I Said Dr. Dr. - Mr. MD

Here is one of the best songs from the 60s (not only), Good Lovin' by the Rascals - first the lyrics, followed by the video clip

(Good lovin' . . .)
(Good lovin' . . .)
(Good lovin' . . .)

I was feelin' . . . so bad,
I asked my family doctor just what I had,
I said, "Doctor, . . .
(Doctor . . .)
Mr. M.D., . . .
(Doctor . . .)
Now can you tell me, tell me, tell me,
What's ailin' me?"
(Doctor . . .)

He said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yes, indeed, all you really need . . .
(Is good lovin')
Gimme that good, good lovin . . .
(Good lovin')
All I need is lovin' . . . (Good lovin')
Good lovin', baby.

Baby please, squeeze me tight . . . (Squeeze me tight)
Now don't you want your baby to feel alright? (Feel alright)
I said Baby . . . (Baby) . . . now it's for sure . . . (it's for sure)
I got the fever, Baby, Baby, but you've got the cure
(You've got the cure)

I said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yes, indeed, all I really need . . .
(Is good lovin')
Gimme that good, good lovin . . .
(Good lovin')
All I need is lovin' . . .
(Good lovin')
Good lovin', baby.

 

Unfortunately, we can't really sing this song anymore here in Israel. This is because the medical interns are on strike, and hundreds of them have resigned and left their posts, with hundreds more planning to resign in the next few days. They've done so, since after over 6 months of strikes, and an almost total collapse of the public health system, the government continues to avoid negotiating with them in good faith.

The hospitals and clinics have been left to the specialists, most of whom have not been on-call or had to work medical resident hours, including long shifts, for 10 - 20 years. And given that there aren't enough specialists in the public health system to begin with, and that the hospitals are way overcrowded and understaffed in general, the problem becomes even clearer. To make things worse, the medical students throughout the country are also threatening to strike (university academic years begins in 2 weeks), in support of the interns. So no doctors in the present, and a fair chance that there won't be in the future either.

What we have is a very sick system...

The government does not seem to be capable of finding a way to end this strike and stop their ongoing disregard of doctors, and their disregard of the hundreds of thousands (millions) of citizens, who live in the social-geographic periphery, who do not get the health care they need, because of lack of medical staff, lack of facilities, etc. .

This disregard and inability is also evident in the  government's ability to act justly in other arenas as well. See, for example, the latest on Netanyahu's bid to legalize Jewish Israeli outposts, in the West Bank, their are built on private Palestinian land (see story here )

No wonder our society is so sick:
No doctors

Moves to legalize illegal settlements  in the West Bank (they are ALL illegal, but these outposts are really the worst of worst) while saying we want to negotiate with the Palestinians in good faith 

Disregard for human dignity, human rights, human life

Surprise, surprise that we are all so feeling so healthy

What was that new year's wish for a healthy new year...? Yeah, right.