Today was a hard day for me, both as a person and as a boss.
I have watched my employees for the last couple of weeks work tirelessly to advocate to save the life of someone who has been passed around the system to the point that I’m not sure what the outcome is going to be, but I know that the effort that went in to saving this young person’s life has been nothing short of exceptional.
I have never been so proud of a team of people in all of my life.
When we began Unified, this was not the direction I expected it to take. I did not expect that we would be on the front lines of this crisis. The intention was to figure out how to design proper structure around integrating alternative medicine therapies into traditional medicine practices. I did not anticipate that before we even managed to begin the project, that our emergency departments would be overrun. I certainly never would have dreamed that 8 months in and those emergency departments would be turning away people with broken bones.
The work our team has done for this young person hasn’t been because they were being paid for it – they weren’t. This person doesn’t have any money. And there’s no funding for this that we can apply for. We did this between appointments with other people. We did this on our off hours. We did this because someone’s life was on the line. We did this because we care. And we do it every day. This person isn’t the first one, and they won’t be the last. But this one was a hard fought battle and it has impacted us all deeply.
I don’t know what tomorrow will bring, but I know that the people that I will be facing it with are some of the most exceptional, compassionate, dedicated people I have ever met and I am honoured that they choose to work for us.
To everyone at Unified – thank you. I am in awe of all of you. There are no words big enough to express my gratitude.
To everyone coming in booking massage, osteo and naturopath appointments and counselling sessions - my humblest and sincerest thank you. You are all making this possible.
You are all heroes.