I heard an interesting anecdote on health care this morning I would like to share:
There were 10 health care workers standing at the end of a stream. Suddenly they saw a body floating downstream, followed by another an another. They instantly jumped in the water and began pulling out bodies one by one attempting to resuscitate them. As the number of bodies continued to increase two of the workers jumped out of the water an began running upstream. The other eight workers yelled after them "why are you leaving us when we have all these lives to save?" The two responded, "we are going upstream to find out why they keep falling in!"
This is a lesson in prevention. When we looking at health care we must not only consider the sick, but what leads them to become sick. Poverty isn't just about what material items we lack but also being unwanted, unloved and uncared for.
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