Of the doctors who immigrated to Canada, who knows why – for me it was because of love, which made me leave a good financial situation behind – many were unable to validate their diploma (I don't know how it is today). They ended up giving up because it costs too much to keep trying, there are high fees to pay for access to exams, endless documents to be translated by a sworn translator, lengthy internships, etc... And living here is also expensive – we need to be well equipped, from gloves to proper cars and houses.
I was unsuccessful in the exams and ended up giving up on further attempts. In my case, it wasn't because of financial difficulties, it was because I realized that I would have to live far from my love, to attend to lengthy internships, even to work, if I had managed to get my diploma validated. At least, in these attempts, I got a higher medical studies equivalence, which served to be recognized as an educated and civilized person, despite not giving me the right to act as a doctor. But I was able to get good jobs in other areas.
I've been thanking God for some time now that I wasn't “validated” as a doctor in Canada. Yes, I think it was a grace received. Often, something that we consider to be bad for us, later on, we find out was Divine Providence.
When I chose to be an oncologist, my motivation stemmed from the fact that I saw, in the molecular intimacy of life, where chemotherapeutic acts, the possibility of making people survive, curing or alleviating suffering. How could I integrate myself into a system where abortion and medical help to die are legal? With an aggravating factor that, in fact, comes first: my faith and the principles I hold dear. There would be many oncological cases – and there are – in which patients would ask for these procedures and I could not agree, nor even refer them to another doctor who would authorize them. It would be against my principles, against my faith.
Besides, being an oncologist is very hard. I congratulate my colleagues who have spent their whole lives in this fight. I capitulated.
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Notes:
1. Giving sedatives to alleviate suffering is not the same thing as medical help to die. There is a big difference.
2. The doctor who has already performed one of these procedures (abortion and medical help to die) does not need to defend them for the rest of his life. God's forgiveness is for everyone who wants it. I say this because there seems to be a psychological defense mechanism in which the person does not admit having made a mistake and defends the error, to protect themselves... from themselves?
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"May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen."
"Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I give you my heart and my soul."
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