IThere will always be within a society, where many personalities coexist freely, individuals whose distance between their navel and their eyes is reduced. For others, however, this remains neither more nor less unacceptable. We are therefore asking for more control, authority and sanctions. We even go so far as to recommend compulsory military service in order to instill a minimum of discipline and education in this poorly brought up plebs.
I’m not sure what to think of this “disciplinary” approach, yet in use in several countries. The military, in my humble opinion, is like jogging: it’s not for everyone. Anyway, my derisory reflection on this subject gave rise to a whole other idea that I would like to share with you.
In this period of war against a damn virus, it might indeed be useful to reinstate compulsory service … in the hospital! Provide support for a few months to the breathless staff of a university hospital. Wear a mask for eight hours at a stretch and wash your hands 200 times a day. Work various hours (day, evening, night, weekend, holiday). To rub shoulders with the health risk, disease, suffering and death up close, as well as an exasperated, even violent clientele. Cleanse body fluids of all kinds and disinfect here and there as you go. Skip a break (expected or necessary …), have dinner at 2 p.m. and eat lukewarm quickly. And finally go crazy when additional stretchers arrive in the middle of an already obstructed corridor, with the inherent obligation to stay put a few more hours, once again sabotaging your long-planned romantic tête-à-tête.
Yes, I believe that this experience would be most formative. It would be a concrete demonstration of the reality of health workers. Many people would stop perceiving a hospital as a sort of opaque box, where all you have to do with a patient is place them in on one side and wait for them to come out of the other, healed. or not, the saving magic operating between entry and exit like a miracle devoid of human intervention.
Also discover that these patients are your peers and maybe even your loved ones. People like you, of various ages and backgrounds, chronically ill or accomplished athletes, and not just a statistic from the CIUSSS or, worse, an illusion created by the media.
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