"Resource-limited settings" is a term that I've to now reconsider.
I have used it in the past to talk about Vivekananda Memorial Hospital. But when I think about it from the perspective that this article brings, VMH was the most resource rich hospital I've seen. Sure, there may not have been a ventilator ICU or a neurosurgeon. But the lack of such materials had always been compensated by other invaluable resources - dedication of staff, community level mobilization, and holistic approach to healthcare.
How can we measure "resource richness" of a facility only along the dimension of medical devices available in that place?
More Than a Word: Neo-Colonialism in Today’s Vocabulary. | BMJ Global Health blog
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Thank you for the comment. You said it well and said it right. Once anyone internalizes these labels, confidence and capacity for innovative problem solving diminishes greatly.
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