Zangabad region of Afghanistan is experiencing a ray of hope, especially in the arena of the natives’ health and well-being.
Lately Canadian military has set up a clinic, Civil Military Co-operation Centre for people of the region. At first, the locals believed that the foreigners would be handling out bad medicine but then they did not pay heed to the rumors and unlike previously, when they burnt the clinic, this time they were seen willingly coming up for medical assistance.
One woman covered in a burka said she and her children deserved the same medical attention currently only afforded to those with transportation and the necessary funds to see private doctors in the city.
Sgt. Nicky Bascon, a reservist with Toronto’s Queen’s York Rangers and Civil Military Co-operation Centre operator explained that they are aware of their culture but in order to give mediation to the women folk, they would have to see her first.
Although, initially, a few consented but an initial trickle of local burqa-clad women seeking help quickly turned into a stream.
The doctors sorted out the patients into groups based on their need for or likely benefit from immediate medical treatment. They offered medications to the children suffering from ‘mosquito-borne disease’ or ‘burns from a spilt kettle of tea’. And women were treated according to their medical requirement.
