Doctors' strike
in Health ·
I know I shouldn't generalize... but my hair is practically standing on end because of doctors (you should take a look at www.healthgrades.com). I deal with chronic health issues, and honestly, the way physicians treat their patients just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I’m also one of those people who is going to lose ten (TEN) months of waiting time for an appointment next Thursday. Yesterday, I received such a condescending explanation from the hospital: "Do you have a tumor? No? Then book again later or just go to a private clinic." (And I should mention, I need this specific checkup at least once a year SO THAT I DON'T MISS A POTENTIAL TUMOR, and of course, I'll be scraping together $200 for a private visit, on top of the mountain of other regular tests I have to pay for).
If I, as someone working at a high school, were to mention that after 14 years on the job, my salary is roughly $1467, that doctor above would probably tell me I'm in the lowest-paid profession and suggest I find a corporate job instead. Well, fine—let him open his own private practice and rake in the cash, because nowadays in hospitals in this country, you can make $6,800 plus $3,200 for on-call shifts.
My studies took over seven years, and I am constantly pursuing continuing education because my subjects are so specialized. I pay for everything myself (I don't have some big pharmaceutical company sponsoring me), I spend two hours every single day prepping lessons (who's to blame if I try to work honestly with kids and actually love what I do?), and then there are extracurricular activities that run on Saturday mornings and late evenings too. I'm not saying I'm a genius, but I've certainly sweated blood to get to where my knowledge level is today.
I'm honestly just so tired of this intense mystification surrounding medical school, as if they're training superheroes or some higher species there, right?
And please, don't lecture me about "heavy responsibility" because you clearly don't carry any. People die every single day due to medical errors, and it's not like nothing happens!
Doctors are basically just extorting the public because they know they can squeeze every last cent out of people when it comes to their own health or their family's well-being.
Look, I’d love for us all to live a high standard of living and for doctors to earn $10,000 a month, but we live in America, so I guess we just have to shoulder this collective burden together.
If I, as someone working at a high school, were to mention that after 14 years on the job, my salary is roughly $1467, that doctor above would probably tell me I'm in the lowest-paid profession and suggest I find a corporate job instead. Well, fine—let him open his own private practice and rake in the cash, because nowadays in hospitals in this country, you can make $6,800 plus $3,200 for on-call shifts.
My studies took over seven years, and I am constantly pursuing continuing education because my subjects are so specialized. I pay for everything myself (I don't have some big pharmaceutical company sponsoring me), I spend two hours every single day prepping lessons (who's to blame if I try to work honestly with kids and actually love what I do?), and then there are extracurricular activities that run on Saturday mornings and late evenings too. I'm not saying I'm a genius, but I've certainly sweated blood to get to where my knowledge level is today.
I'm honestly just so tired of this intense mystification surrounding medical school, as if they're training superheroes or some higher species there, right?
And please, don't lecture me about "heavy responsibility" because you clearly don't carry any. People die every single day due to medical errors, and it's not like nothing happens!
Doctors are basically just extorting the public because they know they can squeeze every last cent out of people when it comes to their own health or their family's well-being.
Look, I’d love for us all to live a high standard of living and for doctors to earn $10,000 a month, but we live in America, so I guess we just have to shoulder this collective burden together.