Recently, I saw a photocopy of a news article that appeared in our local paper.
It is not very common to see something like this in the hospital where I work so I read the whole thing and I went away with my heart singing with pride. What really pleased me was this:
I just love those words: “born into a culture which creates the love, care and expertise that they possess…” Yes, in the Philippines, we look after our own kin. We do not just send our grandparents and parents to a home where they wait for their time to go. We include them in our own families and look after them. We know that without their care and devotion to us when we were younger, we would not be where we are now.
It is this kind of set-up that Filipino nurses were born to and look, the whole world is benefiting from it! Anywhere that there are Filipino nurses, there is this kind and caring service for the sick.
Just last Sunday, we met some elderly churchgoers who told us that a lot of older patients here prefer to be nursed by Filipinos because they are patient and caring. The smile on their faces while they were saying that showed that they really meant the compliment. It was heart-warming.
To all Filipino health care workers here in the UK and around the world, kudos!
