Unrest

e·mer·gen·cy [i-mur-juhn-see]

–noun

1.a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action.

2.a state, esp. of need for help or relief, created by some unexpected event: a weather emergency; a financial emergency.

–adjective
3.granted, used, or for use in an emergency: an emergency leave; emergency lights.

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I haven't posted anything here for the past 3 days because I became busy of my clinical duty. Yes, I'm a nurse and the word above just fits my job for and and hopefully for the future. Anyways, we were assigned at Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center for our first clinical duty just after having our Capping and Pinning Ceremonies. My duty is at the emergency room that starts from 11:00 PM and will end at 6:00 am. God, what can you expect from that time in a hospital controlled by the local government which offers almost free hospitalization and health care services for their constituents. Well, if not free, at least minimal expenses will be paid but that is really haven for the poor who needs the best care in town.

Most of the patients are the indigent constituents of the City of Manila. People who can't afford admitting themselves into a private hospital at times wherein most emergency cases could happen. You will see there people who'd came in bloody because of what we call "the Filipino late night attitude".

When I say "The Filipino late night attitude", it's the kind of miracles, I mean annoying and disgusting things the culture taught them to do when drunk or when their manhood is being depreciated by their fellows drinking buddies. Exemption to this rule are the people who try to meddle in a melee but ends up as the bloody victim after the fight.

But the most annoying of all the experiences are the real victims or those we call "napagtripan". It's really not funny thinking of these facts. I kept thinking how the hell could they do all this things despite having the same status in life (poor;indigent)? This is a question that is really for the ages.

Is this the effect of culture to all of us? Is this the kind of mentality we want the next generations to inherit? Come on, think of it again.