Friday January 16th, 2009 22:29 Why Medicine is NOT for Everyone

I have the headaches and I think I’m going down with a fever. If it has anything to do with what I learned this morning, I don’t exactly know. You see, I happened to pass by the cashier’s office earlier today to get my X-ray request slip in preparation for the clerkship this April, and there it was… in black and white, the figures the clerks of SY 2008-2009 had to pay: a staggering P 181,000. My heart fell to the ground and I could feel it being shattered to pieces. This figure isn’t even the one I am bound to pay for this coming April. For sure, it’s gonna be more expensive with the tuition fee increase this year. :( Although I am not exactly the one paying for my tuition, my parents for sure are dead with having to shoulder this HUGE amount. I’m sure they’re already regretting the day I had decided to become a doctor. My tuition hasn’t been a big problem for the last couple of years when I managed to get a full academic scholarship grant in 2nd year and a partial scholarship grant for this school year. But then, with the dismal grades that’s greeting me each time I get my exam results, even the partial scholarship grant for next year is seemingly bidding goodbye – and I’m no longer counting on it. The recession didn’t help. A lot of workers are being laid off and even if my parents have a stable job, for sure, they will be affected as well. It makes me wonder then how people who are less financially blessed as we are would have to cope during this crisis?

I don’t know if I am lucky or not for not being burdened by financial responsibilities. But then, being the family’s breadwinner or not is no longer the question at the moment but on what I can do to help my family be less affected by the global financial crisis. So, am I saying goodbye to the yearly birthday bash I’ve been throwing since I turned 13? Perhaps. Perhaps. Perhaps.

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