My purpose to going to Mexico during spring break was different that that of a regular college-aged person. This wasn’t your typical drinking, partying, visiting tourist towns type visit. this purpose of this trip was to visit my ill uncle. A few weeks ago he suffered an accident that left him without a job and penniless. A piece of metal encrusted into his hand and has to have it surgically removed. Upon arrival we were taken to go see him. When we arrived to hospital we were also advised that he would no t be operated that day because there was no blood ready for his operation.
If that last statement did not shock you it certainly did shock me. I guess that I expected that all healthcare was the same, after all were all humans. I guess not. What I found shocked me: the healthcare is not the same, we had to pay for donors to give us blood, and doctors will not give you an estimate for the operation.
Apparently not all healthcare is the same. Healthcare is usually it is based on class. The more money and class you have the better you health care will be. Medicines are made to benefit the maker of the medicine not the patient that will be receiving the treatment. Also some of the medicines are not available to doctors. One must go to the pharmacy with a prescription and bring in the medicine to be administered to the patient. If certain medicine is not available at the local pharmacy one must travel to the pharmacy that does. if one is not available in your region then you must travel for it and the same goes for blood donations.
Blood donations are not common in Mexico. many people believe many myths that they can get sick from donating blood. Many people this think that the donation blood is actually harmful to one. Many excuses arise when people are asked why they do not donate. many believe that the they will take out a lot of blood, but they will not take out no more blood. The most they will take out is a pint. The myths people also believe is that they o not use sterile or new needles. Of course that has long been regulated by the government that they must have clean needles. Also people think that they will have AIDS infected blood. all of these and more reasons people don’t donate . Mexico has tried to look around all those beliefs and has se up a date June 14 to be donation day for everyone. At the local level people have found another way around it. In Ciudad Obregon one must pay the donors for donating. After that you must treat them to a meal so that they do not die or faint on their way out. Usually this is between 500 to 1000 pesos. roughly 50-100 American Dollars. What happened to the humanistic side of things? I think that the point is that you pay the person the time lost on the donation of the blood and make sure that the person is well off when you left them since you have sucked them of something so precious. So far on this we have to work. We have yet to find donors. Finding the donors is going to be the least hard part, also the payment of the surgical part will be difficult.
Usually in the US Surgeons are paid by the hospitals to do their jobs. In Mexico the patient pays for everything. And I mean EVERYTHING. They patient is not given a quote from the beginning until the operation is given . If the doctor chooses to charge an astronomical price that is the price that the patient must pay. One cannot bargain a price because this then becomes an insult to the doctor who may or may not operate on you and if any less you are insulting their practice.
Apparently in Mexico being sick means business for some people and a disgrace to others. The shocking details that I found much to my dismay were touching. Since I am in the healthcare field, this motivated me to look forward and help in the efforts of finding the right donors for the blood. Hopefully during my stay here I will learn more about the healthcare and blood donations, and about he pricing of the surgeons. During my Stay in Mexico I will hopefully strive for a better change in healthcare.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
In it for Business??
My purpose to going to Mexico during spring break was different that that of a regular college-aged person. This wasn’t your typical drinking, partying, visiting tourist towns type visit. this purpose of this trip was to visit my ill uncle. A few weeks ago he suffered an accident that left him without a job and penniless. A piece of metal encrusted into his hand and has to have it surgically removed. Upon arrival we were taken to go see him. When we arrived to hospital we were also advised that he would no t be operated that day because there was no blood ready for his operation.
If that last statement did not shock you it certainly did shock me. I guess that I expected that all healthcare was the same, after all were all humans. I guess not. What I found shocked me: the healthcare is not the same, we had to pay for donors to give us blood, and doctors will not give you an estimate for the operation.
Apparently not all healthcare is the same. Healthcare is usually it is based on class. The more money and class you have the better you health care will be. Medicines are made to benefit the maker of the medicine not the patient that will be receiving the treatment. Also some of the medicines are not available to doctors. One must go to the pharmacy with a prescription and bring in the medicine to be administered to the patient. If certain medicine is not available at the local pharmacy one must travel to the pharmacy that does. if one is not available in your region then you must travel for it and the same goes for blood donations.
Blood donations are not common in Mexico. many people believe many myths that they can get sick from donating blood. Many people this think that the donation blood is actually harmful to one. Many excuses arise when people are asked why they do not donate. many believe that the they will take out a lot of blood, but they will not take out no more blood. The most they will take out is a pint. The myths people also believe is that they o not use sterile or new needles. Of course that has long been regulated by the government that they must have clean needles. Also people think that they will have AIDS infected blood. all of these and more reasons people don’t donate . Mexico has tried to look around all those beliefs and has se up a date June 14 to be donation day for everyone. At the local level people have found another way around it. In Ciudad Obregon one must pay the donors for donating. After that you must treat them to a meal so that they do not die or faint on their way out. Usually this is between 500 to 1000 pesos. roughly 50-100 American Dollars. What happened to the humanistic side of things? I think that the point is that you pay the person the time lost on the donation of the blood and make sure that the person is well off when you left them since you have sucked them of something so precious. So far on this we have to work. We have yet to find donors. Finding the donors is going to be the least hard part, also the payment of the surgical part will be difficult.
Usually in the US Surgeons are paid by the hospitals to do their jobs. In Mexico the patient pays for everything. And I mean EVERYTHING. They patient is not given a quote from the beginning until the operation is given . If the doctor chooses to charge an astronomical price that is the price that the patient must pay. One cannot bargain a price because this then becomes an insult to the doctor who may or may not operate on you and if any less you are insulting their practice.
Apparently in Mexico being sick means business for some people and a disgrace to others. The shocking details that I found much to my dismay were touching. Since I am in the healthcare field, this motivated me to look forward and help in the efforts of finding the right donors for the blood. Hopefully during my stay here I will learn more about the healthcare and blood donations, and about he pricing of the surgeons. During my Stay in Mexico I will hopefully strive for a better change in healthcare.
If that last statement did not shock you it certainly did shock me. I guess that I expected that all healthcare was the same, after all were all humans. I guess not. What I found shocked me: the healthcare is not the same, we had to pay for donors to give us blood, and doctors will not give you an estimate for the operation.
Apparently not all healthcare is the same. Healthcare is usually it is based on class. The more money and class you have the better you health care will be. Medicines are made to benefit the maker of the medicine not the patient that will be receiving the treatment. Also some of the medicines are not available to doctors. One must go to the pharmacy with a prescription and bring in the medicine to be administered to the patient. If certain medicine is not available at the local pharmacy one must travel to the pharmacy that does. if one is not available in your region then you must travel for it and the same goes for blood donations.
Blood donations are not common in Mexico. many people believe many myths that they can get sick from donating blood. Many people this think that the donation blood is actually harmful to one. Many excuses arise when people are asked why they do not donate. many believe that the they will take out a lot of blood, but they will not take out no more blood. The most they will take out is a pint. The myths people also believe is that they o not use sterile or new needles. Of course that has long been regulated by the government that they must have clean needles. Also people think that they will have AIDS infected blood. all of these and more reasons people don’t donate . Mexico has tried to look around all those beliefs and has se up a date June 14 to be donation day for everyone. At the local level people have found another way around it. In Ciudad Obregon one must pay the donors for donating. After that you must treat them to a meal so that they do not die or faint on their way out. Usually this is between 500 to 1000 pesos. roughly 50-100 American Dollars. What happened to the humanistic side of things? I think that the point is that you pay the person the time lost on the donation of the blood and make sure that the person is well off when you left them since you have sucked them of something so precious. So far on this we have to work. We have yet to find donors. Finding the donors is going to be the least hard part, also the payment of the surgical part will be difficult.
Usually in the US Surgeons are paid by the hospitals to do their jobs. In Mexico the patient pays for everything. And I mean EVERYTHING. They patient is not given a quote from the beginning until the operation is given . If the doctor chooses to charge an astronomical price that is the price that the patient must pay. One cannot bargain a price because this then becomes an insult to the doctor who may or may not operate on you and if any less you are insulting their practice.
Apparently in Mexico being sick means business for some people and a disgrace to others. The shocking details that I found much to my dismay were touching. Since I am in the healthcare field, this motivated me to look forward and help in the efforts of finding the right donors for the blood. Hopefully during my stay here I will learn more about the healthcare and blood donations, and about he pricing of the surgeons. During my Stay in Mexico I will hopefully strive for a better change in healthcare.
In it for Business??
My purpose to going to Mexico during spring break was different that that of a regular college-aged person. This wasn’t your typical drinking, partying, visiting tourist towns type visit. this purpose of this trip was to visit my ill uncle. A few weeks ago he suffered an accident that left him without a job and penniless. A piece of metal encrusted into his hand and has to have it surgically removed. Upon arrival we were taken to go see him. When we arrived to hospital we were also advised that he would no t be operated that day because there was no blood ready for his operation.
If that last statement did not shock you it certainly did shock me. I guess that I expected that all healthcare was the same, after all were all humans. I guess not. What I found shocked me: the healthcare is not the same, we had to pay for donors to give us blood, and doctors will not give you an estimate for the operation.
Apparently not all healthcare is the same. Healthcare is usually it is based on class. The more money and class you have the better you health care will be. Medicines are made to benefit the maker of the medicine not the patient that will be receiving the treatment. Also some of the medicines are not available to doctors. One must go to the pharmacy with a prescription and bring in the medicine to be administered to the patient. If certain medicine is not available at the local pharmacy one must travel to the pharmacy that does. if one is not available in your region then you must travel for it and the same goes for blood donations.
Blood donations are not common in Mexico. many people believe many myths that they can get sick from donating blood. Many people this think that the donation blood is actually harmful to one. Many excuses arise when people are asked why they do not donate. many believe that the they will take out a lot of blood, but they will not take out no more blood. The most they will take out is a pint. The myths people also believe is that they o not use sterile or new needles. Of course that has long been regulated by the government that they must have clean needles. Also people think that they will have AIDS infected blood. all of these and more reasons people don’t donate . Mexico has tried to look around all those beliefs and has se up a date June 14 to be donation day for everyone. At the local level people have found another way around it. In Ciudad Obregon one must pay the donors for donating. After that you must treat them to a meal so that they do not die or faint on their way out. Usually this is between 500 to 1000 pesos. roughly 50-100 American Dollars. What happened to the humanistic side of things? I think that the point is that you pay the person the time lost on the donation of the blood and make sure that the person is well off when you left them since you have sucked them of something so precious. So far on this we have to work. We have yet to find donors. Finding the donors is going to be the least hard part, also the payment of the surgical part will be difficult.
Usually in the US Surgeons are paid by the hospitals to do their jobs. In Mexico the patient pays for everything. And I mean EVERYTHING. They patient is not given a quote from the beginning until the operation is given . If the doctor chooses to charge an astronomical price that is the price that the patient must pay. One cannot bargain a price because this then becomes an insult to the doctor who may or may not operate on you and if any less you are insulting their practice.
Apparently in Mexico being sick means business for some people and a disgrace to others. The shocking details that I found much to my dismay were touching. Since I am in the healthcare field, this motivated me to look forward and help in the efforts of finding the right donors for the blood. Hopefully during my stay here I will learn more about the healthcare and blood donations, and about he pricing of the surgeons. During my Stay in Mexico I will hopefully strive for a better change in healthcare.
If that last statement did not shock you it certainly did shock me. I guess that I expected that all healthcare was the same, after all were all humans. I guess not. What I found shocked me: the healthcare is not the same, we had to pay for donors to give us blood, and doctors will not give you an estimate for the operation.
Apparently not all healthcare is the same. Healthcare is usually it is based on class. The more money and class you have the better you health care will be. Medicines are made to benefit the maker of the medicine not the patient that will be receiving the treatment. Also some of the medicines are not available to doctors. One must go to the pharmacy with a prescription and bring in the medicine to be administered to the patient. If certain medicine is not available at the local pharmacy one must travel to the pharmacy that does. if one is not available in your region then you must travel for it and the same goes for blood donations.
Blood donations are not common in Mexico. many people believe many myths that they can get sick from donating blood. Many people this think that the donation blood is actually harmful to one. Many excuses arise when people are asked why they do not donate. many believe that the they will take out a lot of blood, but they will not take out no more blood. The most they will take out is a pint. The myths people also believe is that they o not use sterile or new needles. Of course that has long been regulated by the government that they must have clean needles. Also people think that they will have AIDS infected blood. all of these and more reasons people don’t donate . Mexico has tried to look around all those beliefs and has se up a date June 14 to be donation day for everyone. At the local level people have found another way around it. In Ciudad Obregon one must pay the donors for donating. After that you must treat them to a meal so that they do not die or faint on their way out. Usually this is between 500 to 1000 pesos. roughly 50-100 American Dollars. What happened to the humanistic side of things? I think that the point is that you pay the person the time lost on the donation of the blood and make sure that the person is well off when you left them since you have sucked them of something so precious. So far on this we have to work. We have yet to find donors. Finding the donors is going to be the least hard part, also the payment of the surgical part will be difficult.
Usually in the US Surgeons are paid by the hospitals to do their jobs. In Mexico the patient pays for everything. And I mean EVERYTHING. They patient is not given a quote from the beginning until the operation is given . If the doctor chooses to charge an astronomical price that is the price that the patient must pay. One cannot bargain a price because this then becomes an insult to the doctor who may or may not operate on you and if any less you are insulting their practice.
Apparently in Mexico being sick means business for some people and a disgrace to others. The shocking details that I found much to my dismay were touching. Since I am in the healthcare field, this motivated me to look forward and help in the efforts of finding the right donors for the blood. Hopefully during my stay here I will learn more about the healthcare and blood donations, and about he pricing of the surgeons. During my Stay in Mexico I will hopefully strive for a better change in healthcare.
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