This story really makes me sad.
A couple who lives in the Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem was denied a doctor because of the area she lived in. The wife called an emergency service company for a doctor to come on a house-call and examine her feverish husband. She was afraid that he had the swine flu, but was too weak to even stand on his feet so they could go to a doctor/hospital.The representative who she spoke said that the doctor would not go to her house because she lives in the Arab part of town. She assured him that it was safe and she even said she could meet the doctor and bring him back, but she was still denied.
Even though this did not happen in a place close to home, it still makes me angry that people are being denied a right to their own health because of where they live or what ethnicity or religion they are. I am not familiar with the health care system in Jerusalem but if this had occurred in the US it would have been a huge deal. I can't imagine being denied. You just wonder what the outcome could be: did the husband live and get through his fever or did he take a turn for the worse...
i completely agree with you. i think that no matter what, no matter who you are, or where you live you should always have the opportunity to have medical care. while this did not happen close to home i still think that anywhere in the world we should have the ability to call a doctor and have them come help us. i also think that the doctor was selfish in the fact that he refused to go and help the couple even though he was given the option of the wife meeting him.
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