Two Worlds of Medical Care
They asked me to compare but how do you say what is the same between an apple and a lion A goat and a tarantula A yellow school bus and a purple daisy You just can’t There’s a world where basic medical care is a privilege One that may always be just out of your reach Begging friends to borrow just $10 for medicine you need Or spending a whole month’s salary on your loved one’s hospital stay There’s a world where mamas and their newborn babies cannot leave the hospital premises until they pay for the services but their beds are given to other patients as soon as they are medically able to discharge One where if you can’t pay for oxygen, you don’t get it Every lab, test, and consult adds up and you no longer have what you need to feed your family Do we get medicine this month or do we feed our babies? There is a world where going to the emergency room means entering a room full of 20 beds Where people may wait all weekend just for a simple test Sometimes those urgent situations hav