Wednesday, 3 January 2018

Fake vaccines versus hospitality By USEP ABDUL MATIN

Regardless whether or not the fake vaccines are dangerous (The Jakarta Post, July 18), their distribution by hospitals in Indonesia indicates that hospitals, hospitality in this country has declined.
Throughout this case, I wanted to answer a question: Why has this tragedy occurred while the words hospital and hospitality come from the same root-word hospes (Latin), meaning guest?

I answer this question by saying that these fake vaccines suggest that hospitals in Indonesia tend to overlook the role of medicine as a form of social hospitality, or as a charitable work.
Hospitals are increasingly becoming commercial realms that emphasize professionalism. I consider this overwhelming emphasis to be impersonal. I support this thought by referring to some books on medicine.


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