Friends,
I have made loads and loads of comments about Nepal's grim Political and Economic situations in Sajha previously. And many of you have done the same in the capacity of being a Nepali. Today, I don't want to talk about the dirty politics. I don't want to raise fingers at others. I want to ask myself : Am I a Nepali? or Was I born in Nepal? or Do I have a some connection with Nepal? Does the name of Nepal bothers me at all? or I have no concerns about Nepal-f*ck it.
I have no propoganda. No hidden agenda. Just to know how many of you are genuinely concerned about Nepal. Just to know if you really love Nepal. I request you, I beg you. Read this post today and decide if you do care Nepal at all or not. Trust me, this is no crap. This is no bullshit. This is no politics. I am not emotional at all.
Friends from all over the globe, the time now at my place is 3.26 PM. This is the time for being vast asleep for everybody. But still I am here to write you something with a glimmer of hope that there are people of Nepali citizenship or Nepali decent whose identity as Nepali is still alive. That they still have Nepaliness in there blood.
The root of this topic has been discussed in another thread. Our country's biggest hospital Bir Hospital doesn't have MRI facilities. Only 4 hospitals have them and TU teaching hospital is the only place where lower middle class and lower class Nepalis can very hardly afford to pay for the MRI scan. Those who can't pay, die an undeserved death. Among the other three, one is the Army hospital and the rest are private nursing homes that charge sky high fees for the patients. Everybody can imagine only around 10 percent of our population may be able to afford treatment at nursing homes. So 90 percent of the burden is on Teaching Hospital. This has caused chaos in our country. Nepalese are begging for mercy in the streets of Kathmandu to raise money to pay for MRI scanning. To how many could such individual begging can help to survive? Nepal needs the machine not few thousands for one or two individuals who are lucky enough to meet a media reporter. Nepalese desperately need at least one more MRI unit preferrebly at Bir Hospital. One is not enough but it can ease off some pressure on TUTH. It can DOUBLE the availability of MRI for the poor lower and lower middle class.
I don't know much about medical science but at least know that MRI is a vital equipment in diagnosing dangerous diseases. It is very very expensive indeed. I gathered that there are only 10,000 MRI units in the whole world. We can assume that there may be some country where there is none of them. I gathered that it costs around 2 million US Dollars to install a good enough MRI unit at a hospital. This is a vast sum. It is difficult to imagine about the money in the first place.
Friends, many of us who visit sajha.com live in rich western or east asian nations. In the countries we live, there are those machines in many hospitals. I myself have enjoyed the facility of MRI scan not once but twice for free just for some minor health worries. We are extremely lucky. But see how unfortunate are other fellow Nepalese who are safe guarding our country at such a chaotic time. They are our parents, brothers and sisters. They are our blood relations. No matter how big are our personal worries, we are very well off than them. They have very little hopes for their life. If we close our eyes at their sufferings, they won't curse us because they are so lovely people. But our motherland will definitely curse us.
The need is MRI machine and that is what I am talking about now. Every body knows how appalingly irresponsible our government and political leaders are. The need of MRI machine in Bir Hospital has been raised not now but from the last 4, 5 years. Nepal as a nation could always have afforded for a 2 million dollar machine even though it is a poor country. Indeed, Nepal recieves not millions but billions of dollars as foreign aid every year. Equal amount of money is taken as development loans. Our crooked, corrupt, sinistrous, fuc**** bastard politicians could do nothing. Could not even install an MRI unit in the largest hospital of the country. But we can improve nothing by pointing fingers at them. It will be useless. This is not the time to wait for others to get a MRI machine at Bir Hospital. They waited for years and years with no avail. And 2 million dollars is not a joke. Oh my god!
We Nepalese abroad have time and again tried something to help Nepal. Almost all of us may have donated at least some dollars for Nepal. We don't know if it has been properly utilised or even partially utilised. There are many flaws. So many flaws that, we don't want to waste our hard earned money for those crap charities ( although some might be doing good with our money) . Past is past. Forgot what happens with our few dollars or pounds or euros we direct debit for Nepali charities. Let's focus on to the MRI.
If all the options are blocked, what remains? The option remains for us to act. How can we act? By trying to collect the money for the machines. 2 million dollars is not 'chanechune'. Probably we can never collect that amount. But why not we give a try. Lets discuss every possible means to collect that amount. In my view, that is not an impossible task. Let's setup an account where the money donated from Nepalese across the whole world can be deposited. Let's give one individual or a group to mantain the account and give full credit for them for their voluntary work. Lets put our appeal in every websites related to Nepal and Nepalese. Lets publicize our appeal from as many media as we can. And the biggest thing is let's donate. Donate as much as we can. I suggest that every working Nepali or people with Nepali origin living in Europe and America and Japan can donate a 100 dollars for this great cause.If my 100 dollars can help buy an MRI facilty for Nepal than why don't I do that? A life time oppurtinity to make a considerable difference in your country. If 100 is too much. Donate at least $50 . This is a life time chance to show that we Nepalese living abroad have the love for Nepal. Let's give our- say one day's or two day's or even a weeks earning for the MRI machine. I know many of you have already donated much more than that. But this time lets donate all at a time for 1 single cause. MRI machine. Lets show that we are capable than the inept leaders and governments. That will be the best way to teach them lessons to do good work.
Some may find my idea very weird or insensible. But as I know that much more than a hundred thousand Nepalese reside in prosperous countries, only if 20 percent of them participate in the campaign, this will be a success. If there won't be enough collection for a new machine, old and cheaper alternative could also be considered. This will also unite the Nepali diaspora. And more than that we will be able to repay what we owe for our motherland. We can then make as many comments as we like against the corrupt leaders or violent maoists or autocratic king for their ineptness.
Should we discuss this agenda and start our campaign soon. Please put your comments on how this target can be achived. I think, this will not be an impossible task if we are honest enough for our country. If your answer is yes for this mission, your Nepaliness is alive otherwise you are dead for the country. If you sound more pragmatic, your idea will surely be taken. But we need to raise money for MRI and we have to be ready to pay 50-100 dollars immidiately after the decision is taken. Please, lets unite together to help Nepal for a single purpose. Say yes friends, and suggest how to start this in the first place. Nepalese from all over the world, react it in the same way as the westerners do for their fellow countrymen. I may not have been good at asking for your support the way I did. But this idea has come truly from the love I have for Nepal. All of your are no less patriotic than me. Please take part in the discussion and lets try to take this challenge in as best way as we can.
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