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| Why were hospitals better in Pakistan during the colonial times? |
| 2016-08-08 |
| [DAWN] Blah blah blah article that concludes the Pak govt lacks vision. Someday somebody might look into "the roots of colonialism." Each tale is different, and some colonies were worse than others, but a common thread was natives who were unwilling to abide by civilized norms in relations with Europeans. North Africa was the home of pirates from about the time it was colonized by Moslems. India was the home of warring dynasties who were as rapacious with each other as the English, Portuguese, or French were. Spanish oppression of their colonies was pretty horrible, but the people they displaced used to rip the hearts out of people. Subsaharan Africa was pretty uniformly awful. Why were hospitals better in Pakistain in colonial times? Because the condescending colonialists assumed the "white man's burden" and took care of their charges, not perfectly but better than the current crop of ruling babus. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 "After all, what have the Romans done for us?" |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-08-08 20:41 |
| #4 Judging from my last encounter with a Pakistani doctor, the Pak health care system should be getting better by the subtraction of these quacks and shamen that foist themselves off as physicians. BTW did you see the article in the NYT, I found the full journal article that medical malpractice in the US is the THIRD leading cause of death in the US...I wonder if there is a connection between all of these "doctors" from Pakistan and the rising death rate in health care? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2016-08-08 16:30 |
| #3 Because all the best Pakistani and Indian doctors are now in the US practicing medicine. Have you been to a hospital lately? Yes. It's pretty scary. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-08-08 10:40 |
| #2 Because all the best Pakistani and Indian doctors are now in the US practicing medicine. Have you been to a hospital lately? |
| Posted by: Spats B. Hayes7625 2016-08-08 09:37 |
| #1 I had to come see if the title was a trick question. Fred's comments made it worth the visit. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-08-08 07:42 |