Many years at a government hospital, burnt out, thinking about going private. Worth it?

Public sector doctor here, decade in, running on fumes. Private practice is tempting (better hours) but it feels like quitting on the people who need the safety net most. If you've made this jump: did the guilt stick around? Was it worth it? Anyone go private → back to public? Real answers only, not "follow your heart" 🙏

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u/Sanam2456 — 10 hours ago

10 years at a government hospital, burnt out, thinking about going private. Worth it?

Public sector doctor here, decade in, running on fumes. Private practice is tempting (better pay, better hours) but it feels like quitting on the people who need the safety net most. If you've made this jump: did the guilt stick around? Was it worth it? Anyone go private → back to public? Real answers only, not "follow your heart" 🙏

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u/Sanam2456 — 10 hours ago
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Samoan words are getting creative 🥴

Why are we inventing Samoan-English words? 😭 “Nakoti” instead of fualaʻau faasaina. “Seviki” instead of augutu o le toala fanau. Like… we already have Samoan words! At this rate, we’re going to have a whole new medical dictionary of Samoan-English hybrid words. 💀 Am I the only one bothered by this, or do other Samoans feel the same? 😂

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u/Sanam2456 — 11 hours ago

AITAH for refusing to hand over $3000 tala so my MIL's own daughters can dodge paying for her title

So my mother in law wants to have a chief name bestowed on by other family members but the she has to pay 3000tala, I dont even think its fair for me to pay yet her 2daughters are both working as well though they claim they have no money yet she has a whole month to look for that money.

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u/Sanam2456 — 3 days ago

AIO for telling my husband off after he blamed my back pain on "lying around"?

So I finished operating and went straight home, had really bad back pain however found my husband rearranging furnitures, I could hardly bend down because of the back pain but my husband wanted me to help him carry the couch to the other side, when I was telling him to wait coz I was in pain he told me thats what you get for mostly lying around when youre not working so I told him off and now we're not talking to each other

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u/Sanam2456 — 3 days ago

Miraculous recovery brought by McDonald's 🎭

So we had someone at the hospital today who was making a scene, acting like she was breaking down, clutching her head, moaning like she's about to collapse, the whole performance 🙄

But when I pulled up at McDonald's, lo and behold that someone was RESURRECTED. Up, laughing, cackling with the family like Lazarus himself 💀 Not even a limp. Not even a headache. Miracle healing, courtesy of a McChicken.

Give this woman a Grammy 🏆

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u/Sanam2456 — 4 days ago

What could you have done different in your life up till now?

Still wondering if being in healthcare was the best option for me 🤔 10years in

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u/Sanam2456 — 5 days ago

Healthcare: powered by faith, community, and whoever's got the steadiest hand with a phone torch

Power went out at the hospital and I thought 'sweet, free break, no patients in the dark right?' WRONG.

Patients were out there like it was a scheduled event 🤪 not a single complaint, just vibes. Had ME asking THEM to hold the flashlight while I examined them, flashlight-guided exams are a fun story but not a great long-term system 😅

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u/Sanam2456 — 7 days ago

When you apply for a new ATM card 💳 yet the account balance is 0.00 🫣 make it make sense 😂😂 I just want to turn into an ant 🐜 😂😭

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u/Sanam2456 — 8 days ago

Stab comments from patients mother

Patients mum: my son was big (points to me) like you but he's lost so much weight since being sick

OML! Okkkay that wraps up today's work 🤣

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u/Sanam2456 — 8 days ago

Venting Post on Reddit 😒

I feel annoyed that I can finally vent without anyone knowing me, on Reddit somehow there are always those who comments I'm a bot, or 1day account, so what? Its not like I'm getting paid to vent up here 😒 I just came to vent and be myself on here

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u/Sanam2456 — 8 days ago