Keeping Australia Alive

I watched the ABC TV series 'Keeping Australia Alive' on iView which means I saw 7 hour long episodes over a couple of weeks. Although I spent about 7 years working for Flinders University School of Medicine I am not really a medical person and find the scenes of surgery not to my taste.
But what has really impressed me )other than the number of surgeons who wear suits and ties) is the amazing range of people throughout Australia doing a great job of caring for people and giving them the best possible outcomes. The joke amongst medical students used to be that the people with no bedside manner should become surgeons, but, on the contrary, on this program I have seen surgeons talking to their patients before operations in the most compassionate and caring manner including trying to minimise the scariness with small children.
One GP commented that while the health system is not perfect it is full of people trying to do their best. There have been a number of GPs featured who work in small or remote communities and  work long hours but say they get as much out of it as those they help.

I cried with those who have bad news and also at the miracle of birth. I was amazed at the resilience of those facing terrible situations and making the best of them. Those  looking death in the face and being philosophical. Our headlines are often horrid - full of horror and appalling behaviour. But after watching this series I am reassured that there are so many good people in the world working for the good of others, bearing and sharing pain and working in teams to keep not Australians alive. We are so blessed...