Duty called Humanity

(Baonghean) - People often say that health is the most valuable asset of a person, so when someone is sick, every day is a battle for them. There are malignant diseases at the most difficult times that make people have to fight it every minute, every hour. They can fall into a critical condition, losing their own lives just because of a careless injection, a careless stitch. They can be tired, depressed, desperate, give up, they can live their last moments in sadness, worry, without the support of people in white coats...

Their fight is also the fight of those in white. It will be meaningful, full of trust and hope because it resonates with the power of need and response, completely voluntary and responsible, from sharing, relying, relying, and helping. More than any other job, the job of those in white needs to rely on love for humanity to set goals, regulations, and duties. In other words, the duty of doctors is a duty called Human Love.

Military doctors examine people in the highlands. Photo: Hai Thuong

I have witnessed the quiet work of a doctor, after the hours he gets to go home to rest, sit down for a cup of tea, shake hands with a friend he met by chance on the stairs, go to the bookstore to buy his daughter a comic book for her birthday... After all those fleeting moments, he returns to work, bustling as if being late by even a minute would lead to serious consequences, attentive as if the person lying on the hospital bed that he personally directed the surgery was a family member. And his voice, the voice that makes people feel like they are being energized, comforted with hope, has made that cramped, white room so much warmer. I saw trust and affection shine in the tired eyes of the patients.

There are such professions, and there are such people, how precious it is when they not only help people with their professional responsibility but also with their wholehearted love. “Treating and saving people” or “A good doctor must be like a mother” are not empty slogans, they are their thoughts, the sacred things that dedicated doctors always consider as a compass on their arduous path. A path where every day is a battle...

Nghe An weekend