Delivering Health

There was movie for this section which really helped put the issue of health care into prospective. There was one man from India who was interviewed about a disease he had which was tuberculosis. The interviewer asked him whether he knew he had the disease but he was not aware of it and did not care. All he knew was the he had was ill. He was also asked what he was taking or doing to heal himself but he often laughed and joked about the question as if it was not a serious issue. He then stated that he was taking pills whenever he remembered even though he was told to take them daily. The pills that were given to him were not meant to even be used for TB and the doctor that prescribed them was not a trained doctor.

Often people in poverty, such as those in rural India can not afford to pay for a ride into town and then again pay for a doctor visit with more than what they earn daily. For cultural reasons they also often ignore possibly deadly disease and do not seek treatment thinking that they've only been cursed with a bad eye and will often end up dying soon after. As long as their body can still function and they can still do work, some would not even bother going to get a check up until something serious occurs.

Watching this video ha really made me be very fortunate about the health care system we have in the United States. Even if its not the best,its still a lot better than what most people have in the world, if they have any. It has also really made my dream of becoming a doctor someday even more important. Working with the doctors without boarders program will allow me to be able to train doctors in rural areas such as in India to be able to accurately treat patients and subscribe medicine.