Hospitals are really horrid. At TTSH - goodness, there was a SOP for cleaners with a warning saying that if they didn't comply with the washing hands SOPs - they'd be sent to the infection wards (!!!)
The notices outside each ward had 'red dots' against certain beds. Don't know if they were there to indicate troublesome patients or to indicate that someone had died.
He was assigned to a bed where someone died just 5 minutes ago. And some busybody told us!
There was a bed which looked like a 'residence' - teddy bears lining the headboard, cards, etc. And one day the bed was cleared.
The patient opposite him died, and they said it was from TB (!?!?!?) and he wasn't isolated!
Another young guy had been there for ages. He looked vegetated, and we heard he'd had a fall in army - and the ministry refused responsibility. No one dared to testify. The parents are stuck with mounting bills.
Life is so short. And unpredictable.
I just want to treasure all that I have, and live in the present. Sometimes you spend your life saving up for the future, refusing to enjoy the present, because you are busy slogging for your retirement. Your retirement may never come, your future may never materialise. And even if it does - you may not get to enjoy it. You may not get to go for the holidays, the trips, eat the foods you always wanted to.. isn't it a very sombre thought?
I was always waiting for that promotion that never came. And now I think - it doesn't matter in eternity.
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