In response to this story about the late Dr Zhao Bianxiang:
Maintaining systems where the well-being of the many is built off the exploitation of the few is not new.
Maintaining systems where the well-being of the many is built off the exploitation of the few is not new.
We’ve been doing this throughout history in every culture around the world…just as we are still doing in the NHS. The question is: what are we going to do about this?
Two options.
Door #1: Do nothing. Whinge about it every now and again, express outrage at the deaths and suicides of the Medics who are crushed by the system, but ultimately carry on with the status quo.
Door #2: Dare to take simple actions that actually change the status quo. Things like: refusing to prescribe less sleep for yourself than you do for your patients…creating enough financial leverage to allow you to say “No” to stupid requests that damage your spiritual, mental and emotional well-being…making time to explore alternative career paths before you’re forced to by changes in medical technology…taking 30 minutes this weekend to setup an automated savings account using an app like Plum…
Simple steps that are far less emotionally demanding than putting up with the endless nonsense of the current healthcare system setups.
Because when Medics start to prioritise their own health – putting on their own oxygen masks first – and put themselves in a position where they do not need the NHS to survive…that’s when the healthcare system will change.
Thoughts?