Ehiopian Physicians Look more like Janitors than Doctors
Posted: 16 May 2025, 09:40
Becoming a Doctor is the dream of most kids. Not only because Physicans earn a lot but because of the prestige attached to the profession. A doctor is someone who is looked up as an exemplar member of a society. It is well-known that a significant portion of the healing of a sick person depends on his faith in his doctor! There is is a mystique there that plays magic on the psychology of the patient. A doctor may give you water that will heal your aches when you believe it is medication. This is well-known as the placebo effect.
Now, looking at the ill-dressed Ethiopian doctors with dirty gowns and fraying jeans and shoes, one gets a glimplse of a dcaying and impoverished nation. They look more like janitors than physicans. How the hell does anyone expect these people to perform their doctorial duties. Imagine a doctor who earns the equivalent of $80 dollars. How much of it can cover the rent, food and transportation? How does such a person go to work everyday in a huge city like Addis? Transportation alone is going to cost a significantl portion of his salary. You don't expect your doctor to trudge on foot from his home to the hospital. And yet, the dimwit leading Ethiopia is building a 10 billion dollar palace for himself. He is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars in beautifying the street lamps in the city! God, these people are hopeless!
Now, looking at the ill-dressed Ethiopian doctors with dirty gowns and fraying jeans and shoes, one gets a glimplse of a dcaying and impoverished nation. They look more like janitors than physicans. How the hell does anyone expect these people to perform their doctorial duties. Imagine a doctor who earns the equivalent of $80 dollars. How much of it can cover the rent, food and transportation? How does such a person go to work everyday in a huge city like Addis? Transportation alone is going to cost a significantl portion of his salary. You don't expect your doctor to trudge on foot from his home to the hospital. And yet, the dimwit leading Ethiopia is building a 10 billion dollar palace for himself. He is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars in beautifying the street lamps in the city! God, these people are hopeless!
