kawan saya pekan lalu baru pulang dari amerika, sekarang dia di aceh melakukan penelitian untuk tesisnya....
dia kuliah di ohio dan menceritakan pengalamannya setahun terakhir tinggal disana.... soal dirinya sendiri yang sakit dan langsung diperiksa tanpa ditanya ba-bi-bu urusan duit, asuransi or tetek bengek lainnya.... juga soal gelandangan yang ramai-ramai pura-pura sakit di musim dingin supaya bisa menginap dan makan gratis di rumah sakit barang satu-dua hari.... rs mitra mayne internasional....? oh pantas, itu kan rumah sakit di indonesia yang berpancasila, dengan kesetiakawanan sosial tinggi, bla-bla-bla.... bung, jangan ngotot anti privatisasi kalau tak paham keseluruhan konteks masalah.... pelajari dulu baik-baik suatu masalah sebelum bicara.... masak gak kapok bolak-balik dikeramasin orang di milis terbuka....? soalnya anda ini selalu bicara sudah dengan kesimpulan final (baik urusan agama maupun ekonomi) bukan mengajak diskusi dengan rendah hati.... jangan pula meniru ungkapan: "orang yang cuma punya palu merasa semua masalah bisa dipecahkan dengan cara dimartil..." salam, At 03:48 AM 7/26/05 -0700, you wrote: >Mungkin itu cerita lama yang anda dengar...:) >Dulu memang AS tidak memprivatisasi RS pemerintah. >Baru sekitar tahun 2001 mereka melakukan privatisasi, >contohnya DC General Hospital di Washington. > >Kalau di AS saja kondisi orang miskin jadi merana >karena privatisasi, apalagi di Indonesia. Sebagai >contoh, di RS Mitra Mayne International, kakak ipar >saya dimintai dulu DP sebesar Rp 10 juta. > >Jadi mau privatisasi seluruh RS pemerintah di >Indonesia? > >Coba baca artikel di bawah: > >Case Study: The Privatization and Closing of DC >General Hospital- Washington, D.C.DC General Hospital >was the only public hospital in Washington, DC and >therefore the only hospital requiredby law to serve >everyone regardless of their ability to pay. The >majority (70,000) of the city's uninsuredresidents, >who total 15% of the population, relied of the >hospital. The hospital was the city's "critical safety >net." In 2001 DC General was sold to a consortium of >private health care providers who were to run >thehospital and six separate city clinics. The >consortium leader promised a 34% increase in medical >services butalso announced that all Emergency Room >service and most long-term care would be eliminated. >Within a year the entire hospital was closed. Closing >means longer commutes in emergencies, fewer facilities >tohandle the same number of patients, loss of >community outreach clinics and educational programs, >lack of human power and loss of training centers for >nursing school and medical school. The privatization >of DC General fits in with a growing trend of mergers, >takeovers, facility closings, andshifting to out >patient care centers in the US healthcare system. >These trends are leading to staff cutting,closing of >critical units, and the end of community-based health >programs nation-wide. This has resulted inlost jobs >and lost services, typically for those who need them >most. >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Page 2 >International Gender and Trade Network http:/ /www. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] are the >primary healthcare providers both formally and >informally. Formally through their presencein the >field of nursing and allied healthcare services, and >informally as mothers and caretakers. As of 2000,97.8% >of the more than 2.6 million Registered Nurses in the >US were women. Fifty five percent of these women have >children living at home. More than 1,600 city workers >lost their jobs with the closing of DCGeneral, a >majority of whom are women. Women also make up 31% of >the uninsured population inWashington, DC. Women are >responsible not only for working and earning income >when necessary but for continuing toprovide for the >community management and reproductive needs of >society, responsibilities which are often overlooked. >Rising costs of healthcare and fewer available >facilities places a greater burden on women asthey are >forced to handle even more of the care themselves. >With cuts in healthcare services it is womenwho must >care for the sick, particularly within their own >families, when other care options are taken away or >become too expensive. Women's own health then becomes >jeopardized through the decrease in available services >and less time to tend to their own needs. In the U.S., >people in poverty have significantly lower life >expectancy than the wealthy. This results fromcuts in >social spending and healthcare spending. Affordable, >reliable healthcare is becoming hard to find. >Privatization is seen as an attractive "quick fix" but >in the long term it is both socially and >economicallydestructive. Historically disadvantaged >groups are carrying a majority of the burden. > >http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:xZPgsS3GBXgJ:www.igtn.org/pdfs/114_USprivatization.pdf+HOSPITAL+PRIVATIZATION+in+us&hl=id > *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. http://www.ppi-india.org *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Reading only, http://dear.to/ppi 4. 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