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I studied to be a nurse in Algeria, it was something I dreamt about, three of my brothers are doctors. As a nurse it is a great way to help to people, that means a lot to me. Despite all the difficulties, the lack of medicine, equipment, it is still satisfying to help people. I work in emergency and we lack equipment, an old man came to us recently and he died because we could not help him to breath. The Saharawi don't have the facilities. We have only ten Saharawi doctors both specialist and general. Most of our doctors live in Spain because of the money. Its the circumstances that force people to do that, they have too.. it's bad.
I believe in my abilities and now I am preparing to go to Venezuela to study to be a doctor, there is an organisation that will host us there, I'm not sure when. Everyone has there own way, maybe I will return here because all my brothers went to Spain. It's not good but my brothers had to go there. Maybe now there will be a new program that will bring a group of doctors back from Spain for one month then let them go and bring another group. The lack of doctors is a great problem here. The nurses are doing the job of the doctors like writing prescriptions and assisting emergencies in ambulances. We are doing everything, like consultations, diagnosis for some diseases, and then treatment! Mistakes are possible but if I am afraid I go to my books to make sure. It's a lot of pressure.
Everyone here wants to go back to their land, I wish to be like other free people, working in a hospital where everything works. It's difficult here with the climate. I wish that we could return to our land and have a free state and have all our doctors back. I have many hopes for our future. The ceasefire paved the way for the peace process but it is better if we go back to war. It would have been better it there was no ceasefire. All these years with negotiations didn't work. I am like all the Saharawi, fighting is not my job but if we go to war I will fight. I don't know how to hold a weapon… maybe I will be a nurse. |
