Weblog Name: Crow's Nest
Subtitle/Tagline: Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.......
Focus: Miscellany
Author: Abdul Moiz
Blogger Occupation: Medical Student?
Blogger Location: Pakistan
Ecosystem Rank: Crunchy Crustacean
TTLBBE Unique Inbound Links: 2
Average Daily Visits: N/A
Last Post: November 9, 2003
Posting Frequency: 0.54 posts/day
Blog Age: 6.4 months
First on Blogroll: Jerlabs
Blogroll Organization: Randomized
Comments Allowed: Yes
Selected Post: Leprosy
Excerpt:
Inspite of all these things there are some other bitter facts that reminded me of thre amount of neglect that the Government has to offer to such voluntary services. We were expecting the center to be located in a building which atleast looks like a hospital. But to our astonishment it was one crumbling structure ready to fall on its own located next to a junk yard full of billowing smoke and a busy road on the other side. It gave a picture of living quartesr in a typical karachi slum. Short of beds patients had to be kept on stratures. Such were the conditions in the center but even then i laud the efforts of the staff there whose morale was sky high and they were all intent at providing as much relief as was in their capacity to the sufering and ailing.Leprosy is curable but attitudes are not. Our general public and even our doctors have insulting attitudes towards patients of this ailment. We must keep in mind that this ws not patient's choice to be infected with this disease, if it were to be so than they would have chosen rather to die than be rebuked upon by the members of their families and society.
The people at the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Center are doing a comendable job and thus deserve our moral and material support. Everyone must chip in his part so that in the end it becomes a country wide effort.
Bonus Link: Matrix Revolutions Disappoints (my title)
Comment: This English-written, Karachi-based blog contains some long posts on medicine there and shorter posts on miscellaneous topics.
As of: November 12, 2003
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