These remarkable people have been through hell in recent years to help others. Let’s not take them for granted
‘A healthcare system is not just the sum of its buildings and waiting lists. It is a living, breathing thing, reliant on its own lifeblood.’‘A healthcare system is not just the sum of its buildings and waiting lists. It is a living, breathing thing, reliant on its own lifeblood.’Last modified on Sun 24 Jul 2022 18.32 BSTy beautiful mum passed away at 12.30am on Monday in a palliative care unit in Melbourne.
My mum, an aged pensioner, lived her entire life for other people. Born in the early days of the second world war, she was raised by parents for whom the Great Depression was a recent and painful wound. As a bookish young woman and the youngest of three girls, she was denied the education that would have allowed her to fulfil her dream of becoming a doctor. Education was wasted on women who were marriage-bound.
Afterwards, while waiting tearfully in the corridor for mum’s body to be laid out, I spotted a small sign on the whiteboard:The sign reminded me that a healthcare system is not just the sum of its buildings, technology, infrastructure and waiting lists. It is a living, breathing thing, reliant on its own lifeblood: the care and compassion of the people who ebb and flow with quiet efficiency through the wards, corridors, kitchens and emergency departments, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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