Doctors without borders
Doctors without borders has had a positive effect on the world despite the negative things said about them. Or the bad things happening to them Doctors without borders continue to work and nothing stops them unless in extreme danger. The good thing about doctor without borders is that “In many places, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is able to have an impact beyond its immediate activities, reaching populations or pioneering the use of practices in ways that have far-reaching and lasting consequences. The following case studies, which document instances in which MSF's medical work did indeed have an impact beyond the moment”. The impact MSF leaves isn't a temporary one they help many people that
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And that’s because they don’t have any political agenda at all which lifts a lot of limited things such as where they can get their permission they are free ranged and do things for the betterment of others. The only issue with this though is that resources are limited and logistics are challenging. The teams of MSF works knowing that resources will be limited there won’t be any electricity and security conditions can curtail their work. Also natural disasters like flooding that can wipe out roads. It would be necessary to use up money to use planes,boats and other things to transport materials. Even after all this everyone still tries to bring and work the best they can no matter what. MSF helps neglected populations such as houndarius capital tegucigalpa. Which has a few of the highest homicide rates. The reason for this is because of the high drug trafficking where gangs do business and engage in turf wars. There are also a lot of people working as commercial sex workers or drug dealers. So the fact that there is no health care and a high amount of sex workers means STI or STDS which isn't any better at all spreads quickly and no way to treat it in any shape or form so there would just be rapid …show more content…
The other most important thing about being in the MSF team is mental health. Mental health can play a big role in any situation. Since MSF is constantly around people whose feet are blown off and other body parts. Not only do they have to deal with that they have to deal with people that take humanitarian as prisoners and kill them. And this is constant pressure and anxiety this can make people freak out and other sorts of things anxiety can do so much to your body that you don’t know about. Things that can cause other reasons to be stress is relationship problems not as girlfriend boyfriend more like who hates who and who gets along with who this can cause tension and everyone will be stressed out worried about that a lack of communication with friends and relatives back home, insecure people that always worry, difficult relations with local authorities,poor living conditions and diet. This doesn’t allow people to work at their full potential which would cause ruin between staff and other things even the patience will cause other issues with other patience and everything can backfire a MSF staff member once said that he needed to have a copious amount of partying and sex to relieve stress but everyone has a different way of relieving stress and whatever works for that person it helps them and prevents them from whatever they do under stress like falling into depression
Medical Mercy Canada (MMC) is a non-religious, non-partisan registered Canadian volunteer organization. The organization provides support to impoverished persons and refugees along the Burmese borders, Nepal and Ukraine. Since 1991, MMC has extended its service to medical assistance, education, supplies and funds for local initiatives to facilitate self-sufficiency. MMC is established with a vision to create healthy communities by caring for and sharing with those in need. The mission is to improve the quality of life in impoverished areas through humanitarian projects with local participation. And, the purpose is to provide education, health care, knowledge and skills to refugees along the Burmese borders and impoverished villagers in Ukraine
Reason being they are unique for they are an organization traveling all over the world sharing hope and care for the unfortunate and is funded by individual people who support the cause of what is offered through a nonprofit organization. This organization is a worldwide support for delivering medical emergency aid affected by conflict, epidemics and disasters whereas the exclusion of health care. the unique concept of the Doctors without Borders in 1971 they founded though two journalist Raymond Borel and
In 1997 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MSF fights for access to Rwandan refugees and denounces massacres and human rights violations by North Korea. In the same year in Afghanistan, MSF teams in Kabul are fighting for the law that prevents women from accessing health
In today’s health care industry, mechanical restraints are often used to maintain patients’ behavior and ensure their safety when treating the elderly and the severely ill (Gatsmans & Milisen, 2006). There are many variations of mechanical restraints, but all are defined as “any device, material or equipment attached to or near a person 's body and which cannot be controlled or easily removed by the person and which deliberately prevents or is deliberately intended to prevent a person 's free body movement to a position of choice and/or a person 's normal access to their body” (Gatsmans & Milisen, 2006, p.
On Saturday, October 3 a hospital in Afghanistan was bombed by the US. This is a terrible thing because the those people in the hospital were civilians, and the US should not be bombing civilians. The bombing killed 12 staff and 10 patients, 3 of them apparently children. 37 other people had non-fatal casualties. The organization which owned the hospital, Doctors Without Borders, calls the bombing of the hospital a “war crime.” American general John Campbell says that he offers his “deepest condolences” to those who got hit.
I was gifted a ticket, to anywhere. Past, present, future, anything my mind could imagine, this ticket could get me. Although there was a certain lure to watching the sunset on a beach in Jamaica, or spending copious amounts of money shopping in New York, I found myself using my once in a lifetime opportunity to travel to South Sudan working as a nurse for Doctors Without Borders. However once there I discovered my passion, and drive, and ambition that went beyond working in a hospital. My future awaited me.
This is their way of going a step further into defending those people who are victims of human rights violations. As James Orbinski gave the acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, he reiterated the fact that “more than offering material assistance, [they] aim to enable individuals to regain their rights and dignity as human beings” (Médecins Sans Frontières - Nobel Lecture). In 1994, the country of Rwanda encountered a genocide, in which “a parallel political structure, in combination with the official government, was involved in massacres of the civilian population” (The Trouble With Humanitarianism, 457). The United Nations, who could have intervened or prevented the genocide, never took any warnings or information seriously since the United States had no national interest in this conflict. Millions of people, including hundreds of the national staff of Doctors Without Borders, did not survive the genocide and the ones who survived had been viciously attacked. Doctors Without Borders are there to assist people in need even when major powers (such as the UN), which claim to supposedly be in favor of human rights, do nothing to help. The organization continues to grow greatly over the years and now has more than two thousand personnel treating people in need in eighty different countries (Doctors Without Borders Awarded 1999
In the Healthcare field there are ethical issues that arise daily. From balancing care quality to determining end of life issues, healthcare professionals are constantly trying to find a place of balance. Healthcare professionals do not have an easy job, they face challenging decisions every single day determining what is best for the patient and the organization. When an ethical dilemma arises within a healthcare organization, ethical decision making can help make an onerous decision easier.
The discussion on Patrick Dismuke's condition concentrated on his incapability to improve. After reviewing his symptoms and considering possible scenarios resulting from certain kinds of treatment, such as the tube that delivered nutrients into his veins that "broke the barrier between blood and air" and became "a bacteria-laden Trojan horse, opening the door to infection", we attempted to come to a consensus on what would constitute a quality life, as deliberated among the committee. We took into consideration that after every kind of surgery, his status would be temporarily improved but ultimately decline in keeping with his body's proclivity. We acknowledged that the idea of a successful stomach transplant was remote since, as
The Doctors without Borders organization was founded in 1971 in Paris due to the efforts of French doctors that originally worked for the Red Cross in Biafra during its civil war. The doctors were frustrated by the treatment of the Nigerian Troops’ to aid workers. Thus, upon returning to France, some doctors broke their contracts with the Red Cross and began to provide humanitarian aid not in conjunction with the regulations of the Red Cross. The doctors were firm believers that, “all people should have the right to medical care and that the needs of these people supersede respect for national borders” (MSF, 2001). During the same time period, a group of French journalists were trying to focus the attention of the world to people who were struggling and dying from natural disasters in countries like Iran and Afghanistan. These journalists believed that French doctors should help out with these natural disasters. In conjunction with the journalists, the doctors formed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Starting from 1971, they have had a huge impact in helping shape history. A major event in the history of Doctors without Borders was helping
The ethical dilemma I encountered at my placement involves a male in his late-sixties, who has recently suffered a stroke. Mr. A’s situation is unique as he has been unable to speak and his cognitive abilities have declined since. The Fraser Health agency protocol is to contact the patient’s family to determine who would be the temporary substitute decision makers (“Information for temporary substitute,” 2015). The health care consent and care facility admission act describes how decisions are to be made if a patient is determined incapable (Nidus Personal Planning Resource Centre, 2012). The next steps required liaising with the home health team in the community to determine if Mr. A had ever listed any family members as his emergency contacts.
Human rights violations occur all around the world on a daily basis. Despite the Universal declaration of human rights (UDHR) to safeguard the rights of all human beings, some states are still dragging their feet to implement the basic rights their citizens are entitled to. So, to advocate for people whose rights have been denied, many Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have taken upon themselves to work and promote social and political change. These NGOs play an important part in improving communities, and advocating for citizen participation. In that sense, Doctors without borders, mostly known as Medecins sans Fontieres (MSF), has gained a lot of praise for its work for helping people in need, and acting as an instrument of reducing poverty worldwide.
Everyday, healthcare professionals are faced with ethical dilemmas in their workplace. These ethical dilemmas need to be addressed in order to provide the best care for the patient. Healthcare professionals have to weigh their own personal beliefs, professional beliefs, ethical understandings, and several other factors to decide what the best care for their patient might be. This is illustrated in Mrs. Smith’s case. Mrs. Smith is an 85 year old who has suffered from a large stroke that extends to both of her brains hemispheres which has left her unconscious. She only has some brain stem reflexes and requires a ventilator for support. She is unable to communicate how she wishes to proceed with her healthcare. Mrs. Smith’s children, Sara and Frank have different views regarding their mother’s plan of care. The decision that needs to be made is whether to prolong Mrs. Smith’s life, as Sara would like to do, or stop all treatments and care, as Frank feels his mother would want. In the healthcare field, there are situations similar to this case that happen daily where moral and ethical judgment is necessary to guide the decision that would be best for the patient. The purpose of this paper is to explore and discuss, compare and contrast the personal and professional values, ethical principles, and legal issues regarding Mrs. Smith’s quality of life and further plan of care.
Although volunteers for Medecins Sans Frontiers are commonly stationed in various countries with a dire healthcare worker shortage, regions with refugee camps and internally displaced persons are also a focus for this organization. Refugees and internally displaced persons often come from war torn regions and live in close confines with poor sanitation and limited resources. These living situations become a breeding ground for diseases and other health issues like malnutrition, yet the individuals lack access to any sort of healthcare. The organization also responds quickly when regions suddenly experience an increased need for healthcare, for example in times of an epidemic or a natural disaster. Medecins Sans Frontiers’ involvement across its varying regions and their attempt to address a broad spectrum of healthcare truly show how altruistic the organization is to individuals regardless of race, gender, or religion.
TYPE A PROJECT--MSF is a neutral and impartial humanitarian organization that aims first and foremost to provide high-quality medical care to the people who need it the most. It does not promote the agenda of any country, political party, or religious faith, and, as such, endeavors to communicate its history, background, and capabilities to all parties in a given situation so that it may gain the necessary access to populations in need..On any given day, more than 30,000 doctors, nurses, logisticians, water-and-sanitation experts, administrators, and other qualified professionals working with MSF can be found providing medical care around the world..In 2012, MSF medical teams carried out more than 8.3 million outpatient consultations; delivered more than 185,000 babies; treated more than 1.6 million people for malaria; treated nearly 350,000 severely and moderately malnourished children; provided some 284,000 people living with HIV/AIDS with antiretroviral therapy; conducted more than 78,000 surgeries, and vaccinated 690,000 against measles and 496,000 against meningitis