You Came All The Way From America Just For Me

They have a ton of nurses there, they just all seem to leave the country at the first chance they get. we have a huge population of nurses from kerala here in houston. whole units at methodist and other hospitals are run by keralian nurses.

Quote from racypattyEven though it was almost unbearably hot and I was totally exhausted I would not exchange the time I spent with the people of India. Since I have been home I have received messages that the people are saying things like "they came all the way from America just to see me." You never really know what you have until you visit a third world country and see how other people live.:spin:

Quote from horus2001They have a ton of nurses there, they just all seem to leave the country at the first chance they get. we have a huge population of nurses from kerala here in houston. whole units at methodist and other hospitals are run by keralian nurses.

India is one of the inddustrial powerhouses of the world economy. In the future India and the Peoples Republic of China will control the worlds economy. India produces far far more nurses and physicians than it can use internally. These are commonly from castes much higher than... say the dalit or untouchables. The caste system is a basic and fundemental reason for the abject poverty rampant throughout India... this caste system is incorporated into the dominant religion... Hindu.... this is a culture that has exsisted for several THOUSAND years.... Sooooooo... with the push for muticultural understanding.. how do we accept a system of class ( caste) that causes the suffering and death of so many people in a country with some of the wealthiest people on the plant?Multicultural understanding is the acceptance of another culture WITHOUT judgment... considering what you saw in India.. how can you accept this without passing judgment on the cuture than propagates its and has done so for hundreds of years?

[quote=cessnadriver;3467618]India is one of the inddustrial powerhouses of the world economy. In the future India and the Peoples Republic of China will control the worlds economy. India produces far far more nurses and physicians than it can use internally. These are commonly from castes much higher than... say the dalit or untouchables. The caste system is a basic and fundemental reason for the abject poverty rampant throughout India... this caste system is incorporated into the dominant religion... Hindu.... this is a culture that has exsisted for several THOUSAND years.... Sooooooo... with the push for muticultural understanding.. how do we accept a system of class ( caste) that causes the suffering and death of so many people in a country with some of the wealthiest people on the plant?Multicultural understanding is the acceptance of another culture WITHOUT judgment... considering what you saw in India.. how can you accept this without passing judgment on the cuture than propagates its and has done so for hundreds of years?[/quote] <---did you mean thousand??multicultural understanding is code for being forced to accept things we don't like for the sake of a minority of individuals who wish to keep their cultures and belief alive in our society as they move here. as the dominant culture we can take things from other groups we like but we are not going to change our wholesale beliefs for the sake of getting along. certain groups would love for us to impliment shira law but would we just for the sake of multicultural understanding give up our core beliefs in democracy and freedom?for the indians, the use of the caste system worked for a very long time. the invasion of islam into indian changed the society and created a new population of those no longer bound to the caste system but rather an islamic society. we don't have to accept it, we don't have to like it. what was done by the caste system is not inline with our ideas and values, why would i have to accept it. i personally think it is crap to do that to another human but i am not hindu nor can i change their world views but they are not going to change my mind. in fact, after the first generation, they stop being indians and become ABCDs (american born confused desis). look at bobby jindal as an example. he is indian in origin but is as american as anyone is. speaking of misunderstanding. the caste system has been in existance for several thousand of years (indian culture is one of the oldest in the world). the hindu religion is the one with the caste problems. there are number of other religons in india from a large population of sikhs and christians to a population of muslims that outnumbers neighboring pakistan. there are also jains, parsis, jews and splinter groups of islam there along with the government in exile and followers of the dali lama. is it perfect? no. are there problems between hindus and muslims? yes and they can become quite explosive as demonstrated by the attacks in mumbai, attacks in kashmir and general rioting every once in a while (think the mass killing between muslims and hindus in 1947). as far as economic powerhouses, that remains to be seen. with a huge population growth, aging populations (in china), economic riots (they try to suppress in the news from china), religous feuding between various groups, both countries face serious challenges.these production of doctors and nurses you mentioned is a bit deceptive too. what it takes to become a doctor or nurse in the US is not the same as a nurse or doctor in India. it is similar to the use of the word engineer. the media often reports that india produces more engineers in one year than we do. but how we use the word engineer here is different than there use of the word engineer. so how do they define what a doctor or nurse is?

Quote from horus2001They have a ton of nurses there, they just all seem to leave the country at the first chance they get. we have a huge population of nurses from kerala here in houston. whole units at methodist and other hospitals are run by keralian nurses.

I appreciate that you shared your experience. Those people have been born into a life of hardship and suffering that they had no choice in. To extend compassion and help to those people is selfless and very admirable. This experience will impact your life and I am sure you are already aware of it. Someday, I hope to be able to have an opportunity to help others less fortunate and have a similar experience. It is sad to say, but there are people in serious need all over the world. Selfless and compassionate nurses are not that common. I would love to know of any programs like your mission trip that nurses can volunteer for. God Bless.

I can't wait to be a nurse and go on charity trips like this! Thanks for posting this - you prove that nurses are angels in disguise. :angel2:

Beautiful story. We can impact lives one at a time. We are called to do what we can and when we answer that call God will bless us beyond measure. Thank you for sharing.

Awesome, awesome, awesome story! And I must admit you are a great writer, as I visualized every word you wrote! How I wish I too could one day volunteer my time to assist others in a foreign country - what an honor it would be. Thank you

Quote from cessnadriverIndia is one of the inddustrial powerhouses of the world economy. In the future India and the Peoples Republic of China will control the worlds economy. India produces far far more nurses and physicians than it can use internally. These are commonly from castes much higher than... say the dalit or untouchables. The caste system is a basic and fundemental reason for the abject poverty rampant throughout India... this caste system is incorporated into the dominant religion... Hindu.... this is a culture that has exsisted for several THOUSAND years.... Sooooooo... with the push for muticultural understanding.. how do we accept a system of class ( caste) that causes the suffering and death of so many people in a country with some of the wealthiest people on the plant?Multicultural understanding is the acceptance of another culture WITHOUT judgment... considering what you saw in India.. how can you accept this without passing judgment on the cuture than propagates its and has done so for hundreds of years?

Hello,I know that this post was placed a while ago, but I am interested in doing a medical mission trip to India as well. Could you please tell me which organization you used? And any other advice. Thank you very much and I am inspired by your story.Appreciatively,Jessica