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| WHO criticizes Amnesty report into NKorea health | ||
| 2010-07-17 | ||
Amnesty's report on Thursday described North Korea's health care system in shambles, with doctors sometimes performing amputations without anesthesia and working by candlelight in hospitals lacking essential medicine, heat and power. It also raised questions about whether coverage is universal as it -- and WHO -- claimed, noting most interviewees said they or a family member had given doctors cigarettes, alcohol or money to receive medical care. And those without any of these reported that they could get no health assistance at all. | ||
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #1 The big picture is that WHO is desperate to remain on NKor's good side for one very good reason. Avian flu. Yep, it's still here. Even though NKor has horrific epidemics that afflict major cities, of things like Typhoid and Scarlet fever, only the Avian flu has scared them enough to cooperate with the WHO. Just barely. Which matters a great deal, because NKor is danger close to the most likely area of emergence of Avian flu in a lethal human to human form. So they *have* to be in on an epidemic ASAP. Yes, it's a sh*t sandwich. But Amnesty International is too goddamn dumb to see the forest for the tortured and abused NKors. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-07-17 11:01 |