医路心语,一位美国华人心脏科医生的行医笔记
65. 医生挣多少?
美国人开会很有意思。
会议开始前,都要让某个会员来引用一段文字烘托气氛,这个过程叫Reflection (鉴语),可以是名人名言,可以是一个小故事,总体上需要反映出一个共同的价值观。
昨晚,医院领导层开会。一个内科主任做了Reflection,话语稍微长了点,但是得到了在座所有医生的认同。
下面是它的原文和我给出的翻译,大家来谈谈读后感。
"YES I AM A DOCTOR"
Somebody asked: "You're a Doctor? How much do you make?"
I replied: "HOW MUCH DO I MAKE?" ...
I can make holding your hand seem like the most important thing in the world when you're scared...
I can make your child breathe when they stop...
I can help your father survive a heart attack...
I can make myself get up at 4AM to make sure your mother has the medicine she needs to live...and I will work straight through until 4am to keep her alive and start the day all over again!
I work all day to save the lives of strangers...
I will drop everything and run a code blue for hours trying to keep you alive…
I make my family wait for dinner until I know your family member is taken care of...
I make myself skip lunch so that I can make sure that everything I did today was
correct...
I work weekends and holidays and all through the night because people don't just get sick Monday through Saturday and during normal working hours.
Today, I might save your life.
How much do I make?
All I know is, I MAKE A DIFFERENCE
“是的,我是一名医生”
有人问我:你是一名医生吗?你挣多少?(make是“做”和“挣钱”的双关语)
我回答:我做了多少(贡献)?…
当你害怕的时候,我让你感觉到我握着你的手是世界上最重要的事情…
我可以让你的孩子没有呼吸的时候重新呼吸起来…
我可以把你的父亲从急性心肌梗塞上拯救回来…
我可以让我自己在凌晨4点钟的时候起床,来确保你的母亲有她需要的药…我会一直工作到凌晨四点以确保她健康存活,并重新开始新的一天!
我夜以继日的工作以拯救陌生人的生命…
我将放下手中的一切,数小时不停的做心肺复苏以确保你的存活…
我会让我的家人在饭桌上等我,直到我知道你的家人被很好的照顾…
我可以不吃午饭以确保今天我所做的一切是正确的…
我通宵值班,周末假期工作,因为人们不只是在周一到周六和正常工作时间才生病…
今天,我可能会救了你的命。
我做了多少?
我所知道的是,我有所作为。
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