Wednesday, January 29, 2020

醫護與警察 Medical Profession vs Police Force

Train一個警察,只需幾個月。投考警察只須5科合格,兼體能合格,學歷要求不高,所以毅進畢業就可以。

Train一位護士,起碼需要4年時間。既要實習,又要熟讀很多理論。

Train一位化驗師、放射治療師或物理治療師之類的醫護專業人員,需要4年以上。同樣需要很長的實習期,理論亦不容易。要考進這類醫護專業課程,豈止5科合格?DSE起碼幾個「5」,A-Level起碼幾個「C」。毅進仔以往在會考已經被踢走,哪能升讀A-Level?

Train一位醫生,普通科需要5-6年,專科起碼10年。讀醫的,統統是尖子,精英中的精英。


結果一句「止暴制亂」,警察坐享無限行政資源,OT無限補水,個個full gear上陣,每隔一陣子就得到新玩具。醫護即使緊守崗位,任勞任怨,OT沒補足,公立醫院沒有一天不超負荷,但仍要削減資源。一個口罩、一件PPE,都要珍而重之,因為不只醫護同工要穿,病人也要穿。醫護就算沒有N95,沒有ASTM-Level 2口罩,也要頂硬上。

半年社運,無一警員殉職,重傷也沒有一個;但一場蓄勢待發的瘟疫,可能一夜奪去數十或數百前線醫護性命。

散仔會會長可以恣意漫罵比自己高很多級的上司而無須承擔後果;醫護隨時不合理地因工送命,發起罷工旋即被人道德強姦,說要「緊守崗位」。

即使警隊集體辭職,只要大規模招募,不出幾個月就能找到人賣命。若然一名資深醫護殉職,需時多久才能培訓出同樣人才替代?即使普通醫護,也要幾年時間才能train回一個。

試問生活在如此畸型社會,誰會不反抗?


To train up a cop, you need a few months.  Anyone passing 5 subjects at school and a physical test can be recruited.  Not much on academic requirements, a mere Yi Jin Diploma would do.

To train up a nurse, you need at least 4 years of studies coupled with placement.

To train up a chemist, a radiotherapist, a physiotherapist or any medical professionals, you also need at least 4 years, involving extended placement periods and the ability to become well versed in complicated medical knowlege.  You need a lot more than 5 passes to get into one of these training programmes: at least a few "5"s in DSE or some "C"s in HKALE.  In contrast, those doing the Yi Jin Diploma programme are the ones who couldn't even get 5 passes in HKCEE.  The A-Level means the Absolutely-unfathomable-Level to them.

To train up a medical doctor, you need 5-6 years for a General Practitioner, 10 for a Specialist.  Those studying medicine are all top scorers, the cream of the crop.


Now, with one slogan from the government ("Stop Violence and Curb Disorder"), the Police Force enjoys endless administrative resources, unlimited overtime pay, full gear for every officer on the street and new toys every other month.  Conversely, the medical professionals save lives under high tension every day, bear unpaid overtime work every month and fight against the ticking clock in public hospitals (which are always over full capacity) every minute, only to see their resources cut by the government.  Every mask and every piece of PPE comes as a precious gem.  Not only the medical staff needs it, the patients also need it.   But even without N95 masks, even without ASTM-Level 2 masks, the medical professionals still have to march into the dangerous zones that could cost them lives.

Six months of social unrest cost  no lives in the Police Force - not even one case of serious injury.  But the looming plague could cost tens or hundreds of frontline medical staffers.

Just when the head of Junior Police Officers Association can insult in public his superiors in the disciplinary force and face no consequences, our medical professionals get emotionally blackmailed and get blamed for "not doing their job" when they want to start a work strike in protest against an unfair government policy that could cost their lives for political reasons.

Even if all the police officers resign together, the Police Force can easily find enough men for replacement in just a few months through extensive recruitment and training.  How long will it take to train up the same replacement if a veteran medical professional dies at work?  It takes years even to train up the least experienced medical practitioners.

How can you not fight back when the society has become this ridiculous?




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