HAPPY!

One of the happy thoughts for me today is the fact that we were able to bring Dr Narciso "doc Buboy" Tapia to the beach this morning to greet the sunrise. He says he couldn't even remember the last time he physically went to the beach even pre-pandemic times.

Just like the song of Anna (of Frozen), love is an open door! That feel-good moment giving us pleasant vibes. We need these "happy thoughts" to get us through those especially difficult days when nothing seems to be going right.

Amidst all the difficulties and challenges we encounter, we need to be able to look forward to the future with hope. We need to plan. We need a purpose in life - something that drives us to wake up each morning and stay up at night. Join us tonight at 9PM MLA time on #HealthXPH to discuss what makes us happy!

Share a first that you've experienced since pre-pandemic times.

What are the "happy thoughts" that help you fly thru those difficult days?

What do you look forward to in the next 5 years?

FIRSTS

 

Today I had my first surgery in a long while since the COVID-19 pandemic. I've focused on administrative work for the longest time, managing the COVID-19 Health Facility and making innovative changes in the hospital to try and cope with all the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic response and to improve the health system to ensure we provide quality service for anybody who needs it. After all, the goal of universal health care is that "nobody is left behind". Even the battlecry of our DOH7 Center for Health Development Healthcare Provider Network is that "the right patient at the right facility at the right time all the time..." I've quite forgotten about my private practice and my clinical work.

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us to set our priorities, pointing to us what is essential to our lives. We learn to go back to basics and to do away with frivolities, the wants and the extras in life. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare all the weakness in our health system.  It also provided us with an opportunity to make improvements and reforms.

There will come a point in time when things don't seem to work even if you've tried as hard as you could. Trying out a new process flow, but the outputs just don't meet expectations. We need to learn to accept that this innovative intervention simply isn't working for us. We need to put our foot down, cut our losses and say "enough is enough". 

How do you know when to say "enough is enough"?  

What do you look forward to in the next 5 years?