How do you feel about foreign Doctors?

Question

I go to the Veterans Hospital and dang, you can't understand them,and my child has one thru Tenncare and he is a Muslim.I'm worried they might kill my kid. I ain't worried for myself, I stay in to much pain. But it makes me sick a Veterans Hospital. Why can't they stay in their own countries and help their people,instead of coming here and feeding on us like leeches, taking our money.

You have to take what the V.A. gives you.

Hell no I don't say nothing to the V.A. cause they will kill you.
The Muslim Doctor, my sons was on TV telling of his religon, but all I've seen from them on the net is hate. Their religon is not about love.

Answer 1

I understand your frustration, as I have personally witnessed some serious culture shock and other aspects of having foreign physicians as practitioners in the VA and in other venues. Most of them want to stay in America so they are given the chance if they go into areas where there are serious doctor shortages. Usually rural America, or the VA. These are functional physicians if you just test their knowledge about medicine, but there is no test about how they feel about females, or how they should treat other people on a personal level. Many are frightened (Imagine the responsibility they have as a doctor and only being able to speak marginally in another language to function as a physician.) and take on a protective attitude where they are not challenged about their decisions. The reason that they come over here is because most of our bright young people are now to lazy to go into medicine, or science, or technology. We need to graduate 100,000 Engineers a year just to keep up technologically in this country. We only graduate 60,000 a year. Therefore, we have so many foreigners coming in to take those jobs? American students are looking for the quick fix. Most go into business including our President Mr. Bush. (Jimmy Carter had a Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering from the US Naval Academy.) The number of women in Veterinary Science is now 90% because it does not pay enough for the guys to do it. Even my son's medical school class 9 years ago was 52% women. With so many High schools not graduating more then 60% of their students across this great country our future is to become a a vassal state of nations like Japan and even China and India. Japan and China are putting out 500,000 Engineers a year. Where will that take them. Just knowing that China is now the second largest user of oil when only 18 years ago it could barely grow enough food for its own people. India now has the most prestigious Engineering school in the world, which is recognized as being better then even M.I.T or Berkley. Where do you think the 250 graduates a year from that school go? You better hope they come here... The education of our young is the only insurance for the future. To spend $394 Billion dollars making the "War to end all Moors" was a mistake of the most grevious nature. This country needs an infusion into our infrastructure to rival the New Deal in the 1930's to put people back to work who will be loosing there automotive jobs because Ford and GM can not keep up with the Japanese or the Koreans. Over 50% of our highway bridges are in such bad repair they will begin causing problems if serious maintainence is not done soon (Remember the I-40 bridge collapse a few years ago?)Our leading roll in the generation (30 years) after the World War II was infused by the original GI bill which payed for the college of millions of veterans who otherwise would not have been able to go to school. We got back in taxes $7 for every $1 they put into that program. It created the Docors lawyers and indian chiefs for the Post war era where we excelled so much. I myself am a Viet Nam Era Vet and went to school on the second GI Bill. I grew up in the projects with a single parent. I graduated from a college prep religious school Third in my class. The other two went to Harvard and Yale. With no guidence, I went into the military looking for a way out of poverty. I found it with the second GI Bill. It is time we made these thing political priorities and stop complaining about the all the foreigners. Almost all of our families came here from foreign lands looking to flee failed governements where coruption and greed made it entirely impossible for the lowly born to progress and succeed. You can not deny it to the others who are willing to work here for less money then current American physicians (VA Hospital) Our industries are crumbling because they cannot compete with the same industries in other lands who build better cars and tractors and and TV's then we do. We import 40% of what we buy in this country from China already. Your grand kids will have to speak Chinese in order to get along. in the future. Do not blame those who come here looking for what your family came here for. Look to the politicians who do not have the forsight to see what is coming and fix it. Just a 150 years ago the Irish were thought to be a subhuman race by the Americans of that age. Then it was the Italians, and the Jews and the Russians and the Poles and Chechs and all the other people who came when this country needed good healthy responsible workers each dreaming his kids would have it better. That dream is still alive if the government does not sell it to the other countries that want to send cheap, but quality goods to a country who is 5% of the population using 30% of the worlds resouses and is just to ignorant to realize that disparity can not continue forever. Look at the Roman Empire.

Answer 2

Yes. It seems most of my American MDs were originally from a foreign country. The cardiologist who did my angioplasty in 2004 is originally from India. My podiatrist was born in India but raised & schooled in the USA. Several of the specialists that I have seen are originally from different Asian countries. My primary care MD is from Vietnam but was school here in the USA. The last caucasian American primary physician retired. I am actually less trusting of some of the newer American MDs who seems more incline to be less serious about their medical practices.

Answer 3

I don't think most care that the doctors are foreign. It is the fact we live in the USA and many of us, can't get a Doctor from this country anymore. It's understandable people wonder. With that said. As far as dealing with this issue. I think a lot depends on what the patients medical condition is. Say someone is a Diabetic and has serious issues going on. The patient is another stress as it is, without having to be uncomfortable not being able to understand the doctor. Let's face it. It would be very difficult to tell a doctor, that you don't understand their strong accent. So it depends on the circumstances. In some cases I do think it is imperative a patient has a doctor native to this country. The language burden being put on that patient, with a serious illness is really very unfair.

Answer 4

America encourages foreign labor, even high-tech Doctors are cheaper from other countries! Get used to it, the old America we used to know has been sold out.

Answer 5

If the "muslim" works for VA, and he is still alive, he is one of the good guys.

Do you know why that foreigner is a doctor for the VA? Because american doctors are so far in debt by the time that they end school that they have no choice but to stick around expensive hospitals. None will work for a lower salary at a government hospital. The government's position is that as long as you are board certified in the US you are good to go to practice medicine.

Something tells me your "muslim" doctor is not even a muslim, to you all foreigners look alike.

Answer 6

Foreign doctors are no better or worse than American doctors..i tend to get more specialized treatment from doctors who care and know what they are doing, regardless of culture.

Answer 7

I think they are more thorough than American docs, a lot of the time. I don't have a problem with them, I do however have trouble understanding spoken word with an accent and I get embarrassed and frustrated when i can't understand what is being said. But then I could always ask for a nurse to come in and help me understand what is being said - an interpreter.

Answer 8

i work at a hospital that is rated one of the top 5 in the world, and we deal with the heart, over 70 percent of the heart, cardiac doctors are foreign, they take their jobs very serious, American docs are great too

Answer 9

My children's pediatrician was Chinese. She was remarkable. I've never seen any human being know how to calm a baby like Dr. Chang. She would give them little strokes on their arms and legs and they would calm down instantly.

Where did your ancestors live before they were in the United States? Why did they come here? Just curious.

Answer 10

Your main priority should be the quality of care you get and not what culture your doctor belongs to.If you feel the kind of care your foreign doctor is providing is not good go ahead and complain about it .We belong to the global world stop worrying about petty boundaries.

Answer 11

well if you don't like them.. then maybe you should go to another hospital...
but you do have to remember that all the doctors in the hospital are certified. got a problem? then ask for another doctor.