不說歧視

自強國崛起以來,單非也好雙非也好,強國人都爭相來到香港這片褔地插一支紅旗。由於強國人數眾多,加上兩地文化懸殊,他們霎時的出現令許多本港許多行業一時間都招架不住被這場「紅」水拖跨了。面臨需求無止境上升,公司機構既沒有額外資源接應,政府更加沒有樹立良善的政策支持,於是許多前線員工陸陸續續地在自己的工作崗位崩潰了,作為本地前線醫護人員的一份子,我不想用歧視的眼光去看待強國人,更不認同「一竹篙打一船人」,我只想說說我過去一年在醫院裡看到的一些事。

早在強國開放以前,勤奮的香港人早已出現「一人兼多職」的情況 ﹣醫生也好,護士也好,往往都是一個人打兩個人甚至三個人份工,就是由於大家都知道人手不足,病人又不能拒之於門外,所以大家都肯拼了命地幹活,三十六小時不眠不休不能錯,為的就是緊守自己的崗位,共同進退。同儕之中,大家都曾經經歷過「昨日是你,今天是你,明天都是你」的生活,雖然辛苦,但總覺得是值得。 至於懷身孕的同事更是操勞,頂著鑼鼓般大的肚子仍在水深火熱中,人家都在睡覺的時間裡當值,為的不是博得天下人的掌聲,為的就只要一份救急扶危的使命。

強國人來港,好幾年了。可能礙於強國實在發展得太行害了,身上有幾個錢的人多得是,而且更學會用錢買品味,用錢去買便利,認為有錢就能使得鬼推磨。這種心態,對於許多務實的香港人來說,他們都不Buy這套,因為他們相信錢雖然是多勞多得,但人與人之間還得有份尊重,那份尊重畢竟不能全用錢買回來的。

先說強國父母來港產子一事,其實就香港整體經濟而言本來可能是個好機遇,尤其是本港私人醫療市場更是一大喜訊,又假如公院能明確制定中港兩地不同收費價錢、改善「走數」情況的話,一班產婦將會為本地醫療帶來一筆可觀的資金。可惜,政府沒有做該做的事,私家市場不斷招攬內地媽媽,BB一出世即以港人身份權利轉送公營醫院的兒科深切治療部/初生嬰兒部「過冷河」,私家醫生/院/中介錢就收了,可憐一班兒科同事做到雞毛鴨血。這是政府沒有先見,從來都沒有監管這些牟取暴利的中介媒體的後果。當然私家醫生都有責任,但人家走得出來搵錢,多接兩宗生意實在是「預左」,難道要限制私症病人數目麼?橫豎都說不過去。

內地媽媽在港誕下的小朋友的居權問題,亦是政府另一樣該做卻沒有做的東西。內地父母見你香港福利好,教育好,醫療好,就算付一萬幾千疏通來港產子,也是絕對有賺冇蝕的。所以我體諒他們當父母想給子女最好的心情,但香港擺明資源有限,土地又好,醫生又好,總不能接待全中國十億人口,作為政府,理應早早看到這一點,然後施政舒緩供求的緊張,可是又一次毫無建樹,任由香港淪陷。

公院產房一直是前線之中的最前線。一眾內地媽媽為了「慳得一晚就一晚」的心態,每晚只願坐在病房門前的長椅上日復一日地等而堅拒入院。她們的預產紙,十居其九都是假的,肚比鑼鼓還要大還說只有十周大,雖然肯定騙不到我們,但只要她們假証件拿在手裡,不懂辨認的海關難道又不放人嗎?這班內地媽媽為了來港產子,可能已經付了中介一大筆錢,為了再省錢,很多孕婦連產前檢查都索性不做,直至作動BB要蘇的一刻,才衝入病房大叫救命。由於救仔緊急,一眾醫生姑娘根本不知道胎中塊肉到底是頭位還是屁股位,大B小B,抑或連有冇怪病/傳染病例如愛滋肝炎都一概不知,就要披甲上陣接仔去也。眾所周知產子期間血淋淋,萬一醫護人員被媽媽/BB的血濺倒因而惹了病,那可真非常可憐!說到底,這是內地政府在產前教育方面普遍比香港落後的問題。人們由於缺乏醫學常識,什麼事都認定「醫生實搞得掂」於是就理所當然。然而當她們很順手地把這些問題都一併帶進我們社會的時候,這一切一切又自自然然變成了我們要擔心的問題和責任了。

再講,最近一宗雙非爸爸掌摑女醫生的事件,起因都只是因為內地爸爸誤以為自己太太生產時間比人家長,是因為香港人歧視他們,所以才繼而爭執起來。但事實卻是香港的醫生其實並沒有歧視你,只是你自己一直帶著有色眼鏡來看待我們香港醫護而已,生產時間每位媽媽都不一樣,不管你再多付幾多個錢,BB都不會因此而早點出來對著你副德性的。內地人就是太著重金錢了,暴發戶成行成市,於是就連金錢的意義都給放大扭曲了。

有同事認為,可能醫生護士在大陸一向都不被人尊重,於是大陸人就利用同樣的態度來看待我們的同袍。曾聽聞過內地媽媽抱著六七歲仔女在病房內洗手盥就地大解,又有內地父母因為找不到酒店床位硬要小孩詐病騙床位,然後一家大細連行李就在醫院裡過夜,各式其色,可真是一樣米養百樣人。只於在診所裡吐口水,剪指甲,食橙,更加是見怪不怪。這些通通都是文化差異的代價。我相信每個國家地區,必然會經過這階段才會慢慢有進步,但無奈的是香港政府實在因為怕得罪中共,連一句說話都沒有幫過正被大陸同胞分分秒秒地剝削的香港人。於是香港人憤怒了,上街遊行,抗議,但我們真的能指望這番心底話會有人聆聽接納嗎?曾特首好一句「我會做好呢份工」,可見他不愁在自己食長糧之前最後一年才來破壞與中共的關係。近幾年,隨著CEPA,香港政府經已全心全意把這片土地變成大陸的後花園,錢是阿爺俾,就當然要聽阿爺的話。然而這班坐著幹事的官不是知道我們的水深火熱,香港的將來,究竟會變成怎樣呢?

香港人,醒來吧。人家都踩上心口了,生果日報還在搞分化 ﹣亂報所謂醫療失誤,既過份煽情又偏離實情,一次又一次挑撥港人和醫護人員之間的關係,鍥而不捨地打擊港人對香港醫療的信心。誠然,我不禁想像香港醫療的未來,我們面對的正是「外憂內患」,假定政府繼績視若無睹的話,來自大陸的病人只會越來越多,供不應求的情況只會愈趨嚴重,到最後,HA只會淪為一艘沉船,而付上代價的還不是我們一眾土生土長,年年準時交稅的市民嗎?

23 thoughts on “不說歧視

    • Dear Dr. Lo,

      I think as CE of HA, he should have well seen all these problems, without having any of us telling him what exactly are happening to our boat and what need to be done. The question to ask is, whether he is capable or not to take the lead and come up with a better plan / policy to address such issues. But I do have doubts seeing a big change coming if our government remains so powerless in dealing with China, afterall most of these conflicts are based on the cultural differences between people living on two sides of the border. Chinese people have to learn with time, they’ll get better, what our role is to survive with our limited resources till then. Only then, the burden of free-ride shall be lifted.

      K

  1. 看畢心情太沉重了。因為我們都太自私、太多藉口,不願意去了解和感受他者的難處。

    而了解過後,我們也盡一分力告訴那些仍然未願意張開眼的他者:請用心看一看我們的社會。

    香港人必須要覺醒,學懂沉重。

  2. K,
    本人為一名中五學生,現正就通識科的專題報告作資料搜集,題目為[政府應否禁止內地孕婦來港產子],需要訪問一些本地醫護人員,想了解本地醫護人員對內地孕婦來港產子的看法,訪問內容絕對保密,而訪問亦可透過email進行,希望你能幫助我接受訪問,不論你接受與否,也希望你能聯絡我,以便知道你的決定,謝謝! 🙂
    email: e222j@yahoo.com.hk

    Jackie

    • Dear Jackie,

      Thank you for your interest Ann’s support. I’m most happy to help contribute to your project. I shall send you an email shortly.

      Once again, thanks for coming by and liking this blog.

      K

  3. 我可以轉載嗎? 我覺得這篇文章應該給一些不是醫護人員的人看…我雖不是醫護人員, 但一直都在聽我的朋友訴說醫護人員的痛苦, 你們背負的是生命, 不單是一份工作而已, 我自問我的工作壓力遠不及你們, 因為我的工作就算ot 36小時也好, 錯了也好, 也不會涉及人命…你們卻每天都背負著人命在奮鬥著…

    抱歉我不能為你們做甚麼, 只能轉載你的文章, 讓更多人知道你們的努力/痛苦…

    加油~~

    • Dear Kenny,

      On behalf of all medics and paramedics, I thank you for your faith in us and your understanding. One thing for sure, medical professionals in hong kong work really hard to maintain our supreme medical standard. Owing to an incredibly high patient:doctor/nurse ratio, we are forced to shorten our time for each patient just to be fair and see everyone sitting in the clinics. I’m hoping by your sharing, more people who are not working in our field will understand more about our profession, so thanks a lot for supporting this blog.

      Regards,

      K

    • Dear Gillian,

      Thank you for your interest in my blog and your invitation to a chat. I shall contact you shortly via email.

      Wishing you a happy new year too!

      K

    • Dear Charles,

      Thank you for liking this article and your kind words. I hope this blog serves as a platform to exchange ideas and have discussions on issues regarding our medical community in hong kong.

      Your support is greatly appreciated.

      Regards,

      K

  4. 香港政府同政黨實在太不負責任, 漠視現實. 特區政府切實讓我看到了什麼是’自由放任’政策 . 面對雙非的問題, 我之前一直很不滿只見周一嶽發言, 明顯他的岡位能做的是治標的事情啊. 早前林瑞麟推搪說雙非嬰家庭背景好, 但問題是這根本不是一個機制去選香港需要的人力資源. 再是這樣, 我很擔心2015年高鐵通車以後情況只會更糟. 香港真可憐, 連移民審批權也沒有, 權力比內地省政府還要小.

    • Dear Limkingwah

      You’re right about the situation might get worse in the years to come, but one should have hopes while enduring the upcoming transition. China is going to improve, however slowly, in terms of the quality of people and their government, at least that is what happened to any developing nations and that is what i choose to believe in.

      What we need right now is to figure out our own ways in taking lead in this battle. Afterall, resources are out for everybody, if we don’t fight and let others take it, then it would be our fault.

      Thx for your sharing your view and your support,

      K

  5. Dear K,
    Thanks so much for shredding light on such issues, from an insider’s view, in particular. Having read the article, I believe it wil help clearing all those doubts regarding the misleading side of stories that’s widely spread by the medias. Since I would like to help, even I have no idea on what can be done. So then, could I post your article in my facebook or pthers alike?

    • Dear Paul,

      Thank you for liking this article, and agreeing to stand by it. You’re more than welcome to share it with your friends and repost this article to any site so more people would understand our situation. And the pleasure is all mine.

      Best regards,

      K

  6. 捫心自問… 就是怕了應付強國病人, 我亦捨棄工作十多年的工作岡位, 早些時間已經轉工作另尋新活… 其實香港醫療一早淪陷, 只是醫護人員一直默不作聲

    • Dear night,

      It’s unfortunate for patients out there to hear you’ve left your position, yet I’m sure you’ve found a much better endeavour. I know many senior colleagues who had no choice but to leave HA as they get to see more of what is really going on with our community. Yet the pendulum will one day swing back to us, and as a junior I could only hope for the best would come in the years ahead. Right?

      K

  7. I was born in HK but immigrated to Canada for over 10 years, but I still watch news. I have seen the news talking about this and I feel the same way as other HK people do. Even I think that the problem should be fixed, but as you have mentioned, HK is afraid of going against China, that is why nothing is being done.
    I really don’t want HK to corrupt…
    though I’m not much help, but I’ve shared your blog so other people can read it too.

    • Dear Pauline,

      Thank you for sharing a similar view and sharing this article with your friends. Nobody wants to see HK deteriorate but it’s true that China has risen as a superpower that could influence pretty much the whole world. I’d think there’s hardly any say for us HK government to directly confront the Chinese government, but yet, there must be ways to slow things down – slow enough for us locals to tolerate and survive this battle.

      I hope you do well in Canada, and wish you the best regards,

      K

  8. Just come across this article on FB, have shared on my FB too… Proud of u, professionals. Hope your sharing will lead the society to know more about the sinking boat… May the God bless HA.

  9. Hi, 這是一篇寫得很好的文章,希望您們繼續保持救急扶危的專業操守,我作為巿民一份子一定支持您們。
    其實雙非嬰兒問題數年前很多傳媒都報道過,根本就係政府沒有正視這個潛在的炸彈,這是一個人口政策問題,今天他們拿了身份証,但你估算不到他們幾時回來,這個對未來教育資源亦帶來沈重負擔。政府自莊豐源案後已錯失一次機會避免今天的問題出現,現在是時候認真解決這問題,要不然數年後這問題只會像雪球愈滾愈大。

  10. It is a dilemma. We set the rules and invite them to come. We asked them for money from CEPA from tourism and this is the price we need to pay. There is no free lunch in this world after all.

    I work in Paediatrics and the situation is really bad, many Hong Kong parents babies have to be transferred to another hospital for care because the NICU are already full house! A frustrating situation.

    Please add oil, the condition is completely out of our hand.

  11. I am a form 5 student and working on my IES project . The topic is “How does the rapid increase in mainland mothers giving birth affect the quality of obstetric service in Hong Kong? “. I am collecting different stakeholders opinion and I hope that you could share your thought as a doctor. I will ask you some few questions on this issue and all the content is kept strictly confidential.Your help will be greatly appreciated! Please contact me via email: keavy928@yahoo.com.hk Thank you:)

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