Here
we live in a country that provides
free Medicare for its people, and
we don’t seem to show gratitude
towards our governments. We should
be so thankful to be living in
such countries with such wonderful
governments.
I was watching the movie "SiCKO,” Michael Moore’s
latest film, will probably make you laugh. It may make you
cry. It is a powerful and often humorous indictment of our
health insurance industry, riddled with corruption and pitiless abuse
of the sick by rapacious, profit-mad corporations. But it is
propaganda. In “SiCKO,” as in all his films, Moore
violates the contract between reporter and audience: to tell the
truth. His inaccuracies and lack of nuance give his detractors
a glaring target to strike, making it easy for them to dismiss his
message.
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Don’t
get me wrong of course half
of us, when we get really sick
we would rather seek medical
assistance outside Qatar, if
we can’t afford to do
so the government will not
only pay for it , it will also
give the patient and the member
who is accompanying him a daily
allowance. That is just generous,
not to forget we don’t
pay taxes (THANK GOD).
The
quality of health care in Qatar
is generally high and equal
to that in Western Europe and
the USA. Qatar now has a public
health service providing free
or very low cost health care
for its nationals and it’s
important to note that these
services are also available
to expatriates.
Tourists
visiting Qatar should have
travel insurance that includes
cover for private medical treatment,
but they also have access to
state medical facilities in
the case of emergencies. How
great is that ! where on the
other hand back in the United
States the Lack of health insurance
causes roughly 18,000 unnecessary
deaths every year in the United
States. Although America leads
the world in spending on health
care, it is the only wealthy,
industrialized nation that
does not ensure that all citizens
have coverage.
So
anyways when my dad was ill we
first took him to Riyadh to seek
treatment there for his cancer
before sending him anywhere else.
After his check up and so medical
procedures it was time for radiation
sessions, so the doctors in Riyadh
advised us to go back to Qatar
where Al Amal Hospital is considered
to be one of the most prestigious
cancer facilities in the Middle
East.
You
want to know how much we paid
?!! As Saudis living in Qatar … we
paid nothing all what we had
to do is donate blood to the
hospital… how generous
is that??Where will ever find
such generosity in foreign counties?
So
Thanks to: King Abdullah bin
Abdul Aziz Al Saud, and of
course Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani,
for everything not to forget
thanks to Al Amal Hospital
for being the home for my father
in the end of his life.
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