My Dream For The Future Essay

My dream for the future is shaped by my experience in the past. I was born 20 years back in a rural village in Nepal, where I spent my early days. Nepal is also known as one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world with nearly half of its population living below the poverty line. Over 80 percent of the population relies on agriculture for their livelihood. The majority of the population lives in rural areas that are often very difficult to reach, resulting in a lack of basic infrastructure and facilities such as clean water, healthcare, education facilities, transportation and communication. I still remember those days when my father had to walk for 2 days just to get to his college for higher education. My father’s diligence …show more content…
My mom gave birth to me and my brother at home without a presence of any trained professional. I heard stories of pregnant women and other patients dying on their way to hospital because it took a long time to get there. As a kid, I frequently suffered from tonsillitis, however I had to walk three to four hours just to get that checked up. Luckily I was able to move to Kathmandu, the capital, when I was about 8 years old, however not everyone was that fortunate in villages. The government hospitals in the cities weren’t much better. Government hospitals were crowded and lacked resources, whereas private hospitals were very expensive. Conditions have become a little better than it was before which I observed during my trip to Nepal last year, although it is nowhere near the requirement. Although, there are small hospitals in villages, they do not have properly trained staffs to work there. The hospitals in the cities are still crowded, lack of the necessary facilities or are too costly, which keeps it out of the reach of the poor population. The health care problem in Nepal was exposed recently during the tragic earthquake in April 2015 where hundreds of people died due to lack of immediate care. If the health care in Nepal was better, more lives could have been saved. Being born in a poor country like Nepal, where the health care system is very underprivileged, and experiencing the lack of proper medical service myself motivated me to study medicine. In addition to that, in my recent trip, when I observed that the conditions haven’t changed much after all these and reading about the horrors that people went through during the earthquake due to lack of medical facilities in rural areas and crowded hospitals in the cities have further strengthened my