Is This An Obligation?

An ailing patient admitted to a hospital is always seen in a state of despondency, struggling for relief, craving for solace and remedy to his complaints, humility out of patient care and always eager to be back home – a silent matchless place to inhale, only to escape unpleasant situation, anxiety, stress and a crowded environment.

After doctors, the family members or the relatives being paramount for a patient to take care of, avoid all other engagements irrespective of what they are supposed to reap out- just to prioritize their role as an attendant in a hospital.

Though some families prefer admitting their ailing ones to a private/corporate hospital, others do the reverse. While purpose remains the same – patient’s stability and wellbeing, nonetheless, the former’s preference focus on less physical strain in public sector hospitals on them (family members).

While hospital based attendants play vital roles in fast paced environment, but the family members, already struggling to provide care and compassion to the ailing ones confront an extra burden in public sector hospitals vis a vis carrying stretchers on their own, transporting specimens/samples to the nook and corner of a public sector hospital and so on.

Family members of a patient take the role of attendants undoubtedly in view of their moral obligation and an emotional attachment, however, hospital based attendants/Multi Tasking Staff being vital part of the healthcare system, inter alia, have a role toward family members of a patient in this regard.

Do the hospital attendants or the multitasking staff are obliged to be posted as a clerk in the administrative setup, as paramedic in the patient care area, as a driver to fetch the officers, to carry tiffin box of their seniors – only to escape their sole responsibility. At times the subordinates in order to oblige the instructions of their superiors are not in a position to refuse and thus this needs a purview.

Compassion, care, discipline and loyalty to domain are paramount, as are the patients and their family members.

 The author hails from Khrew