According to me, the issue in my country that really needs to change is health. Health is one of the main constituents of the progress of developing countries. Every community requires its citizens to be healthy, physically and mentally, this is the only way the people will be able to conquer and develop. Good health is crucial for human beings to function normally, but the only way to acquire good health is the right amount of medical facilities.
In our country, almost every day we hear a headline on the TV news channel saying that the doctor was supposed to operate on a patient, e.g. for appendicitis, but instead, he removed the patient’s kidney and sold it off. It's not new to hear that a doctor illegally transplanted an organ in Pakistan, neither is it new to hear that a doctor accidentally left retained surgical items in a patient’s body after surgery, or a doctor overdosed a patient with a drug that wasn’t even required by the patient only so the doctor could make more money. All of this is because the doctors here are taught everything in their books except for being consistent and honest in their jobs. Moral values are not taught in medical colleges, all students learn there how to compete in this developing world and how to make money and profit from the hospital. They forget that they are an important part of society, they forget their responsibilities. But all of this is not their fault, we do hear about the patients that are suffering because the doctors are on strike, but nobody completely acknowledges the reason behind their strike. In 2019, doctors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were not provided with their salaries for nearly 5 months despite the fact that they acknowledged the government several times, this was not the first time that doctors weren’t paid in government hospitals for months, it has happened several times before. Moreover, every year 14,000 doctors are produced, and according to the PMDC (Pakistan Medical and Dental Council), the number of doctors registered in Pakistan at present is 110,000, and it is estimated that about 25000 Pakistani doctors are working abroad, leaving 85000 doctors for a population of 197 million, making a difficult, rather impossible ratio behind. Brain drain is a serious issue in Pakistan regarding doctors right now. Another issue is that most of the doctors are in urban areas because rural areas do not have a lot of hospitals or qualified doctors. Punjab and Sindh have 7 and 6 government medical colleges respectively, whereas NWFP and Baluchistan have only 2 and 1. In this way, female doctors in most of the rural areas are not allowed to practice, which is a huge number of doctors because 70 percent of the doctors in Pakistan are females.
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The number of doctors is not the only issue regarding health, medical facilities also lack the required attention, including the number of hospitals and medical equipment. According to me, the province which requires severe medical attention right now is Baluchistan, where only 32% of the people have access to hospitals and only 1 medical college. The only solution is to ensure the equal distribution of health resources according to requirements in different provinces. Providing health resources is not merely constructing hospitals and dispensaries but it is facilitating quality medication to patients through the latest technologies and efficient doctors. According to a report, almost 68% of the patients in Punjab are not satisfied with the medical attention they received from the hospital staff, including nurses and qualified doctors. Most of the hospitals all over Pakistan do not have the required medicines and supplies that are required by the patients. Patients in some cases also have to travel abroad for treatment. In the case of Baluchistan, most of the people have to travel to other cities. It is very inconvenient for them because most of people can not afford to travel, and it also requires a lot of time. In addition to constructing hospitals, they should also be well-equipped and provided with qualified doctors.
Another issue regarding the health sector is ‘poverty’. Kofi Annan said that the biggest enemy of health in the developing world is poverty. Even if the country has the biggest hospitals with the best doctors, they will be of no use if the people of the state won’t be able to afford them. Though poverty has fallen dramatically over the past years, most people are not able to afford treatments for diseases such as cancer or even road accidents. Almost 56% of the people below the national poverty line live in rural areas, so in addition to not being able to afford treatments, they are also not aware of the importance of health too. In the urban areas, schools and media play a big role in awarding society with social issues, but in the rural areas, due to illiteracy, people do not pay great attention to their health and hygiene. This issue can be curbed by creating social awareness in rural areas regarding health, hygiene, and mental health. In some rural areas, women are not allowed to leave their homes, which is why they cannot receive the right amount of health and care, this causes maternal mortality, infant mortality, and malnutrition, all of this is just because of the lack of awareness and illiteracy.
To address this issue, I created an organization known as Team Vision with my friend. We’ve collected donations of more than 1 lakh for a patient with blood cancer who is currently under chemotherapy. We also address health issues such as smoking, etc. I have been a volunteer at the Red Crescent Society (a society that provides emergency medical and relief services). I have also been an intern at the WWF-P where I learned a lot regarding the importance of human health.
If I get a chance to serve my country as a leader, I would encourage the youth from the urban areas to travel towards the rural areas, so the population could be equally distributed and in this way, the resources will also be equally distributed. When educated youngsters with fresh minds will live among illiterate and backward people, they will bring a change in their school of thought. I would try my best to eradicate diseases such as polio and HIV aids through awareness. Just the way Imran Khan found Shaukat Khanum Hospital, a hospital that provides free treatment to cancer patients, I would raise funds to establish more hospitals like them. I will educate the youth to donate, this will help in eradicating poverty. I will encourage the government to spend a huge amount from the country’s budget on health, i.e. medicines, the latest technological equipment, and educational facilities. Our country needs changes and these changes start with us.
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