AnneC.

"Hindi ba pwedeng tumanggi?" A question that my very worried mother eventually asked me today when I told them that I am about to go back to the hospital for the every other day ICU duties. I explained that I would be handling nonCOVID cases at the ICU, that we are well protected and we have consultants and a department who are with us supporting us every step of the way. But I'm pretty sure whatever I said didn't ease her worries. Especially with the increasing number of deaths in our country attributed to this virus, including doctors - every parent has all the right to be worried about their children. I'm sure other parents share the same sentiments as my mom. That probably if they could only have it their way, they would want to keep us in our homes, like how they protected us and cared for us when we were small and when we were still learning the ways of the world. I've been a doctor for about 5 years now and there was never a day that my parent...

The world is in chaos. In a matter of a week, our duty schedules and responsibilities were changed, doctors started to use telemedicine and implemented group practices while others were sent to home quarantine, and some, sadly, were affected by the virus. Other people were asked to stay at home, working from home was started by some; businesses were asked to close, public transportation was suspended. The world is in a state of disorder that everything that has happened made everyone feel out of control - and being out of control makes everyone afraid, helpless and vulnerable, which as we have all witnessed lead to sad life choices. There is too much emotions from everyone filling the world with too much unnecessary noise because everyone has something to say, and everyone wants to be heard. And I think that is where additional problems begin - people wanting to be heard but not everyone willing to understand. And as I try to put some order in my brain and heart overwhelmed wit...