It’s easy to feel hopeless at the glacial pace of change, but we – as medical professionals – each have a role to play in healing the system
‘The difficult years ahead will be easily stripped of joy if we don’t immunise ourselves against the stories of doom’ … Ranjana Srivastava.‘The difficult years ahead will be easily stripped of joy if we don’t immunise ourselves against the stories of doom’ … Ranjana Srivastava.Last modified on Wed 18 Jan 2023 00.08 GMToctor, aren’t you glad it’s a new year?” asks my patient, who has weathered the many ripple effects of the pandemic.
Typically, a new year lifts the hopes of doctors. We dash to the end of the previous year, cramming consultations and procedures, willing ourselves to believe that next year will be different: tired ideas and tired people will make way for change because surely, we can’t keep going on like this. In the hospital, where a new year welcomes nervous students and enthusiastic trainees, the mixing of new and old brings a reassuring renewal.
Meanwhile, our patients are increasingly dubious that the “universal” in universal healthcare still holds.
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