Miriam Mutebi, Breast Surgical Oncologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Aga Khan University Hospital, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Few roles carry as much weight as being a healthcare provider: to meet people at their most vulnerable, and to guide them with care, dignity, and responsibility.
When you step into a hospital or clinic as a patient, you’re often carrying fear, uncertainty, and questions that feel heavier than words can hold.
That’s where we come in. I call it the ‘privilege of caring for patients.’
As healthcare providers, we are in a unique position of privilege: meeting people at their most vulnerable moments.
It is never ‘just another day at work.’ And we understand that it’s potentially someone’s hardest day, and we owe them our full presence.
This responsibility is not something we can afford to take lightly.
Every patient deserves care that is safe, compassionate, and rooted in quality. Every interaction is an opportunity to embody the very ethos of medicine: to heal, to comfort, to restore dignity.
And yes, the work is demanding. The hours are long. Too long sometimes. But it is also profoundly rewarding. Because every time a patient feels heard, every time a frightened family breathes a sigh of relief, every time recovery begins, that is the privilege of our profession.
To my colleagues: we keep embracing the journey with humility and joy, knowing our patients entrust us with their lives.
That… is both the weight we carry, and the gift we are given.”
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