Africa's Deadly Brain Drain - Malawi

[solidysnake1]

no national pride then there is no sense of personal self sacrifice for one's own country sake, government is too corrupted.. Africa is doomed!

[solidysnake1]

God bless doctor Ayella!

[Atniw]

SMDH...I can't wait to be a physician and to go back home,.

[bass109]

MIRACLES COME FROM JESUS. Ask Jesus to heal, restore, you all. Prayer to god will restore families. Prayer to God is important!

[marioannuza]

Dear Malawi friends,

My name is Mário Annuza; I am Brazilian and I am 33 years old. Since I was a child, I love your country ! Admire your music and collect varied coins. Among them, there is one from Malawi ! Hugs from Brazil,

Mário

[TheBillyJimish]

Can't help you, Captain Shuttlecock... "I yeller". :(

Urm, "mal" is French for ILL ?

Now wait...WORKED FOR YOU at the time. "Tony, I Yellow" ??? HUH? Remember?

"whatever happens DO NOT LEAVE ME". SQUEEK, I like went to the Courts of St James to sit with "Tony, I yellow". Thanks darling, now I'm about to be murdered.

WORKED FOR YOU... hhahahahahahaha....

WHY, oh WHY didn't we "y'all" see the signs? WHHHHHYYYY????? HAHAA :O

[amysinai]

God BLESS you~I LOVE all you BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE~ I SEND LOVELIGHT from my HEART....Blessing's,PEACE~LOVE­~LIGHT~HEALING.....I PRAY UNIVERSE send you all you need.....It is a BALANCE...Go learn, use what you learn, COME BACK, HELP your people in need. The meaning of life is to have LOVE in your heart. We must have more COMPASSION , END suffering others, help our brothers and sisters...We all need to LOVE, HELP ONE ANOTHER more...

[Afrodite700]

correction, unborn babies are not infected with virus, infection happens in the birth canal

[solidysnake1]

doctor is not a noble profession--- noble people make noble professions.

[SapphireDiamond19]

BLACK PEOPLE GOT TO WAKE UP!

[orangestoneface]

the doctors that leave malawi are not really touched by the suffering of the patients. said a malawi doctor , and most leave, I thought most doctors had learnt the job to help others, seems I was wrong.

[acacia265]

thanks - excellent expose of the complex factors to this desperate situation.

but lets not blame personalities, this is a structural issue.

[dredreyy]

10:41

[fran21ish]

This is why Africa will always be as it is, they all want whats best for themselves and not whats best for everyone(africans), like our kings back in the day, that give us away to the white world for salt and suger just for himself..and look what is going on now with blacks all over world being mistreated..staying home and helping more than a hundred people is pricless..no money can amount to that...NOTE FOR EVERYDAY YOU STAY IN THE UK, YOU COULD HAVE SAVED MANY OF YOUR COUNTRY PEOPLE..

[ilias900]

@fran21ish

the uk and all of western europe is responsible for this suffering... why dont you just go repay that if you think you know so good?

[fran21ish]

@ilias900 go and repay what??? i agreed that the west has alot to do with the problems in Africa, but Africans forget we also have a very big roll in our own problems today...

[solidysnake1]

@fran21ish capitalism and self interest really really cause many deaths. Capitalism makes the doctors move to developed world. Some intellectuals still advocate self laissez faire economy. Intellectuals are most ignorant because they are so arrogant. Fuck Ayn rand, fuck milton friedman,

[jnetd03]

I think that leaving all of your native people behind and not staying to seek solutions with the government is selfish. That would be the very reason why African nations do not properly develop in the next ten years. Everyone is giving up before the fight begins just for money. The help that they can give to their own people are greater than they can give abroad.

[gomezganinkhoma]

portugalreis or wat eva in the mfuck world u call urself,eat a dick fuck head..u gotta no heart u fuggot...fukin gay.....die mothafuka die!!!!! dick shit....i hate u...piece of shit die of aids bitch!!!

[floogep]

how can anybody critisize the doctors in the video, you do know that not all they say is put in the video just to make them look bad and also did no one pay attention that they are running and are apart of a charity which directly helps health care in malawi (MAHECAS). They have not turned there backs on Malawi.

so please get the full story before conclusions are made!

[portugalreis]

They suffer so we can live well, that's how the work works, the strong look out for them-self and the weak perish,

[PekkaSaauri]

@portugalreis Though the strong destroy us all with the resource consumption. Global economy is based on growth ... growth after growth ... but sadly, the planet's resources only diminish. You like the idea of survival of the fittest, but now it's survival of the fattest to whom nothing is enough.

[davervr6]

they are just as human as you and I are. They have no choice to be born in an impoverished nation or have a different skin pigment.

[portugalreis]

yes, but why should we care? a simple question i present to you, why should i care about some people that do not contribute to the global economy? they dont have any resources that are of interest to my nation so we should not care

[enyawix]

People in africa can not contribute to the global economy. The people in africa are mostly stupid because all the good blood lines get out of africa first chance.

[theresia2012]

@enyawix what a dumb thing to say. you don't know of such things as blood diamonds or gold, silver, or oil. just because we have a corrupt governments and westerns governments who can gladly take the money without thinking twice and fill their lockers with blood money and turn their blind eyes. in fact alot of western soceity got rich from looting places like africa, the americas, and asia. so please speak intelligently.

[jenp27]

that volunteer dr is a saint

[okorewq]

Can't believe what I hear from Dr. Edward Lizi at 15.07. How on earth, with such a mentality did he become a doctor?

 Feeling proud of a fellow Ugandan doing the right thing for Africa.

[natybambo]

Typical! The Ugandan Doctor is most certainly paid in US$, and when a Malawian doctor works, they will get paid in MWK,...oh just remembered one other thing, its a lesser pay band than what the Ugandan doctor takes home :-), so for the same work, hes getting a chunk more.

If any1 is going to begin any sort of transformation, maybe they start by correcting the basics.

[crazymarvel]

the ugandan doctor is a volunteer. he is working for free

[TheMambavenom]

The men who sold thier country out!

[TheMambavenom]

Uncle Tom

[fajitaboys]

My name is Liam and i am 14 and live in canada, in februar I will be going to malawi to film a documentary about the positive aspects of the lives of women. does anyone have any travel advice for me?

[1111peacedreamer8]

check out madonna's website on "I AM BECAUSE WE ARE MADONNA" This documentary may give you insite on the people. On youtube with the same title you can view a trailer of this documentary. Be aware it may be difficult to view because it is focused on children with AIDS. There is a view of life we in the west is not accustomed to but is necessary to unite the world. Liam be in joy.

[1111peacedreamer8]

Please view my reply listed under "1111peacedreamer". Research also the statement "I am because you are" The real meaning gives you an understanding of how the community lives. Have fun with your experience in Malawi.

[1111peacedreamer8]

Also check out youtube site "working women of Malawi" and "volunteering in Malawi" May you be blessed on your journey. Be in joy.

[econchick]

have fun! no advise sorry. and ur only 14?

[fajitaboys]

ya, i was invited by my aunt, who is a philanthropist and doctor, so this will be a really good experience since i am interested in both film making and medicine

[econchick]

welll add me as a friend on youtube so i can hear about your trip! will you post stuff on youtube abt it???

[fajitaboys]

im going in march so i will have some time to kill. I wil try my best to document as much as i can with my camera.

[petersonngumuya]

both the government and the doctors who leave the country are to blame for the deaths in malawi. we need more equipment in hospitals and also we need qualified doctotors from our medicine college to use this equipment with the assistance of our beautiful malawian nurses and intelligent health assistants. big up all you guys who r working hard in malawian hospitals

[99cachorro]

hmm, if the govt of malawai pays for the doctors and nurses education, can they be made to serve some time in their own country?

[lottube]

What would we, Europeans, were to "serve" just because our govts. pays for our education? That'd be unnaceptable here, and being a poor country doesn't mean its government can tie its own people down to the land. Just unfair and unhumane.

[99cachorro]

well, lottube, I am not the one that needs a doctor, I have one. You need to explain to the people of Malawi how unfair and inhumane it is, and to god. The situation will never change with this attitude. Dont make the location of birth a death sentence.

[crossbow121]

I take my hat off to the doctors in Malawi , truly I do.

[marcdy032889]

don't judge people who have learn much to you..

[lloydmataka]

I can't believe what these Malawian doctors are saying about their own home country. I think it's only the Malawian doctors who don't know what it means to be a doctor. Fools

[lloydmataka]

You Dr Makhalira are a fool. Why are you terrified by deaths in hospital? I thought it was your job.

[Numinds2012]

African NAation swill always have problems if the continue to live and operate in the European way- it is important to revive the old ways so that we can also be revived- we were fine before Colonial involvement. Want to cure AIDS- call DR. SEBI!

[KwondomPresents]

Dam. That sucks, keep on going Robert, God is happy and very proud of you.

Good Luck, God will provide more doctors and give you paradise one day. :)

[CapzLock007]

Fatboyblitz you are probably what we call white trash here in America. You suck!!!

[mosesmalon2]

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[thebeater13]

The situation should be more broadcast, I was at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre in Malawi in the summer and I've never seen anything like it, one in the terms of the horror of seeing the conditions of the patients, and the other in seeing the doctors and nurses who work there who are incredible. More and more malawian med students are staying in Malawi BECAUSE of the govt. Direct quote from a Malawian med student.

[onithor]

Money talks, when Malawi's govt realize that they need to actually invest in the health system more doctors will stay despite the low pay. Get them the clean hospitals and the drugs that they need.

[suspendedb4]

u motherfucker asshoule white shit dirth

[ladeeda81]

God bless him and strengthen him to keep doing what he is doing!

[ginnyvaet11]

I think we should donate medical books to general people to read, and anyone with health understanding in the US could volunteer there. I remember in jamaica I brought a man hit by a car we drove him to a hospital and they asked me advice since I studied massage therapy in the US. If you have any medical training they look to you. Let the average man or woman learn,

[gonaive]

Dr. Ayella, your a hero..keep up the good work.

[Legolasas26]

lmao get a life people,none of you here are probably from malawi and you should stop fighting, Europe was once in the same desperate situation like malawi is now but since europe had an exciting history its rich now, they should do something about their country,expelling the shit politics is one solution

[TheSoulTrader]

This is the price we must pay for being raped by the west. The most well schooled in most cases are the most gullible. I believe the onus lies squarely on African governments to provide quality education to their children so as to prevent this bastardization of a race from continuing. I know it's a tall order but perhaps the Malawian state can enact legislation that makes this sort of stupidity from supposedly educated people illegal in the interim.

[lottube]

What about the freedom to LEAVE your country, as a civil and in peacetime? Why me, as an Italian, would have more rights to shop around better opportunities If I want to (legally), but not Mallawian?

[TheSoulTrader]

The European Human Rights Act considers some rights as more deserving than others especially in emergency situations, there is also a requirement that the common good of all supersedes individual rights. The situation in Malawi is an emergency and demands that drastic measures are taken to avert the suffering of many. I am not aware that you face a similar situation in Italy, but if you did, it would be up to your government to act decisively to prevent a similar catastrophe .

[lottube]

This is not an emergency in the sense of, say, an earthquake, a War or even the Swine Flu pandemic. Malawi (as others) is an almost failed state, which cannot provide basic work conditions for doctors and health care professionals as the video properly shows. Lack of anhestesics, surgeries perfomed with people screaming, no antibiotics, lousy sanitary standards. In this situation, we do almost a favor to rescue some professional and give them a decent life here in Europe.

[TheSoulTrader]

Sounds more like feeding off a corpse than doing a favor to me. My question to you is, are you a scavenging rat?

[lottube]

Wow, let's keep the discussin in good terms :)

I deeply think that individual rights in cases like this (i.e., the right to work legally abroad if your host country allows you to do so) is greater than any right the government would have to 'ground' you in a country that offers no decent work conditions. It seems like a soviet-style measure, wheh their ppl desperately wanted to emigrate to flee persecutin, lower living standards and absence of professional career perspective.

[TheSoulTrader]

Okay, maybe you are just naive then. Where the country in question has funded your education, don't you think you would owe it a duty to be innovative and think up solutions to it's problems rather than run away? These chaps probably pick up the crumbs in Psychiatric work once they get to Europe, whilst suffering inequality and racism. The Soviets and Chinese are not doing too badly are they?

[buffblaze]

what freedom. if the govt pays for ur education then u are obligated to perform services for the nation. average doctor in america graduates with at least 100,000 dollars in debt . african doctors on the ohter hand graduate with zero debt. everything paid for by african government, so its ridiculous to suggest that they dont owe their countries their skills and service.

[lottube]

That would be slavery. Or exactly the same argument communist countries used to present to refue the human right of their citizens to leave. Malawi govt. could try to recover costs of education abroad from people who immigrate, but I doubt they have the expertise, let alone the resources, to do it - which DOES NOT nullify the rights of doctors and every other professional to immigrate to wherever they're welcomed.

If you use that reasoning, US would hire not a single person from 3rd World.

[daniells71]

dr robert ayala and benjamin banda in the video inspire me. Africa can only be helped by Africans who are willing to change the way some things are done in their countries.

[ngusi0877]

To Jangiya03,

what a stupid comment to make, what is your point? so if you are treated in Malawi you shouldn't leave the country nor criticise the system..don't run away from the truth, this Dr is just saying how the hospitals are he hasn't even said he can't work there, what is wrong with gaining experience elsewhere? what are you doing in Australia?

[Keskin1975]

It`s perfectly understandable that they leave, maybe 1 out of a thousand wouldn`t run from those conditions.

The west just brought misery to such countries, they went there, colonized, killed hundrets of thousands, sucked on their workforce and ressources.

And now countries like UK and America headline their searches for power and econimical gains with "freedom", "human rights".

Lets invade this country and help them, they need it thousand times more than the middle east or south america.

[luqmaan2008]

ITS A SAD SITUATION.

malawian doctors giving such heartless comments,most of this doctors education & career bigin back in malawi & at times it is funded by the government.after graduation they

want a better life,doctors with selfish thought should not be doctors in the first place.yes a ugandan doctor has a heart for this needful patients.(in malawi)shame on this migrating.greedy malawian doctors.

[saffronix]

Far too often, informative video clips are not properly informative. The Ugandan doctor is probably being paid in Euros or some other hard currency, an option probably not available to Malawian citizens.

It is quite meaningless to conclude from a source that has no reputation to uphold. The actual sadness of the situation is that people do just that.

[jiveoupas]

l'europe et les états unis amériques n'aident pas l'Afrique, alors qu'ils en ont les moyens!!

[silverton7777]

if stop fucking the aids would stop

[kissiq]

why dont u stop fucking.. huh?

[jc2060]

Most white missionaries are spreading death in Africa through vaccines.

[jc2060]

That fat lady is a snake.

[jc2060]

This guy is the man

[ConcernedHuman]

Very few blacks qualify as doctors, and educated whites are leaving. For example depite the population being overwhelming coloured, blacks account for 2000 of 27000 honours math students.

[Liberalfunguy]

If that comment is referred to Africa then you are wrong.

Africans (doctors) are leaving Africa for the West because they get better pay and better conditions of service.

[MUN7001]

this is the same thing throughout , third world countries. People from these countries go to America to get a better life, only to get discriminated against. I'd move back to my home country to invest in their health, for sure. Even though its not as safe, still

[Liberalfunguy]

Easier said than done.

It is not only about being discriminated against. It is the leadership and political system. If African countries had better leaders, this wouldn't be happening. And now that the educated are leaving, i doubt good leaders will take office since the people who can vote for better leaders have left the countries

[Matyas80]

Sometimes the better way to help our countries is from outside, as this doctors are doing so.People have to understand that studying medicine is not easy, you have to love helping people those are 8 years to 12 years of studies, full time there is countless number of books you have to learn, it makes you to put aside the rest of your life to really lear the art of medicine,you are in touch all the time with human misery even in first world countries people suffer folks so it´s not only the money

[Matyas80]

-and that´s a really good salary in my country since most of general practitioners make like 800 US$ before taxes- so there is no shame to look for a better future, as most of people will do the same, so where are the engineers, teachers all people.  It´s is way beyond the personal interest, it´s a problem that former colonies countries have since their independence.

[Matyas80]

Well about the comments of jangiya03 and sibomil, I don´t know how things is malawi are....but speaking for myself, I live in a third world country in Latin America, and I had to study in a private university, we have a private based health system...I paid more than 5 minimal wages only in health last year, this for supporting the public system and for myself, and almost a third of my income is going to taxes, my salary was like 1050 US$ before taxes each month

[jangiya03]

This doctor..Aubrey Makhalira we trained you using our tax and when you got sick with TB we treated you in our hospital and now you hav the audacity to speak agianst the system that made what you are. Shame on you.

[luqmaan2008]

to jangiya.

yes you r right.i can see where you coming from.this mentioned doctor stinks of greed forget serving the fellow malawians but he showed no shame on his total geed filled betrayel to the your mentioned system.

[TheSoulTrader]

I think if the situation he has portrayed is factual then we should view this as an eye opener and find a way forward rather than castigate the chap for drawing our attention to it.

[sibomil]

I wonder where are the ethics of this doctor who is saying his personal interest first. I mean how can a medical doctor say such a statement? In fact this is brain stealing, its more than brain draining. i bet chilipo chidzumubweretse this doctor home its just around the corner.

[edwardchiwoko]

Read these reports with sceptism.I worked with two of the doctors in late 70s I have talked to both regarding the interview. This is an edited version to support a preconceived idea. I know these two care about Malawi. You would not think after watching this clip that these two doctors are cofounders, Trustees and tireless fundraisers of the registered Charity Malawi Health Care Support(UK). "Going back to help" is not the only solution. The problems and solutions are very complex.

Bharat

[Bozewani]

I wish Malawi would create a better health insurance, it's heartbreaking and I cannot imagine the greed of selfish Malawians

[Nangondo]

I am all for solutions and other African countries helping out... BUT it should be on the same salary/compensation package that the NAtive Malawian doctors are offered... then the sacrifice will be equal. I applaud this Ugandan doctor for working in Mulanje BUT please take note that he is there under the UN. I am sure he is needed in Northern Uganda but he chose the UN level salary, he is just blessed that he got a posting to a very needy location.

[zweeterion]

The solution is approaching other African countries who can help to send Health professionals. Under the Nigerian technical aid corps,Nigeria sent some of its own health professionals to assist in crisis situations like this.Malawians must touch their hearts and do something.

[maceike]

It's soo sad. African immigrants are some of the most successful people in their foreign countries. Hopefully more of us can return back home and help out.