This doctor claims things are thick everywhere...
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything
without losing your temper or your self-confidence. Robert Frost
• After much debate and stubbornness on my end they gave up..i deliberately chose to work and serve the people here..my oath knows no tribe..
• Needless to say on several occasions people never put my name and my face to be the same person..(smh..stereotypes are real)
• People always respond in shock with "haiya!! YOU'RE one of THOSE people? You look and behave nothing like them" (urgh.. Like honestly WTF?)
• But it's been needless to say an honestly exciting and wonderful few years working here I don't regret my decision at all..
• So today as with all Mondays I was excited to get to the hospital ready to help all the patients I would meet..fulfil my oath etc..
• So I get a patient with a long standing issue, I review them, do a thorough assessment, tests, meds etc (the whole shebang)..
• NB: I rarely wear my name tag because it creates a barrier between me and most patients so I tend to opt out of it..
• They proceed to request my contacts and personal details so that I can be dealing with them personally on a regular basis..
• I humbly decline and request they reach me through the main hospital contacts.. (as my name might become an issue)
• After much back and forth I give in and give them my contact details..
• Needless to say I doubt I'll be seeing them again..
• It's sad really.. The level of hate and dehumanisation that has gone on towards various communities in this country..