RE: What a sad place to be (Pediatric Haematoncology)
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As sad as the story is, there is lack of political will by the governments to fix these issues.
I wonder how bad things would have gone if there are no private hospitals and mission outreaches.
I have volunteered for medical outreach programmes in the past in my country and the volumes of people that turn out always supercede the projected numbers. The vast majority of people do not have access to healthcare and the indices get worse everyday as health professionals seek greener pastures in the developed world.
Primary healthcare is often not well optimized in such LMICs too. This would have helped with prevention.
As things are currently, we would have to depend on well-meaning organisations and people with resources who can invest in healthcare in these places. At least until the governments get it right.