8
Nov
Sick in India
So I got something. I have a fever, body aches, no appetite, nausea, etc. I have no idea what I have, but I hope my body fights it off on it’s own. I am too scared to get help in the hospitals here. We had to go into a hospital a few weeks ago and it was filthy. I mean it, everything had a layer of dirt on it and there were mosquitoes flying around in the hundreds. So I refuse to go get treated in India. I have no idea how I became sick, but here are a list of things that may have caused my illness:
1. The smell open sewers everyday throughout the entire city.
2. Huge piles of garbage getting a gust of wind and blowing up against my legs.
3. No hot water to wash my hands, body, clothes, or dishes.
4. Taking a bite out of a street samosa before I looked down and saw a huge black ant, fried inside.
5. Jogging outside and inhaling the exhaust from each vehicle that stops to stare at me before moving on.
6. Shaking hands with someone who may or may not have just pulled over on the side of the road to pee in front of thousand of people around him.
Not really sure how I acquired whatever I have, but these things could have easily been the culprits.
November 8th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts.
November 8th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Please dont neglect whatever is wrong with your health. There definitely are good clean hospitals in Cochin . Try Lakeshore or Amrita – depending on which is closer .
November 8th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Although I enjoyed reading this blog, I too am worried. Find a place you feel more comfortable getting help if this persists. I am sending good, healing thoughts your way. Love you!
November 8th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
so when are you packing your bags and leaving to the cool comfort of US [the greatest polluter in planet earth] 🙂
November 9th, 2009 at 11:06 am
OMG get some help please! You can’t wait this one out, sounds pretty serious. I am definitely bring hand sanitizer when I come to visit. Get well soon!
November 14th, 2009 at 4:18 am
No matter what the media says about “India Shining”, please don’t forget India that it still is a poor country, a developing country, that missed the industrial revolution. You feel bad about India because you probably have been raised in a developed country. Ordinary Indians get resistance to all these somehow. Speaking in general terms, compare the money spent on health care in the US and India, and then also compare the life expectancy in Kerala. You are better off in Kerala, try some states, esp. the rural places. Or you may want to visit Africa to start appreciating. I am in now way trying to justify any of the bad behaviour of Indians, but it takes a good long time, public awareness and money before change can happen.