both worlds, compassion turns skill into impact.
There is also responsibility.
Words can heal or harm — just like medication. Dosage matters in pharmacy; intention and timing matter in art. Both demand ethics, restraint, and respect for the human being on the receiving end.
Most importantly, both professions are rooted in hope.
Art reminds people they are seen. Healthcare reassures them they are cared for. Pharmacy stands at the intersection — translating science into relief, trust, and recovery.
To be an artist in healthcare is to understand humanity in full — body, mind, and spirit — and to serve it with skill, humility, and heart.
That is the common ground
