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Step 12 : Relating with the team members

Hey all, 
It's always a good day to learn to save lifes. It's even better to have deep conversation with healers, wounded healers. I was in quarantine because of high titres of positivity (COVID 19) . I happened to discuss a topic with now an ex team member. 

I was in full energy after a long time . She told me how much she missed working with me. I was trying to be nice and say your new leader is also great, all you need is time. I was trying my best to be diplomatic and not say anything otherwise because you know one tends to speak nice of you if they get attached to you. 

But her change in attitude towards work scared me a little. She went on to say ," I miss working with you ... It was like learning new procedures without pressure, it was like I had no leader but a team member who would work with me, I felt energetic at the end of the shift. But now I don't feel like going to work, work seems stressful . All I want to do is complete documents and shift the patient so everyone is happy. "

This made me more worried than happy because I could see a spark of energy to save lifes turning dull.
I asked her , what stops you from performing the procedure ? She said , nobody. " Then?" I asked. I just want to finish my documents and shift the patient,she replied. 
I tried my best to explain her the importance of being emergency physician and the role she can have in frontline healthcare. Deviated her mind by discussing some life saving emergencies.

  I wonder how many budding lifesavers succumb to overwork , stress over time. They need to be motivated in order to suffice somebody else's idealistic body of work.

So far so much.

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