After the extension of MCO was announced, my Umie came to me and said she felt sorry that I have to work so hard while everybody else are staying at home. I was actually startled that I didn't know how to appropriately react. I told her, "I'm okay. Although I've been doing extra hours but actually I'm still okay."
It was only later that I figured that she might have expressed her worries after seeing the social media flooded with pictures of healthcare workers (HCW) working so hard to contain Covid19. A nurse, I heard, even broke down during an interview. Honestly, I've been avoiding social media as much as I can nowadays. To me, social media is like a dark place that misleadingly makes you think that most of the world population are senseless and earth is a horrible place to live in hahaha but I do scroll once in a while for my favourite TV show snippets, motivational videos, reliable news and also comedians that I'm following.
Like I said before, the effects of Covid19 to HCW are diverse but what I can say about the team that I'm working with, they are highly motivated and focused in solving the problem. What surprised me was that the people who are not directly dealing with Covid19 cases can be even more depressed for many reasons. Some are depressed because HCW has to go to work as usual while people in other fields can work in the comfort of their homes, some are consumed with intense jealousy because they are not entitled for extra allowances and there are also HCW who I feel, imprudently, condemned the people who they've pledged to care and protect. "A man will show his true colours in adversity", says an African proverb.
My friends and I were engaged on a lengthy discussion when we were unanimously frustrated that many of our counterparts, amidst this trying times, have gone extra mile to seek for recognition and even plead for extra payment while managing the pandemic. Pictures at workstations were amassed and posted with captions and hashtags that screamed to be noticed. I watched in disbelief and hit the 'unfollow' button on the page of a society that is supposed to uphold the professions' reputation. We've come into conclusion that not everybody enters the profession with the intention to serve. According to SJ, she once encountered a lady who admitted that she enrolled into the course just because it guarantees her a well paid job.
Life is all about perspective. What is happening now is unprecedented, everybody is forced to make sacrifices and perhaps act against what they are naturally inclined to. I'm one of the lucky ones who have found my passion in this career and an outbreak like Covid19 to me is when I should step forward and play my role to the fullest regardless whether I'm paid extra or not. Because practicing in ID simply means that I automatically shoulder the responsibility. It was tiring at first but after we've picked up with the whole process, things were smoother in our end. Keeping the team in high spirit is another challenge, but it is not something that I couldn't handle, Alhamdulillah. And most importantly, I've learned so many new things for the past few weeks and that ranges from human nature, managerial functions and medical updates as well as knowing myself better in this tough times.
One of the most important thing I learned is to hold firm to my own core values, not let it be shaken by noises of negativity and continue doing the things I feel right to win this battle against the unseen....
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