As a fellow doctor who practised in Sudan for two years, I must say I am quiet disappointed with this piece. The article, overall, seems to suggest a link between the current state of health care in Sudan and doctors. It also implies that doctors are the main reason why the health care system in Sudan is in the state it is in right now. And that in my opinion, is inaccurate. I am quiet surprised actually that this piece was written by a fellow doctor. I am afraid even if we replace all the doctors in Sudan with those from the author’s favourite hospital-themed TV shows he mentioned above, things won’t change a bit! As medical practiioners, we hold the responsibility to offer the public an accurate account for why the health care system is at its current state and ask for their help to fix it. Poor funding, mismanagement of resources, messed up priorities, lack of transparency and accountability, poor education and training were what I hoped the author would maybe attempt to shed light on.
true, in fact i like criticism. I mentioned the no health, care or system but i didnt talk about it because the article is short (500). i even had another Headline which was edited by the magazine, so now the headline is about doctors themselves not the whole system. I agree that this is the systems fault and i have a lot against the system. i stroke against the system, wrote against them, kicked out of couple of hospitals “black-listed” and.. i know what you mean. its a bad health system i know but.. you cant say the article “regarding doctors” is inaccurate! .. can you?
I totaly disagree with you Yasir with all due respect. I am starting to think that I was dellusional through the years I worked in hospitals. Everyone seem to have very negative image of their own colleagues and selves perhaps. I have no idea where you worked to have only carried out these very distressful and remotely representitive images about your colleagues. I have seen miracles my friend, I have seen passion, and I have commitment and persistance more than one could expect. You have seen doctors with slippers, I have seen doctors with blisters on their feet. You have seen a ”female” doctor leave her duty to speak on the phone, I saw female doctors being consoled with the patients’ MOTHER after the patient died. The list is endless!!! I have seen, met, and worked with people so great that it breaks my heart to read your article. I am not here to state the obvious and speak about the broken system because apparently that is not what troubles you. If that is what you perceive of your own brothers and sisters, I wonder why did you really protest!!! I really hope you see things for what they truely are. And I am sure that you are misinterpreting your frustration with the system and channeling your feelings in the very very wrong direction.
Thanks for your piece. Despite its negative appraisal of doctors, it carries a good message. Check this out though; like other systems in Sudan, the healthcare system reflects how the country works. And like other systems, it can’t change unless we have leadership capable of installing a better system. The current system is not necessarily composed of the best and brightest Sudan has to offer. It is composed of military thugs, ideological madmen, and a collection of thieves. They don’t necessarily plan all that well, nor do they have the fire-in-the-belly kind of passion needed to effect positive change. As long as they remain in power, the money and the political capital will be expended to secure their position and interests. Leadership is essential! However, where are those leaders who can replace the current one and carry Sudan (including its health care system) to a better place? I honestly don’t know where they are.
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