醫路心語,一位美國華人心髒科醫生的行醫筆記
65. 醫生掙多少?
美國人開會很有意思。
會議開始前,都要讓某個會員來引用一段文字烘托氣氛,這個過程叫Reflection (鑒語),可以是名人名言,可以是一個小故事,總體上需要反映出一個共同的價值觀。
昨晚,醫院領導層開會。一個內科主任做了Reflection,話語稍微長了點,但是得到了在座所有醫生的認同。
下麵是它的原文和我給出的翻譯,大家來談談讀後感。
"YES I AM A DOCTOR"
Somebody asked: "You're a Doctor? How much do you make?"
I replied: "HOW MUCH DO I MAKE?" ...
I can make holding your hand seem like the most important thing in the world when you're scared...
I can make your child breathe when they stop...
I can help your father survive a heart attack...
I can make myself get up at 4AM to make sure your mother has the medicine she needs to live...and I will work straight through until 4am to keep her alive and start the day all over again!
I work all day to save the lives of strangers...
I will drop everything and run a code blue for hours trying to keep you alive…
I make my family wait for dinner until I know your family member is taken care of...
I make myself skip lunch so that I can make sure that everything I did today was
correct...
I work weekends and holidays and all through the night because people don't just get sick Monday through Saturday and during normal working hours.
Today, I might save your life.
How much do I make?
All I know is, I MAKE A DIFFERENCE
“是的,我是一名醫生”
有人問我:你是一名醫生嗎?你掙多少?(make是“做”和“掙錢”的雙關語)
我回答:我做了多少(貢獻)?…
當你害怕的時候,我讓你感覺到我握著你的手是世界上最重要的事情…
我可以讓你的孩子沒有呼吸的時候重新呼吸起來…
我可以把你的父親從急性心肌梗塞上拯救回來…
我可以讓我自己在淩晨4點鍾的時候起床,來確保你的母親有她需要的藥…我會一直工作到淩晨四點以確保她健康存活,並重新開始新的一天!
我夜以繼日的工作以拯救陌生人的生命…
我將放下手中的一切,數小時不停的做心肺複蘇以確保你的存活…
我會讓我的家人在飯桌上等我,直到我知道你的家人被很好的照顧…
我可以不吃午飯以確保今天我所做的一切是正確的…
我通宵值班,周末假期工作,因為人們不隻是在周一到周六和正常工作時間才生病…
今天,我可能會救了你的命。
我做了多少?
我所知道的是,我有所作為。
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