I have come to accept that that day of our death has been long set by God. It was what our Islamic scholars and our teachers have preached for long before I was even born. It is a belief that our prophet Mohammed (PBUH) taught us Muslims to accept because there is no running away from death.
Yet where is the fine line between saying death is in the fate of God or is a human error?
So let me paint a little scenario, I decided that everything is in God’s fate so I throw myself into a tank of Sharks! Great so let’s see if it’s my time to die today, if I live well golly its not my time to go. Although this idea is a bit crazy and farfetched, let me explain my point before everyone thinks I’m some sick freak who’s intentions are to jump into a pool of sharks (trust me it’s the LAST thing in mind)
Recently my grandmother passed away from suddenly awaking short of breath, the ambulance took half an hour to reach her putting in mind this was around 1 30 Am (traffic? Highly unlikely!) To make things worse the oxygen tank in the ambulance didn’t even work.
Such a simple procedure could have saved her life but it is “in Gods hands” right? WRONG! The fact is our health care system disgusts me because of my family history with hospitals. I cannot say they haven’t saved lives but for the past 6 deaths that have occurred to my close relatives 3 of them (including my grand mother) died due to wrong medication, an operation that resulted to death and the ambulance being late, that’s 50%. I sometimes believe the way we use “Gods hands” is a way to console our hearts yet I believe people shouldn’t stop there and bury their beloved, they should have their voices heard! Such accusations would pressure ambulances and hospitals to have better facilities. I just don’t want people to go through the pain of loosing the ones they love.
I don’t doubt that there are improvements and a 100% chance of keeping people alive is highly unlikely. I do understand that this is a tough job to work as but to see that this isn’t the first time it disturbs me. I do believe it’s in Gods hands but that does not mean we turn our heads to human faults. these are things that I believe the government should emphasize on, a better health medical system. I don’t think I’m the only one with these thoughts in mind or maybe my family is unlucky.
2 comments:
I'm sorry about all that your family has endured. =(
And I totally agree with you. I don't know if you remember, at the beginning of this year or last year, there have been lots of reports about people dying because of neglect of doctors and nurses. And in these articles, an "investigation" should have started, but there is yet to be a follow up article explaining the irresponsibility that had been happening.
And you're right about the use of "It's in God's hands". That's just abusing fatality itself. I feel like it's the same way as saying "the devil made me do it!"
Er, I'm not sure I'm making myself clear here, but the point is, the people that are responsible must admit that they are responsible. That this mistake is their fault. It's only when they've exhausted all possible means to save people that they have the right to say "It really was in God's hands".
Again, I'm sorry for your loss.
hey there Asma thanks for your comment, i actually haven't heard of such articles being published but i would like to check it out!
No I do understand the underlying intention in the quote and i do believe this is whats happening.
I deff agree with what you have to say.
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