Hi everyone! This is a new segment that I am beginning for the Journey to Heal Kurdistan's blog page. I will do my best to transition into answering your questions through a video format as well, and this will happen once I start up the videoblog.
All your questions are welcome and will be respected. Please feel free to submit any questions to minameman@gmail.com or on this blog page. I will do my best to respond to them in a timely manner. Thank you very much!
QUESTION #1:
Submitted by DaMan VIA http://redundancyredefined.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/the-kurdish-surgeon/#comment-35
Greetings,
I would like to start by saying, your ideas, and the opinions you have shared about Kurdistan have given a false outlook on Kurdistan and the Kurdish people. Iraq/Kurdistan is fully capable of taking care of its fellow people. There are intellegent doctors who offer great assistance to people who need it. You’re living in a country that has many conflicts with the issue of healthcare, why not try to come up with ideas that resolve this here in the U.S.?
ANSWER #1:
Kurdistan is fully capable of taking care of its people…that’s very true. And the doctors are absolutely brilliant, I stand by this statement as well. My last intention is to bring the people of Kurdistan down; on the contrary, I intend to shine a light on their potential! The Kurds can go so far, but they need assistance to start on the long journey ahead. Enter CardioStart & The Journey to Heal Kurdistan.
Now;
Your daughter, mother, or sister is fully able to find out that they have cervical cancer here…in fact, for free if they go to an institute such as Planned Parenthood. The Kurds have no such resource for this.
At times, a doctor will prescribe medication…but the medication is coming from perhaps Jordan. By the time the medication reaches (this is considering IF the patient can afford to have the medication, and have it SHIPPED…), this patients condition can transition into a severe or deadly case in which the medication can now be useless.
What is the difference between a poor/sick patient in Laos as opposed to America?
The poor in Laos have no access.
The poor here do.
This is a similar concept with the situation in Kurdistan. CardioStart, specifically, puts an emphasis on underdeveloped countries; their efforts are usually outside the United States. Some of their work has taken place in Ghana, Peru, Palestine…just to name a few countries.
As for The Journey to Heal Kurdistan, we are not trying to take anything from the capacity of the healthcare system here in America, we are a strictly humanitarian organization trying to help those who have no other way.
We, as Americans, should be proud to have the capability of contributing billions of dollars in aiding medical systems in underdeveloped and poor countries.
I apologize if you have misunderstood my intentions in this journey. Feel free to ask any further questions that you may have.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Mina S. Meman
