Posted by: EastSidaz December 16, 2011
For Students interested in improving the Healthcare System of Nepal
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   Jantarei, it is very easy to blame someone else. Here is the question for you. Do you have anyone in your immediate family who wants to or is serving in the remote villages of Nepal as a doctor? Why did you not choose to become a doctor? It's not impossible. Being a doctor is a profession, however noble it may be so how can you isolate the monetary factor out of it. People just do not become a doctor just to serve people. They have families. Their families have wishes just like any others and money plays a huge role in fulfilling those wishes. My suggestion is: Don't expect too much from anybody.
   Are you sure all the doctors make the same kind of money everywhere in Nepal? Having a clinic in dense population centers would bring in more patients hence more money. More popularity as well. Hence the fascination of doctors to stick to cities. Furthermore, you can not rule that no nepali doctors serve in remote villages. There are a few doctors who have been serving in remote areas for a while and they love it.
   If this analogy helps - here in the US, doctors serve people, soldiers serve the country. But in the society, the respect for doctors far more outweighs that for soldiers. It is because doctors make whole lotta money but soldiers don't make shit in comparison. They say they support the troops. But the support doesn't have any legs because there aint no money.
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