The Medicine For Grief

My story - The Medicine for grief by Tan Poh Tin
Reader's Digest May issue , Page 9 to Page 11

Done by :
Jeremy [27 ]
Sec3E
28 May 2008 .



Summary :


This story is about a lady doctor , by the name of Dr Tan Poh Tin . She was a doctor based in Malaysia and had gone to volunteer in numerous medical mission in different parts of the world . In this particular story , she describes a mission to Afghanistan to help the injured victims there after the Taliban had been driven from power , leaving many people killed and many injured . She met many numerous people in her stay there , which made her have a different impression of life . She also helped many diferent people there but for some , there is no longer any hope for them as there is no proper medical facilities nor is there proper medication and all she could do for those who have no longer any hope is that she can only pray for them and hope that all goes well for them . For some , they are lucky as they have received proper medication and are on the road to recovery . However , their psychological wound cannot be healed by her , and that could only be healed by themselves and it takes time for them to do so . For example , one who lost their loved ones in the fighting may take a long time to overcome this lost and may lead to depression in the long run . During this time , what they need the most is the support of their family members in order to walk out of this ordeal . The acts of Dr Tan Poh Tin has help pulled many up from their ordeal , and indeed she will always be regarded as a heroine to those who had received her help before .



Reflection :


After reading this article , I personally feel that Dr Tan Poh Tin is a heroine to many people . She helped many people at many different places at different disaster . She does all this on voluntary basis , with no hopes of being repayed by any . If many people are like her , reaching out to the needy when they are needed , then , the world would be fully of passion and love . People would not remain isolated and would know that there would be someone there for them when they are in need . However , all these can be prevented if there is world peace and there would be less fighting . Reduced fighting would mean that there would be lesser deathes and casualties .
Though we cannot prevent natural disasters from occuring , we can take up several measures to reduce its horrifying effects , such as educating the public , or installing warning signals around the country , which can significantly reduce the casualty rate . When there is reduced casualty rate , it would mean that there would not be the need for other countries to render their aid . Also , I feel that effort needs to be done to improve the medical facilities in the less developed areas so that in the event of a natural disaster with many casualties , the hospitals would have the necessary equipments to deal with it . With such improvements , many people would survive though they are injured instead of many people dying from their injuries though they survive the disaster .






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Reader's Digest Article Reflection

LOOSE NUKES
Pgs 29 - 33


Article by J. Peter Scoblic
Reflection by Lim Zijie Joshua(37)

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What's stopping terrorists from getting their hands on the materials to build a nuclear bomb? The answer: not much. The threat of terrorism is real, and it must never be reckened with. The threat of terrorists getting their hands on nuclear weapons is growing each day, as technology advances. Worse still, is the threat of political despots aiding terrorists in getting their hands on nuclear weapons. One example is the state of North Korea, which firstly, sells weapons to states like Iran and Syria. These weapons sold are rumoured to be Weapons of Mass Destruction(WMD) and could cause much pain and sufferings, as well as financial losses, not having yet taken into account the possible destruction of our planet Earth. Secondly, North Korea is, or was, developing its own nuclear arsenal, possibly sparking off an arms race among those in the 'Nuke Club', like the United States Of America for example. By sparking off an arms race, there would be the massive financial losses and society would be destructed as a result of a nuclear arms race.

The fact that terrorists have limited access to nuclear materials is a serious threat. Having limited access, but accessible nonetheless, could threaten world peace. For example, the nuclear explosion of a van near the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation(NATO) headquarters in Brussels showed the world that the terrorists have access to nuclear materisls and that they are prepared to use them to achieve their goals, which are, putting it nicely, foolishly idealistic and a threat to the existance and a stain of the supremacy of humans in the animal kingdom, in which we humans have the special ability to reason. Terrorism thoughts and acts are simply insults to this supremacy we possess.One other indirect reason given in the article which explains the leak of nuclear materials is due to the fact of poor safeguarding, as in the case of the Russian Federation. The lack of defence is so apparant, as seen from the two dozen incidents on illegal smuggling of nuclear materials out of the federation so easily.

Leadership is a quintessential trait in the prevention of nuclear terrorism. With leadership comes reforms, with reforms comes revolution, with revolution comes change. Strong leadership, and collective co-operation by every country is needed to successfully deter nuclear terrorism, and possibly undermine the cause of terrorism. While it is never possible to eradicate terrorism, deterring nuclear terrorism can be achieved, and must be achieved. The importance of world peace cannot be stressed more. Are we going to create a world of peace, flourishing generation after generation, era after era, or are we going to destroy the fragile peace that we are in now, possibly ruining the lives of our loved ones, to a point of no return. Our decisions, and the manner in which we enforce our decisions, will decide our fates.

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