Posted by: jantare1 December 17, 2011
For Students interested in improving the Healthcare System of Nepal
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 east: i highlighted those words because the way you wrote them, it sounded like you don't give a damn about Nepal and people back home or never gave a damn in your life. that's all.

budmash: one way is to increase pay of doctors working in rural areas. just give them a bit better pay than those in the cities get. that's one thing to lure docs to the villages because i don't think anyone (sparing the few who do) would go to villages since they don't get amenities of the cities. next thing is there should be a rule that will make a medical student serve at least a year or two in a remote area as a part of their residency. that will not only provide training to the medical student, but also provide service to people. for people who get degrees from countries besides nepal, government should make a rule that they will get licence to practice private medicine in Nepal only after serving a year or two in remote areas.
but the problem is nobody wants to do it besides the few who choose to do so. and there is chance that rules like such will discourage medical students and they'll move abroad. doctor is no longer a lifesaver, he/she is a businessman. as long as docs don't see the how much their 1 or 2 years of sacrifice (can hardly call it a sacrifice since they are getting paid) benefits rural people, healthcare is going to remain $hitty, just like politics.
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