{"id":8818,"date":"2021-07-19T20:01:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T20:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saf-unite.org\/?p=8818"},"modified":"2021-07-28T12:52:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T12:52:49","slug":"healthcare-is-a-human-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saf-unite.org\/es\/healthcare-is-a-human-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare is a human right"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2013 Maria Echeverri, 2021 SAF intern
Good Samaritan Clinic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Late nights are common for us when it comes to going on outreach. I love being able to see the North Carolina mountains during sunset. For me, this is home. This is the state that I grew up in and the state that I want to serve in the future. However, I cannot help but wonder how the migrant farmworkers we work with see these views. Do they see these mountains as barriers to their homeland? As a symbol of sadness or oppression? I\u2019m sure this view means something entirely different to them when they look up from long hours of picking berries in the sun.

This summer, I have been surrounded by a lot of fruit. Berries, peaches, pears ... and yet they don\u2019t taste as sweet to me because, at the same time, I have also been surrounded by diagnoses of diabetes and high blood pressure. It feels like another epidemic to me and one that does not have a vaccine or miracle drug. As someone who wants to go into the medical field, for me, medicine starts with education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education gives patients the tools they need to make informed decisions about their health and well-being. I see that, in most cases, these farmworkers have not been given that education. This lack of education stems from a variety of reasons: cultural, political, and economic. It essentially robs our patients of the ability to have a healthy life and it boils my blood every day. I may not be a provider yet, but until then I will always try to advocate for patients through education. Healthcare is a human right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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