A Vulnerable Patient

When Ritaโ€™s dad (pictured) is in the hospital, they find another patient in need of some help. What matter does Rita take into her own hands?

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When Rita’s dad (pictured) is in the hospital, they find another patient in need of some help. What matter does Rita take into her own hands?

ู…ุง ุฑุงุญ ุชุตุฏู‚ูˆุง ุดูˆ ุตุงุฑ ู…ุนูŠ ุจุณ ูƒุงู† ุจูŠูŠ ุจุงู„ู…ุณุชุดูู‰. ูƒู†ู‘ุง ุจุบุฑูุฉ ู…ุน ุณุชู‘ ุฎุชูŠุงุฑุฉ ู…ุง ููŠ ุญุฏุง ูŠุฏุงูุน ุนู†ุง. ู‡ูŠ ูƒุชูŠุฑ ู…ูˆุฌูˆุนุฉ ูˆู‡ูŠุฏุง ุดูŠ ุทุจูŠุนูŠ ู…ุด ุนู… ุชุชุณู„ู‰. ูุฏู‚ุช ุงู„ุฌุฑุณ ุชุชุฌูŠ ุงู„ู…ู…ุฑุถุฉ. ู…ุง ุฅุฌุง ุญุฏุง ู„ุจุนุฏ ุดูŠ 15 ุฏู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ ูŠุนู†ูŠ ูƒุงู†ุช ูƒุชูŠุฑ ู†ูˆุฌุนุช ุจู‡ูŠุฏุง ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช.
ุจุชุทู„ ุนู„ูŠู†ุง ู…ู…ุฑุถุฉ ุถุฎู…ุฉ ุทูˆูŠู„ุฉ ู…ุน ุนูˆูŠู†ุงุช ู†ุงุฒู„ูŠู† ุนู† ุนูŠูˆู†ุงุŒ ูˆุจุชุตุฑุฎ ุจุฃุนู„ู‰ ุตูˆุชุง ู…ุน ุฃุตุจุน ู…ุฑููˆุน ุจูˆุฌู†ุง “ู…ูŠู† ุฏู‚ ุนุงู„ุฌุฑุณุŸ ู‡ู„ู‘ุฃ ุจุฏู‘ูŠ ุฃุนุฑู”. ุฎุงูุช ูƒุชูŠุฑ ุงู„ู…ุณูƒูŠู†ุฉ ูˆู…ุง ุฑุฏุช. ุฑุฏูŠุช ุฃู†ุง ูˆู‚ู„ุช “ุดูˆ ุจุชูุฑู‚ ู…ู† ุฏู‚ุŸ ุดูˆููŠ ุดูˆ ุจุฏู†ุง ุฅุฐุง ุจุชุณู…ุญูŠ. ุงู„ุณุชู‘ ุงู„ู…ุณูƒูŠู†ุฉ ู…ูŠุชูŠ ูˆุฌุนุŒ ุนุทูŠุง ุฏูˆุง ูˆู…ุง ุชุนูŠุทูŠ ูƒุชูŠุฑ.” ุจุชู‚ูˆู… ุจุชู‚ู„ูŠ ูˆุจูƒู„ ูˆู‚ุงุญุฉ “ุฅูŠู‡ุŒ ุฅู„ุง ุฃุดู‡ุฑ ู‡ูŠูƒ.” ูˆูู„ู‘ุช ู…ู† ุงู„ู‚ูˆุถุฉ. ุฎุจุฑุช ุงู„ู…ุณุคูˆู„ ุนู† ุงู„ุทุงุจู‚ ุนู† ู‡ูŠุฏูŠ ุงู„ู‚ุตุฉ ูˆุฅู†ูˆ ูƒู…ุงู† ู…ุง ุนุงู… ุชุญู…ู… ุงู„ู…ุฑุถู‰ุŒ ุจุณ ุดูƒู„ูˆ ูุงุณุฏ ู…ุชู„ุงุŒ ุจู‚ุง ุจุฏุงู„ ู…ุง ูŠุงุฎุฏ ุงู„ุชุฏุงุจูŠุฑ ุงู„ู„ุงุฒู…ุฉุŒ ุฃูƒูŠุฏ ุฎุจุฑุง ูˆุฑุฌุนุช ู…ุฑุฉ ุชุงู†ูŠุฉ ุชุนูŠุท. ู‡ูˆู† ุนุตุจุช ุฃู†ุง ูˆู‚ู„ุชู„ุง “ุงู„ู‡ูŠุฆุฉ ุงู†ุชูŠ ุจุฏูƒ ุชุนู…ู„ูŠ ู…ุดูƒู„. ู…ุง ุชุนุชู„ูŠ ู‡ู… ุฑุงุญ ุชูˆุตู„ ุงู„ุฎุจุฑูŠุฉ ู„ู„ุฅุฏุงุฑุฉ”. ูƒู„ู…ุง ุงุญูƒูŠ ู‚ุฏุงู… ุญุฏุง ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ูˆุธููŠู† ูŠู„ูŠ ุจูŠุดุชุบู„ูˆุง ู…ุนุงุŒ ูŠุตูŠุฑูˆ ูŠู‡ุฒูˆุง ุจุฑุงุณู† ู…ู† ุงู„ู‚ู‡ุฑุŒ ูˆุทู„ุน ุฅู†ู‘ูˆ ูƒู„ู‘ู† ู…ุชุญู…ู„ูŠู† ู‚ู„ุฉ ุชู‡ุฐูŠุจุงุŒ ุจุณ ู…ุง ููŠู† ูŠุนู…ู„ูˆุง ุดูŠ. ู‚ุงู„ูˆู„ู†ุงู‹ “ู‡ูŠุฏูŠ ุนุงู…ู„ูŠ ู‚ุตุต ูƒุชูŠุฑ ูˆุงู„ูƒู„ ุนู… ูŠุณูƒุชู„ุง. ุญุทู‘ูˆุง ุจุตู†ุฏูˆู‚ ุงู„ุดูƒุงูˆู‰ ูƒู„ ูŠู„ูŠ ุตุงุฑุŒ ุจุฑูƒูŠ ุญุฏุง ุจู‡ุฒุจุง”. ู‡ูŠูƒ ุตุงุฑ ูˆุชุดูƒูŠู†ุง. ุงุชุตู„ูˆุง ููŠู†ุง ู…ู† ูƒู… ูŠูˆู… ูˆูˆุนุฏูˆู†ุง ุฅู†ูˆ ูŠุนู…ู„ูˆุง ุงู„ู„ุงุฒู….
ุจุทู„ุจ ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุฅู†ูˆ ูŠูƒูˆู† ูˆุนุฏู† ู…ุธุจูˆุท ู„ุฃู†ูˆ ู…ุด ุจุณ ู‡ุงู„ู…ุฑูŠุถ ุฏุงูุน ู…ุตุงุฑูŠ ุชูŠุชุญูƒู…ุŒ ุจุณ ูƒู…ุงู† ู…ูˆุฌูˆุน ูˆู…ุณูƒูŠู† ูˆุจุญุงุฌุฉ ู„ู†ุงุณ ุชุณุงุนุฏูˆุง ูˆุชุญุณ ุจูˆุฌุนูˆุŒ ุฎุตูˆุตูŠ ุจุณ ูŠูƒูˆู† ุญุฏุง ูƒุจูŠุฑ ุจุงู„ุนู…ุฑ ูˆุถุนูŠู. ุจูƒููŠ ุงู„ูˆุฌุน ูŠู„ู„ูŠ ุญุงู…ู„ูˆ. ูˆูŠู† ูƒุฑุงู…ุฉ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ูˆุงู„ุงุฎู„ุงู‚ุŸ ูŠุง ุฑูŠุช ูƒู„ ู…ูˆุธู ุจูŠุนุฑู ุดุบู„ูˆ ูˆูŠู†ูุฐูˆ ุจุถู…ูŠุฑ.

You wonโ€™t believe what happened when dad was at the hospital. We were in a room with an old vulnerable lady with nobody to protect her. She was in a lot of pain which is normal; she wasnโ€™t there for fun. So she pushed the nurse call button, and it took 15 minutes for anyone to show up, so she had to ensure so much pain during that time.
A big, tall nurse walks in with her reading glasses resting on her nose. She then screams at us and says, โ€œWho pushed the button? I wanna know now!โ€ The poor lady was terrified and didnโ€™t say a word. So I said, โ€œHow does who pushed the button make a difference? Check and see what it is that we need, please. The poor lady is in so much pain. So give her meds instead of shouting so much.โ€ So she says, rudely, โ€œYeah, well, sheโ€™s been like this for months,โ€ and left the room. I told the floor supervisor what happened and that sheโ€™s also not helping bathe patients. Turns out heโ€™s just as corrupt as she is, so, instead of taking appropriate measures, he just told her what I had said, so she came back yelling, which made me furious, and I said, โ€œLooks like you want trouble. Donโ€™t you worry. Managment will be notified about this.โ€ Whenever Iโ€™d bring this story up in front of any of the staffers, theyโ€™d nod anxiously. As it turns out, theyโ€™ve all had to put up with her bad attitude and manners, but thereโ€™s nothing they can do. They said, โ€œThis woman has been involved in so much drama, but no oneโ€™s reporting her. Put everything in the complaints box. Perhaps someone will finally put her back in her place.โ€ So thatโ€™s what we did. We submitted a complaint and received a call a few days ago and were promised that whatโ€™s needed will be done.
I pray that they keep their word because not only has a patient paid money to be treated, but they are also in a lot of pain and a vulnerable state and need people to care for them, especially when theyโ€™re old and fragile. The pain theyโ€™re living through is quite enough. Where are human dignity and ethics? I wish everyone did their job with conscience. 

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  1. ู‚ุตุฉ ุฑูŠุชุง ู…ุน ุงู„ู…ู…ุฑู‘ุถุฉ ุงู„ูˆูŽู‚ูุญุฉ ุงู„ู„ูŽุฆูŠู…ุฉ โ€“ ู…ุญุงูˆู„ุฉ ู„ุฅุนุงุฏุฉ ูƒุชุงุจุชู‡ุง ุจุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ ุงู„ูุตุญู‰

    ู„ู† ุชุตุฏู‚ูˆุง ู…ุงุฐุง ุญุตู„ ู„ูŠ ู„ู…ุง ูƒุงู† ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุณุชุดูู‰. ูƒู†ู‘ุง ููŠ ุบุฑูุฉ ู…ุน ุฃู…ุฑุฃุฉ ุนุฌูˆุฒุฉ ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ู…ุนู‡ุง ู…ู† ูŠุฏุงูุน ุนู†ู‡ุง. ู‡ูŠ ูƒุงู†ุช ู…ูˆุฌูˆุนุฉ ู„ู„ุบุงูŠุฉ–ูƒู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ู…ุชูˆู‚ุน, ู„ุฃู†ู‡ุง ูƒุงู†ุช ููŠ ู…ุณุชุดูู‰ ูˆ ู„ู… ุชูƒู† ููŠ ู…ูƒุงู† ุชุฑููŠู‡ูŠ ุชุชุณู„ู‘ู‰. ูุฏู‚ู‘ุช ุงู„ุฌุฑุณ ูƒู… ู…ุฑุฉ ุญุชู‰ ุชูŽุฌูŠุก ุงู„ู…ู…ุฑุถุฉ, ูˆ ู…ุง ุฌุงุก ุฃุญุฏ ุฅู„ุง ุจุนุฏ ุญูˆุงู„ูŠ 15 ุฏู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ ูˆ ู‡ูŠ ูƒุงู†ุช ุชุชูˆุฌุน ุทูˆุงู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช.
    ููŠ ุงู„ุขุฎุฑ ุทู„ู‘ูŽุช ุนู„ูŠู†ุง ู…ู…ุฑุถุฉ ุถุฎู…ุฉ ุทูˆูŠู„ุฉ ู…ุน ุนููˆูŽูŠู’ู†ุงุช ุตุบูŠุฑุฉ ู†ุงุฒู„ุฉ ุนู† ุนูŠูˆู†ู‡ุงุŒ ูˆ ุชูุตุฑู‘ูุฎ ุจุฃุนู„ู‰ ุตูˆุชู‡ุง ู…ุน ุงุตุจุน ู…ุฑููˆุน ุจูˆุฌูˆู‡ู†ุง ู‚ุงู„ุช: โ€œู…ูŽู† ุฏู‚ ุงู„ุฌุฑุณุŸ ุฃุฑูŠุฏ ุฃู† ุฃุนุฑู, ุญุงู„ุงู‹ !โ€. ุงู„ุนุฌูˆุฒุฉ ุงู„ู…ุณูƒูŠู†ุฉ ุฎุงูุช ูƒุซูŠุฑุงู‹ ูˆู…ุง ุฑุฏู‘ุช. ุฑุฏุฏุช ุฃู†ุง ูˆู‚ู„ุช โ€œู„ุง ูŠูŽู‡ูู…ู‘ู ู…ู† ุฏู‚ุŸ ูƒุงู† ุงู„ู…ูุฑูˆุถ ุฃู† ุชุณุฃู„ูŠู†ุง ุงุฐุง ูƒู†ุง ุจุญุงุฌุฉ ุงู„ู‰ ุฃูŠ ุฎุฏู…ุฉ. ุงูู†ุธุฑูŠ ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุณูŠุฏุฉ ุงู„ู…ุณูƒูŠู†ุฉ ู‡ุฐู‡โ€”ู‡ูŠ ุจุงู„ูƒุงุฏ ุชู…ูˆุช ู…ู† ุงู„ูˆุฌุนุŒ ุฃุนุทูŠู‡ุง ุฏูˆุงุก ุญุชู‰ ุชุฑุชุงุญ ูˆู„ุง ุชุนูŠู‘ูุทูŠ ุฃู†ุชู. ู‚ุงู…ุช ูˆ ู‚ุงู„ุช ู„ูŠ ุจูƒู„ ูˆู‚ุงุญุฉ: ุฅูŠู‡ุŒ ู„ู‡ุง ุฃุดู‡ูุฑ ูˆ ู‡ูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุญุงู„ุฉ.โ€ ูˆุฎุฑุฌูŽุช ู…ู† ุงู„ุบุฑูุฉ ู…ู† ุฏูˆู† ุฃู† ุชุนู…ู„ ุฃูŠ ุดูŠุก ู„ูู„ู…ุณูƒูŠู†ุฉ. ุฃุฎุจุฑุชู ุงู„ู…ุณุคูˆู„ ุนู† ุงู„ุทุงุจู‚ ุนู† ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู‚ุตุฉ ูˆ ุงู† ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู…ู…ุฑุถุฉ ุฃูŠุถุงู‹ ู„ุง ุชู†ุธู‘ู ุงู„ู…ุฑุถู‰ุŒ ู„ูƒู† ุชุจูŠู‘ู† ู„ู†ุง ุฃู†ู‡ ูุงุณุฏ ู…ุซู„ู‡ุง, ูุจุฏู„ุงู‹ ุฃู† ูŠุฃุฎุฏ ุงู„ุชุฏุงุจูŠุฑ ุงู„ู„ุงุฒู…ุฉุŒ ุฃูƒูŠุฏ ุฃุฎู’ุจุฑูŽู‡ุง ูˆ ุฑุฌุนุช ู…ุฑุฉ ุซุงู†ูŠุฉ ุชุนูŠุท ุนู„ูŠู†ุง. ู‡ู†ุง ุบูŽุถูุจุช ูˆ ู‚ู„ุช ู„ู‡ุง: โ€œูุนู„ุงู‹ ุงู†ุชู ุชุฑูŠุฏูŠู† ุฃู† ุชูุญุฏุซูŠ ู…ุดุงูƒู„”. ู„ุง ุชู‚ู„ู‚ูŠ: ุงู„ุฎุจุฑูŠุฉ ุณูˆู ุชุตู„ ุงู„ุฅุฏุงุฑุฉ. ูƒู„ู…ุง ุชุญุฏุซุช ู…ุน ุฃุญุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ูˆุธููŠู† ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ูŠุดุชุบู„ูˆู† ู…ุนู‡ุงุŒ ู‡ุฒู‘ูˆุง ุฑูˆุคุณูŽู‡ู… ู…ู† ุงู„ู‚ู‡ุฑ ูƒุฃู†ู‡ู… ูƒู„ู‘ู‡ู… ู…ุชุญู…ู„ูŠู† ู‚ู„ุฉ ุชู‡ุฐูŠุจู‡ุงุŒ ูˆ ู„ูƒู† ู„ุง ูŠู‚ุฏุฑูˆู† ุนู„ู‰ ุฅู†ูƒุงุฑ ุชุตุฑูุงุชู‡ุง . ู‚ุงู„ูˆุง ู„ู†ุง: โ€œู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู…ุฑุฃุฉ ุฏุงุฆู…ุงู‹ ุชุนู…ู„ ู…ุดุงูƒู„ ูˆุงู„ูƒู„ ูŠุณูƒุช ู„ู‡ุง. ุงูƒุชุจูˆุง ุชู‚ุฑูŠุฑุงู‹ ุนู† ูƒู„ ู…ุง ุฌุฑู‰ ูˆ ุญุทู‘ูˆู‡ ููŠ ุตู†ุฏูˆู‚ ุงู„ุดูƒุงูˆู‰ุŒ ู„ุนู„ ุฃุญุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฅุฏุงุฑุฉ ูŠุทู‘ู„ุน ุนู„ูŠู‡ ูˆ ูŠู‚ูˆู… ุจุชู‡ุฐูŠุจู‡ุง. ู‡ูƒุฐุง ุนู…ู„ู†ุง ูˆุชุดูƒู‘ูŠู†ุง ู…ู†ู‡ุง. ุงุชุตู„ูˆุง ููŠู†ุง ุจุนุฏ ูƒู… ูŠูˆู… ูˆูˆุนุฏูˆู†ุง ุงู†ู‡ู… ุณูˆู ูŠุนู…ู„ูˆู† ุงู„ู„ุงุฒู…..
    ุฃุทู„ุจ ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุฃู† ูŠูƒูˆู† ูˆุนุฏูู‡ู… ุตุงุฏู‚ุงู‹, ู„ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ุฑูŠุถ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุฌูŠุก ุงู„ู‰ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู…ุณุชุดูู‰ ูˆ ูŠุฏูุน ุฃู…ูˆุงู„ ูƒุซูŠุฑุฉ ู„ุง ูŠุฃุชูŠ ุญุชู‰ ูŠุชุญูƒู‘ู… ููŠู‡ ุฃุญุฏุŒ ูˆ ุงู†ู…ุง ูŠุฃุชูŠ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ุจุญุงุฌุฉ ุงู„ู‰ ู†ุงุณ ุชุณุงุนุฏูู‡ ูˆุชุญุณ ุจูˆุฌุนู‡ุŒ ุฎุตูˆุตุงู‹ ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ุงู„ู…ุฑูŠุถ ูƒุจูŠุฑ ุงู„ุณู†ู‘ ูˆุถุนูŠู. ูŠูƒููŠู‡ ุงู„ูˆุฌุน ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุญู…ู„ู‡. ุฃูŠู† ูƒุฑุงู…ุฉ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ูˆุงู„ุงุฎู„ุงู‚ุŸ ูŠุง ู„ูŠุชูŽ ูƒู„ ู…ูˆุธู ูŠุนุฑู ุนู…ู„ูŽู‡ ูˆูŠู†ูุฐูู‡ ุจุถู…ูŠุฑ (ูˆ ูŠุดุนุฑ ุจุงู„ู…ุณูˆุคู„ูŠุฉ) .

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    1. Hi Kelsey,

      ุจู‚ุง= so
      ุจุฏุงู„ ู…ุง= instead of

      ุจู‚ุง ุจุฏุงู„ ู…ุง = so instead of

      1. ู…ู…ู†ูˆู†ูƒ
        Can you use ุจุฏุงู„ ู…ุง without ุจู‚ุง before it? Can ู be used in place ofุจู‚ุง? Does ุจู‚ุง have another meaning or does it always mean so? Thank you!

        @Nadine

        1. You should write ู…ู…ู†ูˆู†ุชูƒ* because you are a female ๐Ÿ™‚
          Yes, you can certainly use ุจุฏุงู„ ู…ุง without ุจู‚ุง before it.
          Yes, ู and ุจู‚ุง are interchangeable.
          ุจู‚ุง does not have another meaning that I know of.

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