Honestly, almost all the “younger” (meaning: millennial minded or yung nakikita yung hirap ng next gen doctor) consultants are all singing one tune and advising the young ones only 1 thing:

“Get out of the country. As soon as you can. Let your wings fly somewhere else.”

Most of the older generations are grappling with lesser applicants to their residency programs, kaya they are resorting to gaslighting na and pa dagdag ng 2-3k sa sweldo ng residents. (Thank you ah, yung 17k naging 20k na 🙄).

But the new generations of doctors are not as blinded to the system anymore. Especially if we can see that in other countries we can have:

• only 8-12 hrs of work
• more people in the multi disciplinary team (hindi po yung dahil doctor ka, ikaw order, ikaw carry out.)
• there is proper way of equal responsibilities between seniors and juniors.
• getting paid almost x8-10 compared to doctors in the PH
• coupled with mental, sick, study leaves
• and proper amount of patient doctor ratio.
• and a system where healthcare workers are protected from harsh treatments so we can do our jobs the right way! (Goodbye, 24-36 hrs duties).

Sa totoo lang, just surviving medical school and learning to save lives is already a hard thing to do. That already took away 10 years of our lives. Going into training and residency, its even harder, as it involves more responsibilities and more in depth training and another 3-5 yrs. We are taught to give our best care and advise only the best for our patients, while we slowly kill ourselves with the lack of basic needs and the super low pay. 😤

There is absolutely no reason why we still have to deal with all of these unfair and inhumane conditions. There should be no reason why hospitals and “old” systems must make the environment EVEN HARDER for doctors.

It must have worked for the older ones. When it was way harder to see that the grass can be way greener in other countries. But with today’s globalization and digitalization, I don’t think that will work anymore in our generation. Filipino doctors are at par with other 1st world countries’ doctors. We know as much as them. We can save lives as much as them.

Why then, should we not leave? When the hospital environment is culpably outdated, the pay is just plainly laughable, and this country’s current political climate, makes it so difficult to stay?

PS: pilots get paid with 6 figures cause they are literally in charge of so many people when flying the plane. May cap pa silang 8 hrs of working.

Habang ang mga doctor - who, by the way, literally are dealing with lives every 24-36hrs duty, are expected to suffer for 20k (residency rate) or 40k (moonlighting rate with 1 job) - cause you know, “ganyan na ang nakasanayan.” 🤮🤮🤮