Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Physfitfreak Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: What Made My Day Today? :-) Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 00:08:12 -0500 Organization: Modern Human Message-ID: References: <6632b34f$0$3711196$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6634d516$0$6438$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 05:08:13 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="400038"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:QyKeAqAonDmGQrh3YF0b1R1PHcU= Content-Language: en-US X-User-ID: eJwNxsEBADEEBMCWkCWUg9B/CXfzGj3G1hemBl3dv7N+KOv6vDH1pGBUR2RhnRKnXQRpzxbQEhaNeTzSLPEBXjUVZQ== In-Reply-To: Bytes: 14647 Lines: 296 On 7/8/24 20:38, Physfitfreak wrote: > > > Ok, ... :) > > After days of looking into this "Pezeshkian" guy, I have a slightly > better idea about the answer to the question of who he is and especially > why Iranians trusted him over Jalili. > > It is a long story, but in one sentence, the answer is being practical. > Pezeshkian has a ton of action experience, because he's been in the > field of public health, getting him very close to people and their > medical needs and everything about their lives that affect that; while > Jalili has stayed theoretical. This is what determined the outcome of > the elections. > > Pezeshkian mentioned it only once in his debates, but he and his friends > and relatives together built tens of "Khaneye Behdasht" (KB), literally > meaning "house of health" units in rural areas of Iran, without getting > paid for the work. They did that voluntarily, using the support of > Health Ministry. > > If you were familiar with life in rural Iran, you'd know what these > little nano-hospitals mean. > > I spent two months, one summer in mid 1960s, in a rural village to the > west of Tehran in a house belonging to distant relatives of a distant > relative :) And I remember those days perfectly well, and I've often > thought about what I saw and pondered on, so I can now say that I am > familiar with life in those conditions. > > The life there is wonderful by the way and nobody should get the idea > that life is bad in there. > > But matter of health, and a thousand related matters, asks for more > work. Even I, in 5th grade, understood that very well in those two months. > > These little KBs are the smallest things in the world that you can call > "hospital" :-) KB only has one bed and a curtain separating it from the > rest of the area, which is that same office in which the bed is placed. > There are a few medical equipment there, usually out of the way, and > there is a desk, and there are about 4 seats in case a whole family > bring their kid or parents there. > > There are no "doctors" there. The actual medical doctors are stationed > at a larger facility a distance away and in charge of several of these > KBs. The one to three or so medical staff that work inside these KBs are > called "BehVarz" (BV), literally meaning "health practitioner". The > number of staff depends on the village's population, and most KBs are > staffed with two BVs, one male, one female to check both genders > accordingly. But very small villages have just one BV, usually a female. > > This is a picture of a KB freshly built: > > https://i.postimg.cc/59P4BWfb/Khaneye-Behdasht.jpg > > It is not 100% ready yet, and is missing its sign and a few > infrastructure outside of it. > > And this a shot of inside of them: > > https://i.postimg.cc/G2WZQKgP/inside-KB.jpg > > That's it. What you see is what you get. > > And this is one with the BV inside doing her work: > > https://i.postimg.cc/Vkz5gB3c/BehVarz.jpg > > A BV with her nomad patient: > > https://i.postimg.cc/6q0Tx8vP/Beh-Vars-and-patient.jpg > > Now, the interesting thing is what these BVs do. You might think with so > little equipment and space, and such a small number of people in those > villages, there is not much for them to do... Nothing is farther than > this image from the truth. > > BVs have a myriad of work, every minute of their working time. In fact, > they are mainly creating and maintaining careful records. Records of > everything. Because the subject of health in a rural area under KB > coverage is tied to everything you can imagine in that area! > > Let me go through a few of those tasks here so you could get an idea > what magnitude of work BVs are involved in. The information is from a > paper. Other than treating patients, BV is constantly performing these > tasks: > > - finding out and recording of census information in the area. What > languages they speak, how many men, women, children, what age groups, > how many pregnant, their names, who supports the families, how much > education they have, their jobs, those with handicaps, those with > chronic illnesses, genetic illnesses, marriage status, who moved in or > moved out of the area, who died, what are their traditions, beliefs, > etiquette, religion, etc > > - using the census material to modify and correct the choices of BVs > working in that KB, in a way to get the most out of their efforts. > > - numbering of the houses in the entire area in a certain way. > > - in each living unit, what is the situation with: >   * water >   * electricity >   * telephone >   * drinking water >   * bathing >   * sewage >   * material used in housing >   * manner of accessing sewage >   * roads inside the village >   * access to roads outside village >   * access to public houses >   * distance to food sources >   * distance to schools >   * distance to mosques >   * quality of nutrition >   * etc > > - organizing the entire people into groups with specific medical needs > > - assessing the extent of medical services, volume of work, and types of > work needed > > - determining the extent of quality health education needed in the area, > and carrying out that education. > > - teaching the rural school teachers, as well as everyone who has access > to groups of people in an every day manner, the fundamentals of healthy > living, and having them teach such practices and knowledge to their kids > and/or audiences. > > - using kids who are thus educated with fundamental health practices to > take the knowledge and measures to their families and showing them how > healthy living is. > > - creating good health habits in the area > > - creating trust in people for the KB goals and its BVs. > > - creating both self-care and self-reliance in the people of the area > > - creating volunteer groups from people in the area to help BVs carry > out the educational tasks. > > - choosing BVs with family in the area, so in cases needed they could > ask their family members to help them do a certain types of chores like > finding and encouraging people who are scheduled to show up to KB for > further treatment but don't show up, or show up outside of schedules > previously made, etc. > > - teaching volunteer groups some basic chores of conducting and > acquiring health information like weighing patients and newborns, > getting their temperature, height, making electrolyte drinks, etc. > > - carrying out vaccinations both for people as well as their livestock > > - sharing all recorded information to the local health office in charge > of many KBs > > - creating and maintaining medical files for each patient or pregnant > woman, including the information about their previous deliveries before ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========