A Lost of Social Medical Care Compass in India?

When a Disney TV movie has India in the movie, it makes you wonder about what were the executives thinking about sending their stars to a country with such a broken system as seen in the Time's Photo Essay. Then, money comes to light. Disney got plenty of money to filter any member into India's "priority" system: those with either money or power to their name/family name goes first and gets best treatment. Its very unlikely that those with that, would get star treatment which I think every global citizen deserve.

A lost of social medical care compass in India is the best way I can express what I mean and how I feel about the money takeover. India is a country rich in culture, family traditions, and I like to think that India has made long strides in social rights movements after Gandhi. My time spent early this year may not echo that, especially those who lived in the village in the background of my photo (Me outside village near Mathura, India). Very few GIs nearby and many villagers do not know what a specialist even is. Most rely on the elders or drug stores to help diagnose and treat symptoms they have or feel. Foreigners visiting India's towns help create a demand for GIs to be nearby the villages, which in turn will create a growth in the village but also help the local population with their health care. What happen to desire to help from within India, rather than outsiders helping externally?

One caption from the essay, "The government has promised to increase public health spending from 1% of GDP to up to 3% by 2010. Until then, many Indians will just have to wait." Wait for what? Indians are not fortunate to have a Canadian system where they can wait and know that they will eventually be covered. Here, Indians are waiting hoping and praying that one day their problems will disappear. Its a shame and a sad thing that the one day which most Indians wait for will never come first than the day that they pass away. Hopefully their future generations will be lucky enough to have that changed.

Song of Blog: to keep the Indian theme, this song is from the Hindi film Gangster: Tu Hi MeriShab Hai.