I went to her and briefly introduced myself as Brent International School student and a member of GIN: Dialysis Chapter Club, who came to console them and deliver the information of how GIN: Dialysis Chapter club is doing its best to raise funds to support the dialysis patients. Then, Ms. Eufemia Buenaobra, the patient greeted and showed how she feels so thankful about the project that we are doing. She told me about the inadequate condition that most of the dialysis patients who visit the clinic are in. She said that most of the old patients who have dialysis cannot earn money by their own, so they have to rely on the money that their daughters or sons earn. However, since one filter that they use to filter their blood costs almost 2000 pesos, they recycle the filter for at least five times, which should only be used for one time. For these reasons, she said that us helping them is such a meaningful action and we should go on this project for a long time. We also had somewhat meaningful talk for a long time, because Ms. Eufemia Buenaobra seriously took account of our actions and provided us a lot of information about the situation of dialysis patients.
This last interview with Ms. Eufemia Buenaobra was the most significant interview that I had in few months of visiting the clinic. It seemed like other members of the club also felt the same. In the van, on the way back from the clinic, we talked about how the patients take our actions seriously and the fact that we are helping them actually supports them to not lose hope any time. Then, graduating members talked about how we feel sorry for the patients. As we interviewed the patients, we actually got closer to them and got to know about them. However, as we leave, they have to meet new members. I am not saying that we are better than the new members, but I am saying that the patients can be disappointed in the fact that we do not come back anymore. To some of them who do not know that we are graduating, they might think that we do not visit the clinic anymore because we do not care about them anymore. However, I believe that the new members will do a great job to fill the space of graduating members, so that the patients would not be disappointed.
Through being part of this club, I have learned a lot about helping others. I learned that I should be able to share what I have, to those who do not have, whether it is finance or even education. Also, I realized that what the patients most need is the "awareness" of the disease, dialysis so that more people could donate funds to them. As I visited the clinic and Baguio General Hospital, I have seen a lot of people who lack finance to care their diseases. I think GIN: Dialysis Chapter is actually doing meaningful thing through helping the dialysis patients. I hope as I go to the college, I would be able to join such club so that I could continuously help the others.
