Skill, hand eye coordination, manual dexterity, unfettered by ‘Elf and Safety’, a simple market place, you make it, I will buy it. No work, no money, no benefits either. That’s why the family is so strong in South East Asia because it’s the only support system there is.
There’s ‘no minimum wage’. Health care mainly revolves around the chemists/pharmacies which act as an unofficial clinic / doctors. Most Vietnamese take out government health insurance for about £25.00 per year. For this you get free hospital treatment but you have to pay for drugs (which are usually cheap). Hospitals are always very busy, not ‘clinically – clean’ but work. If you are hospitalized there is minimal ‘nursing’ care, your family are expected to move into the room (usually about 4 beds to a room) provide you with food/drink, change your clothes / bed linen and clean/tidy the room. a doctor will visit twice a day. If you have no money, you’ll probably die.
Tu Du Hospital – Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam The Peace Village dioxin ward is designed for the sole purpose of providing specified medical services. The hospital performs various medical functions, vocational education for disabled children and children born with deformities-victims of the dioxin known as Agent Orange. The U.S. military used Agent Orange and other herbicides during the Vietnam war.
These children are third or fourth generation DNA / Genetic damage caused by the dioxin poison called Agent Orange sprayed liberally over South Vietnam as a herbicide. This poison was manufactured and sold by Dow Chemicals and Monsanto, knowing full well its awful legacy.
If I ever made any ‘real’ money from my books I would support this hospital.
That’s all for this week – Love and peace – John
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