Once we maintain the concept of humanized health care, an appropriate practice will come automatically by itself.
Dr. Prawase Wasi once said that everyone is capable of getting in touch with truth, goodness and beauty the way Miss Kantharas did. Once truth dawns on you, you will be free; you will feel a sense of great joy, a boundless love for fellow beings, and freedom from oppression and untruth. This is how you achieve a humanized health or supreme health. I believe that we have hundreds of thousands of nurses who can provide humanized health care just like Miss Kantharos. However, they are unable to do so fully because they are restricted by the existing work system or because there are less opportunity for them to show their worth. Our system is more focused on technical performance, which in a sense creates a trap that keeps our heart in abeyance. Friends, how much time do we spend talking with our patients and their family members? Do we allow them to tell us something about themselves? Do we get to know their pains and joys, apart from their diseases? How gently do we physically touch our patients? How often do we comfort them when they are in low spirits? Perhaps, we tend to tell them to do this or that, this way or that way, in line with our technical knowledge and technology. Do we not attach great importance to record keeping? We must ask ourselves all these questions and more. We must all together help find the answers through action. Friends, a good health does not mean an absence of disease.
The two most important points to keep in mind are “the way we think” and “the drive from within” .
