Thursday, November 17, 2011

A Duty to Heal-Race

The belief that is being discussed in the recording is when Dr. Pius Kamau believes that he has the duty to heal and that all human beings are all equal. Dr. Pius Kamau is a surgeon in Denver when a 19 year old white patient was coughing up blood. The nurses told the surgeon that the patient didn't want Dr. Pius Kamau to touch him. When the doctor came near him, the patient spat blood at his face then right at that moment, Dr. Pius Kamau didn't want no part of the patient although no other physician would take him on.  The patient managed to talk to Dr. Pius Kamau but without direct eye contact. Only the white nurses could check and touch the patient for danger. This story by Dr. Pius Kamau has appealed me is because he still wants to heal his patients although the patient in the story is very mean to Dr. Pius Kamau. The patient in the story is racist to (no offense) the black people.  But Dr. Pius Kamau says that he also treats his patients with care and respect even though they are racist which makes me feel appealed.

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