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I’m in Glangwili hospital, Carmarthen, recuperating from a stroke. I’ve written this rap poem to say thank you to the incredible nursing, physio and OT staff, who every day go beyond duty to help all patients. I hope someone records this!
Scene: Hospital waiting room
Patients (slow intermittent chant throughout)
We are patients
we are patient
We are waiting
to be seen.
We are patients
we are patient
We are waiting
to be seen… [etc.]
Nurse
We treat all who come through our door
Don’t matter if you’re rich or you’re poor
Young, old, you’ll all get told
where your bed is and where your ward
Doctor
24/7 we’ll diagnose
Always open, we never close
Get you in triage, process you
You need a heart massage or an abcess removed
Nurse
Do our best whatever the cause
We’ll stop your clots and wash your sores
We’re overworked and underpaid
but we’ll make sure your bed is made
Doctor
X-ray, ultrasound, MRI
Our technicians’re always standing by
You’re in safe hands, we’re here to care
Don’t be scared, we are your prayer
Nurse
Got an allergy or a sports injury?
Maybe a Caesarian delivery?
Did you smoke or drink or work too much,
Get into a fight on Saturday night?
Doctor
We’ll treat you just the same
Whether you or no one is to blame
We won’t begrudge you, We won’t judge you
Whatever it is that now bugs you
Nurse and Doctor (together)
So come on in, wait your turn
All human life is our concern
Come on in, wait your turn
All human life is our concern…
All
We are patients
we are patient
We are waiting
to be seen
We are patients
we are patient
We are waiting
to be seen
We are patients
we are patient
We are waiting
to be seen…
