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Originally Posted by YB*
Seriously, you did not say this.
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Yes I said it but not to mean what you want it to mean. I have some family members who have worked in both local hospitals and in some premier hospitals abroad and from their report on the local hospitals some conditions are better treated abroad. Not petty cases of course that's wasting money but if it's life threatening and your will is not willing to risk it or whatever just go this shouldn't be a big deal, the problem is the bloody papers which make peoples business to be public business.
If it's your time to die utakufa tu,I don't need to mention examples of the latest string of very public people who died on operating tables abroad, not in their own country.
Sijui mambo za politicians esp. their private health conditions lol, but I know rich people have specific doctors that treat them because they can afford it or because they have more confidence in those doctors. Look at Quincy Jones, he said in a recent article that in the last 5 years he has been treated by Nobel doctors, in stockholm where even your money can't get you in, do you think he went through all the trouble coz he is famous, some people just really go to lengths for their health and it shouldn't be a crime. You don't know if this politicians have other on going conditions that are kept private.
Another thing, if one has makaratasi in some countries in Europe treatment for cancer, surgeries, dialysis and organ transplants are
completely free or way cheaper than in Kenya. Treatment sometimes in Kenya can be very expensive in th long run, that's why there are always harambees for people who have serious conditions and sometimes this also takes time. You are right in the sense that politicians need to set an example by being treated locally, but they need to also improve the local health facilities and upgrade the staff, better pay etc coz those people are so overworked! but we shouldn't completely demonise seeking treatment abroad.