Greater love than this..

[britisha]

PBS showed this program under "Religion and Ethics" but I am posting it here, for many reasons...

<span style="font-weight: bold">Warning: graphic</span>...for the squeamish, surgery in progress

if some countries could adopt this practice, what a great world this could be

<span style="font-style: italic">DE SAM LAZARO: Dr. V began with a simple idea in a sparse 11-bed hospital with four doctors, three from his own family. It would serve patients who could pay, but the profits would afford free care to the many more people who couldn’t afford even the bus fare. So Aravind set out to find patients, mainly through screening camps in surrounding rural areas. For those needing surgery, groups like the Lions Club provided buses to the hospital, where they entered a brisk assembly line operating room. Dr. V’s business role model was the American chain store.</span>

May they be richly blessed in their good deeds. They certainly prove that money is not everything; it's the love you give that counts in the final analysis. .

[Tuff Gong]

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Yes we need that kind of operation, with that kind of intent, efficiency and end results in Jamaica, it would revolutionize the whole country I think.

[britisha]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yes we need that kind of operation, with that kind of intent, efficiency and end results in Jamaica, it would revolutionize the whole country I think. </div></div>

Not only Jamaica Tuff Gong, but the entire planet.

The love of money which is the root of all evil, is steering us straight to &quot;hell in a hand basket&quot; and we are so &quot;blind&quot; pardon the pun, we cannot even see it.

I'm so glad that PBS put it out there; for methinks some of the chest beaters who think they are contributing<span style="font-weight: bold"> so much</span> to humanity, can take note.

I could feel the LOVE.

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The love of money which is the root of all evil, is steering us straight to &quot;hell in a hand basket&quot; and we are so &quot;blind&quot; pardon the pun, we cannot even see it.</div></div>
I beg to differ. Even this clinic system shows that there is nothing wrong with money and profit. There are many charitable organizations worldwide, gathering and spending billions of dollars in an effort to help the poor.
Most do manage to help some poor but a lot is wasted on personnel and administrative issues.
Here the emphasis is on targeting the right groups of people, efficiently organizing them around the service and delivering the product on time.
The fact is this service is only necessary because Government in places such as India have failed to deliver what they promised, so in effect the Private, Capitalistic Free Market has stepped in to help alleviate what is already a disaster of great proportions.

The model is some of the most profitable and efficient entities in the world, McDonalds, etc. Where not only the bottom line is important but also the efficient delivery of the goods and services to the satisfaction of the customers is paramount. That is the take away from these Clinics as I see it.

[britisha]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The love of money which is the root of all evil, is steering us straight to &quot;hell in a hand basket&quot; and we are so &quot;blind&quot; pardon the pun, we cannot even see it.</div></div>
I beg to differ. Even this clinic system shows that there is nothing wrong with money and profit. There are many charitable organizations worldwide, gathering and spending billions of dollars in an effort to help the poor.
Most do manage to help some poor but a lot is wasted on personnel and administrative issues.
Here the emphasis is on targeting the right groups of people, efficiently organizing them around the service and delivering the product on time.
The fact is this service is only necessary because Government in places such as India have failed to deliver what they promised, so in effect the Private, Capitalistic Free Market has stepped in to help alleviate what is already a disaster of great proportions.

The model is some of the most profitable and efficient entities in the world, McDonalds, etc. Where not only the bottom line is important but also the efficient delivery of the goods and services to the satisfaction of the customers is paramount. That is the take away from these Clinics as I see it.
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Your comment makes sense, re the clinic, the &quot;profit&quot; that they make, business model, goals achieved etc etc..however, you have to see my comment waaay beyond the materialistic aspect of this venture.


If mankind on a whole wasn't so money hungry, with displaced priorities, can you imagine how more advanced we would be?

This is where *I* am coming from; hence the title &quot;Greater Love than this&quot;..<span style="font-weight: bold">

It’s not just business acumen that drives the mission, but also a firm spiritual basis, inspired by the teachings of Sri Aurobindo, a mid-20th century spiritual leader. He believed that good work and good ideas are a manifestation of the divine.

R.D. THULASIRAJ (Aravind Executive): Part of that is to recognize that whatever ideas you get, it’s not really your ideas. They are divine ideas. So how do you kind of act on it but are not taking the egoistic ownership to those ideas, like “I have don it?” So how do you train yourself to open up?</span>

Do you feel the Love?

[applepie]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
<span style="font-weight: bold">Not only Jamaica Tuff Gong, but the entire planet.

The love of money which is the root of all evil, is steering us straight to &quot;hell in a hand basket&quot; and we are so &quot;blind&quot; pardon the pun, we cannot even see it.</span>

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so true blind and so desentized.

[britisha]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: applepie</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
<span style="font-weight: bold">Not only Jamaica Tuff Gong, but the entire planet.

The love of money which is the root of all evil, is steering us straight to &quot;hell in a hand basket&quot; and we are so &quot;blind&quot; pardon the pun, we cannot even see it.</span>

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so true blind and so desensitized. </div></div>

Yup, with many of us asking &quot;am *I* my brother's keeper?&quot;

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It’s not just business acumen that drives the mission, but also a firm spiritual basis, inspired by the teachings of Sri Aurobindo, a mid-20th century spiritual leader. He believed that good work and good ideas are a manifestation of the divine.</div></div>

Most humans tend to have a frame of reference, especially when attempting to make what might literally be life-changing decisions. It would not be surprising that a religious person might find that FOR in Spiritual Teachings.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If mankind on a whole wasn't so money hungry, with displaced priorities, can you imagine how more advanced we would be?</div></div>

I actually don't know whether or not mankind is money-hungry, what I do know is that adults organized in an otherwise civilized world operate in a grossly inefficient manner, whether or not it is for profit, gains or charity.
If we can curb this inefficiency and deliver goods and services on time to its targeted audience we will be further along the way to be civilized and not in name only

[britisha]

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[Tuff Gong]

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">Regina Benjamin</span>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

<span style="text-decoration: underline">Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic</span>

Dr. Benjamin is founder and CEO of the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Bayou La Batre is a small shrimping village along the gulf coast. Dr. Benjamin was the subject of a Reader's Digest article that chronicled her efforts to rebuild the clinic after Hurricane Katrina.

<span style="text-decoration: underline">Surgeon General of the United States</span>

On July 13, 2009, Benjamin was nominated by President Barack Obama to hold the position of Surgeon General of the United States.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">Regina Benjamin, Obama's Pick For Surgeon General</span>

Added AMA President Dr. James Rohack, who has known Benjamin for more than two decades. With &quot;her recognition that if you don't have health insurance, you live sicker and you die younger, she can bring the real-world perspective as surgeon general of the things as a nation we need to do to keep ourselves healthy.&quot;

Benjamin made headlines in the wake of Katrina, as photographs showed her laying patient charts out to bake in the sun and lamenting the lack of pricey but more hurricane-resistant electronic records. Her nonprofit clinic was rebuilt by volunteers only to burn down just as it was about to reopen. Benjamin later told of her patients' desperation that she rebuild again, recalling on woman who handed her an envelope with a $7 donation to help.

&quot;If she can find $7, I can figure out the rest,&quot; Benjamin said last fall as she received a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation &quot;genius award,&quot; money she said she'd use to help finish that job.

Her nomination for surgeon general requires Senate confirmation

[britisha]

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Interesting TG, when time permits mi might throw een 2 more cents..


Hoff a nice day.

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Interesting TG, when time permits mi might throw een 2 more cents..

Hoff a nice day. </div></div>
ok...seems like this lady was already doing the right thing I hope she can influence others positively if she gets the job.