Comments on: Importing Foreign Doctors No Solution for Ongoing Healthcare Crisis

By: Norma Fay

Norma Fay — Sun, 13 May 2012 00:44:56 +0000

In my opinion, Foreign Medical Schools can be part of a solution for this problem. If they offer a good program, they can be a great opportunity for students that want to be a doctor, as well as a way for the US to get more doctors. I am about to begin at a Caribbean medical school called UMHS St. Kitts, and, from what I have seen and heard, their program offers an educational experience equivalent to any US school and really prepare their students for a career as a doctor.

By: Molly

Molly — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:12:15 +0000

In reply to Nico.

Nico you’re really funny! I mean you said the truth like I wished to express it but in a very special way! I found it very strange to be rejected as a medical doctor in a time there is an urgent need to healthcare professionals. I am very clever and as a surgeon I am excellent yet in NY they would invite me to be assistant nurse! if ever they accept me to practice here!!! Ahahaha! I ‘ll never accept such humiliation… Why don’t we form an association to defend our rights!
see it on FB as ” Non Us citizen M.D”… Think about it..

By: Nico

Nico — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:18:23 +0000

Chiropractors are not doctors, they are glorified masseuse. If I crack my back I will not cure my blood pressure.
I’d like to know the level of education of the people that post here, it seems like you unanimously disagree with foreign doctors, so what are you doing to improve the situation ? Did you study medicine?
For the people that assume that foreign doctors are poorly trained think about this, in every other country in the world medicine. Is 6 years + unlike the 8 years here. The automatic hick response is “that’s why we have the best docs”. I’d like to inform Jethro, that the US; although it spends more than double of the nearest country when it comes to healthcare it isn’t even in the top 10 list.
I find it unsulting that any ignorant will open his mouth dish out harsh comments about things that they don’t know nor have the brain resources to understand and expect to be treated as experts

By: Art

Art — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:12:51 +0000

Lets see, Illegals only take the jobs Americans wont do, We import high tech workers and now doctors, and everything else we out source to third world nations.

Who is going to pay if we unemploy all the American workers???

I used to blame our government until I realized that corporations run our government!!! We need to change our motto from IN GOD WE TRUST to PROFITS BEFORE PEOPLE.

By: Basharr

Basharr — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:44:47 +0000

I do not think importing doctors from other countries is a good idea. The major problem I have with it is many foreign doctors do not have a solid grip on the English language. It is, in my eyes important to be able to communicate clearly between my doctor and myself. I have had personal experience as well as my Mother had a doctor who was from some other country and when my mother after having a quad bypass was very short of breath the doctor just upped her nebulizer dosage instead of running tests, had they run test they would have found she was severely anemic. She got an American born doctor in the hospital and he immediately ran a battery of tests and 7 transfusions later she was right as rain.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:07:29 +0000

The federal government and BOTH major parties want more Third World immigration. Period. Legal. Illegal. Chain migration. Birthright citizenship. H1-B’s. And on and on.

Our “leaders” want to turn America into Brazil and they’ve just about succeeded. Bye bye, America!