Brain drain hurting Ethiopia

Ethiopian doctors are abundant anywhere except in their own country...

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[ethioaddis]

dude with that bandana and shade. u look gangsta something. look at u now....lol talking politics....

[madastonniesuh]

I normally don't wear that. That is me trying to be appear goofy.I wish you talked about what I said.

[tesfayekb]

We want to go back when our government understands and implements the rule of law and democracy and stops killing and torturing people who are opposed to his ethnic based dictatorship which most doctors are opposed to. The Prime Minister Meles at one time said the country doesn't want doctors. Do you think that is an invitation? Of course our country wants more and more doctors.

[madastonniesuh]

Trust me I don't like the PM either but he said that out of pure arrogance. He is not being real.

[tesfayekb]

So now you have started to speak for him.

[madastonniesuh]

I am not defending him, I am simply trying to guess the reason behind such an outlandish comment.

[tesfayekb]

I am willing to go back, but I am not willing to get killed or tortured. I also want to practice Medicine without being hassled by EPRDF politicians just because of my opinion or political affiliation. You don't seem to recognize what a bad government has done and can do. So lets work to improve the political situation there instead of blaming a profession.

[Killa8]

How can one serve the people when the goverment is constantly harrasing and imprisoning you? You fail to see the devil that sits in in addis abeba.

[Superbiny]

This is clearly true. For example in the Black Lion Hospital in addis ababa, they are only 2 or 3 pediaric surgeons....and almost the majority of ethiopians get their MD in ethiopia and come to the United states to practice medicine. Offcourse they have to pass their Medical test when they came to the U.S. But the bottom line is ethiopia needs more professional doctors...

[wossen397]

where is the source?Give us please

[liyish]

I read that statistic in the newspaper and it's true. All ET doctors that I know are in US or Middle East or richer African nations like South Africa and Namibia. They don't go to Europe coz in Europe they don't take African Educated Doctors. There is like 1 doctor for 37,000 people in ET and most of them are poorly trained Doctors that studied in low standard colleges of Romania, Russia, Bulgaria, Cuba that the USA doesn't want. Sad but true.

[sandarge]

Really, the country ate all my family and I was forced to escape through Kenya and to the States and can keep the rest of the faimly alive when Weyanne imprisoned my father who was the head of the fmaily. Now what do I think?? Let others pay a sacrifice too because Me and My fmaily paid a fair share of service for this God Forsaken country for almost 20 years. Now my responsibility is to bring the rest of my family to the states and forget all about Ethipia, that is excatly what I feel.

[ethiojegna4]

that is a good arswer, one must'nt be obligated to help someone or his country it should come from the person haret

[sandarge]

My friend, I am a doctor working in Dallas, TX. Would you tell me why I have more obligation than anybody else to serve the country because I am a doctor. I don't feel any obligation than the rest of the professionals working abroad. Besides I have no plan to go back there as long as Weyanne is in power.

[ShegerBella]

So if the devil is sitting on the door,why don`t we search for a back door.All I`m sayn is that...u cant solve a problem by giving it ur back...and staying away.There got to be other ways of contributing to our beloved land.I really appreciate the poster of this vid.I ain`t talking about only Doctors...all Ethiopians..what went down back home is our concern too,and we should Address it somehow.We should nurture this feeling of `not ask what ur country did to you,ask what u`ve done to her`