05/06/2026
One of my nurses told me this week that her kids said, "It's Dr Alex again. He always wants to start cases so early." She laughed. I laughed. Then it sat with me.
When a procedure goes smoothly. When patients tell me the nurses were kind, the team was warm, everything just worked, that isn't luck. It's a group of people who have given up part of their morning, their evening, sometimes their family time, so that your care runs the way it should.
This one is for them. The nurses. My anaesthetic colleagues. The endoscopy team. The porters, the cleaners, the assistants. The people who arrive before the lights come on and stay until the last patient is safe.
And it is also for the families at home, the kids who notice when their mum or dad leaves before breakfast who quietly carry part of the cost of this work too.
You're the reason any of this works. Thank you. 💙🙏
这个星期，其中一位护士跟我说，她的孩子看到排班后说：
“又是Alex医生啊？他怎么老是这么早开始做病例？”
她笑了，我也笑了。
但后来，我一直想着这句话。
当一台手术或检查进行得很顺利；当病人告诉我护士很贴心、团队很温暖、一切都安排得井井有条时, 那并不是运气。
那是因为有一群人，牺牲了自己的清晨、傍晚，甚至陪伴家人的时间，只为了让病人的照护能够顺利进行。
这篇文字，献给他们。
献给护士们、麻醉师、内窥镜部门团队、运送人员、清洁员工、助理们。
献给那些在天还没亮时就已经到岗，在最后一位病人安全离开后才结束工作的人。
也献给他们身后的家人，那些发现爸爸妈妈总是在早餐前就出门的孩子们。
其实，你们也默默承担了这份工作的代价。
正因为有你们，这一切才能顺利运转。
衷心感谢你们。💙🙏
