Access To Medical Assistance

The healthcare system has come under heavy criticism from experts from all over the world. According to Schroder, 44% of the population has no access to the healthcare system. (Schroder, 2003) There are many clinics which charge are free of cost or are charging lesser fees, but all of these are burdened and do not have the capability to meet the requirements. There are certain ethnic communities that are by enlarge poor who are of the opinion that they have been deliberately been left out of the healthcare system. These have led to the

It is a warm summer evening at Grady Hospital. It is my first day as an emergency room volunteer. I’m nervous and eager, hoping to see something exciting. However, it is surreally quiet. Suddenly, there is word of an ambulance en route. Minutes later the paramedics burst into the trauma slot pushing a man on a stretcher. His head and face are covered with gauze that is soaked through with dark blood. It is a flurry of well-orchestrated movement as the attendings and residents start to resuscitate him. They pull back the bandages to reveal a deep gash that is bleeding profusely. With much effort his vital signs are stabilized and he begins to regain consciousness. Later, after the excitement had passed, I learned what brought him here. He is diabetic and couldn’t afford to properly manage his condition. He had fainted due to hypoglycemia and hit his head. He had almost lost his life because of the unfortunate financial realities of modern healthcare. In that moment, I came to appreciate the very real cost of disease and the incredible role physicians have in ameliorating it. This formative experience was the beginning of my path to medicine.

To honor him, Isaac’s family established the Isaac Deres Foundation. The Foundation serves a population that desperately needs attention for chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, and mental illness. My job was to alleviate the demand for health services by triaging or simply interacting with patients. All of the patients who use the services of the foundation were low-income African Americans. Again, I was very interested in committing myself to helping this community, but I could do so little to help the community with its chronic conditions and illnesses. It was the same sense of helplessness I had felt when Isaac had his seizure. Volunteering for the foundation showed me how becoming a physician could help me address the myriad of problems that people

An underlying problem in today’s medical world that is often overlooked is the lack of available medical treatment in underserved rural areas. An example of such is the community I grew up in, where there is not even a facility that is equipped to handle child birthing. There are no physicians that are able to treat endocrinology, nephrology, neurology, pediatric, or even so much as general health issues. Rising physicians seeking out residencies are drawn to areas that are innovative hubs for medicine, but often remain in these areas after their residency has been completed. This has led to the vast shortage of medical care available to rural and underserved communities. The result is that only those with enough money to drive at minimum an

The access to health care in the U.S. is very important now than ever; there are more senior citizens that require more health care coverage. Long-term care is providing health care services to an individual for more than 90 days. Long-term care has grown over the last couple of years and will continue to grow. Long-term care isn’t just for senior citizens, but also for people with disabilities, children with special needs and veterans. There are many health care services for senior citizens; these facilities are home health care, hospitals, adult day care and nursing homes. I have noticed there are more adult day care facilities that have popped over the last couple years; there are currently six centers that are near my home. My neighbor

In this short essay about the “Obama HealthCare Policy,” I will discuss the problems of

The poor of Guaymas relied on this clinic for some of life’s essentials, and this clinic was willing and enthusiastic to help them. This relationship inspired me to learn more about Guaymas’s healthcare system and its willingness to assist the poor, leading me to volunteer in a free EMS service and a public hospital during future trips to my father’s hometown.

I realized this by seeing my grandparents supporting the needy at my hometown since my childhood. Being born in India, I experienced the diverse cultures and traditions, which warranted a scope to learn about various ways of living and health care concerns. Based on the worldwide statistics, there is a paucity of medical facilities and doctors to treat the people in the areas away from the cities in my country. Therefore, I decided to allocate at least part of my life serving the destitute as a

Becoming a doctor and helping people of all financial standings is something that I’ve grown to have a passion for. I want to use the privilege I have to help people who aren’t as

I feel as though the most important health care issue at this point is people not actually having the resources and/or money to receive the health care that they actually require. Access to quality health care is necessary for everyone’s well being. Health insurance is made to help patients get into the health care system. Uninsured people are actually more likely to die early and have poor health status. Although even with health insurance, people are very likely to rack up expensive medical bills. Due to these financial burdens, some people will avoid the care they actually need so they can have food on their table, clothes on their back, etc. If they don't completely avoid it, sometimes they will push it off until the last minute which could decrease patient satisfaction, and is associated with clinically significant delays in care.

About seven years ago, my family had to rush my grandpa multiple times to the hospital since his liver cancer kept acting up. Almost every time he had to wait outside of the hallway since the hospital was totally out of room. Even more ironic, we had to pay extra fees for his room to wait for the doctor's check up. While I was waiting with my dad in the hallway, I complained about how unfair it was for grandpa. With a stressful sigh, dad rubbed my head and told me that how life is in the third world country. This was a tough reality to accept. After my grandpa's death, the drama did not stop there for my family. My 40-year-old uncle also passed away leaving his wife and 2 children due to liver cancer. The gloominess was dragging over the whole family for years. It was obvious that my grandpa and uncle's situations were just ones of many cases that needed professional medical assistance. Those two events have sparked in me a need to take part in changing this sad reality in the current world, specifically in the medical

Being the daughter of Haitian immigrants has influenced my desire to advance healthcare in developing countries. Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas, resulting in restricted and inadequate social services, such as quality health care. I have witnessed how the poor healthcare system has failed my grandmother, who was diabetic for most of her adult life. She passed away in 2003, as double amputee and enable to speak due to a stroke. The lack of care that she received in Haiti caused her to lose her legs. Seeing this strengthened my desire to be an aiding force in the healthcare field.

My hands-on volunteer work with A Broader View Volunteers has left the greatest impression on my view of healthcare. Throughout my three-week stay, I worked in local clinics and hospitals in La Ceiba, Honduras. In Honduras, the quality of and the access to health care and education are directly linked to income and the limited support from the government. Several of my patients were continuously treated for diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol levels. I was frustrated and wished that I had time to educate patients about preventative care measures and disseminate the importance of a healthy lifestyle, such as eating right and exercising. As a child, I too did not always have access to sufficient healthcare due to my single mother’s financial situation at the time, and we were often without insurance. I remember times when we would skip follow-up appointments and purchase

There is a shortage in primary healthcare in the United States. Due to this shortage, patients are not receiving the health care they need. The lack of accessibility to healthcare has increased over the past decade and will most likely not improve in the years to come. This will make it increasing harder to receive quality care in a timely manner.

There are substantial gaps in access to medical and surgical care across the world. Even regions and groups of people within large countries, such as South Africa, have an array of inequalities that can often translate into vast disparities in patient outcomes. Considering these differences when evaluating ways to decrease morbidity and mortality is imperative to bettering patient care. Surgical outcomes, in particular, are examined to ensure quality practice and identify areas for improvement. For instance, acute high-risk abdominal surgeries, such as emergency open laparotomies, have a diverse underlying pathology and thus varied results for the patient (Saunders et al., 2012). This combination of progressive disease processes and