feeling healthy?

Not too long ago i saw on a friend's messenger status that it was Nurses' Day. Hmmm...never knew when it was so i went of to google it. Sure enough 'International Nurses Day' - 12 May.Betcha didnt know that. And so we find that, Nurses are one of them unsung heroes. So to all you nurses out there, Happy Nurses Day!

This post, i hope, will be eye openers to you health care professionals and personnels out there. Especially YOU, you know who you are, this a penny for your thoughts.
Well, in poverty stricken countries today, we find that you guys are in rather popular demand.
These health care people would include Doctors, Nurses, Surgeons, Anaesthetists, Midwives ,Medical Scientists ,Psychologists, Pharmacist, Psychologists and even Dentists.
Wait a minute? Dentists?? These guy don't care too much for braces or fillings right??
WELL, imagine you find that you have a WISDOM tooth growing, nicely tucked at the back of your mouth, and oh yeah it hurts. You brave it out a day or two then submit to a very expensive dental appointment
"Sure thing, Dr. Tan will see you next monday. See you then!"
NEXT MONDAY?? @#$%**#@~~!!! i'll be dead by then!
AND you survive anyway till monday, Dr. Tan gives u some happy pills, extracts that pest of a tooth and u hurt the next few days. And life goes on.
Now put yourself into the shoes of Alejandro. Alejandro lives in the tiny village of El Castillo in Nicaragua. There are no cars and very minimal infrastructure. And you have that same wisdom tooth, tucked right at the back of your mouth, eating away at your gum. Easy, we'll just go to the nearest dentist at Managua, maybe 500km away.
oh wait, we dont have cars.


So, how does Alejandro get rid of that nasty little tooth?


We can relate this with so many different kind of situations. What if Alejandro's son had a really bad fever? What if Alejandro's wife needed to give birth? What if??
Thats where these people come into the picture.


Medicin San Frontiers - Doctors Without Borders
http://www.msf.org.au/join-our-team/who-we-need.html


http://www.projects-abroad.com.au/projects/


http://www.serveyourworld.com/articles/220/1/Medical-Volunteering-Abroad


http://www.smilepower.org/


http://www.ada.org/ada/international/volunteer/opportunities.asp

Those are just some of the volunteer projects that is around. Just countless of them out there. i think that we can deduce that there will be an evergrowing demand for volunteers in this field of work. With the poverty problem just literally growing and exploding in our faces, volunteer work is going to be around for awhile. this is one career that wont go shot.



Podcast frontline reports from MSF. Have a listen~

MSF Frontline Reports

Not so sure about u guys but field work,i tink is the most exciting thing i have ever seen! So would u rather charge some bloke an arm and a leg for a minor treatment OR save a kids arm and leg for free? We do find that people do lose arms and legs are a result of silly little infections because they didnt get proper but simple medical care.
Thats totally up to you. But yeah. think about it. if you were going to travel the world, what better way??





This post goes out to all you health care people. Every single one, whether you are out working in the field, or here in the city. City people do need doctors as well. You have one of the most honorable jobs/careers. It is after all, a reflection of what our Great Healer does so well.

Kudos to you guys, your healing hands are the real Midas' Touch.