Comments on: Kuwait in National Geographic, December 1952 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/kuwait-in-national-geographic-december-1952/ Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Both are designers, Mark works in advertising while Nat runs her own design studio called Push+Pull. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:18:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hummer15al http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/kuwait-in-national-geographic-december-1952/#comment-481772 hummer15al Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:19:07 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8899#comment-481772 thanks mark thanks mark

]]> By: Desert Girl http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/kuwait-in-national-geographic-december-1952/#comment-481682 Desert Girl Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:51:10 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8899#comment-481682 Hilaliya - I'm with you. I just had a conversation with a Kuwaiti friend who asked why the United States isn't doing more to help Kuwait - like building hospitals, etc. My personal opinion is that sadly, many foreign companies/organizations don't want to come here - it is a bureaucradic minefield. Millions of dollars of an organization's money is spent on proposals and feasibility studies alone - and then what happens? The process is so tainted that even when people WANT to help, the bid is usually awarded to a company favored by whoever the person is on the procurement end. Many now see business in Kuwait as a waste of time and resources. That is really sad - especially when there is not only a tremendous need for the projects, but also a budget for them. Anyhooo, I loved the National Geographic story. I have another NG story from around the same timeframe (50's) that I will try to find when I go back to the family home at Christmas. When/if I do find it, I'll scan it and pass it to you, Mark. Hilaliya – I’m with you. I just had a conversation with a Kuwaiti friend who asked why the United States isn’t doing more to help Kuwait – like building hospitals, etc. My personal opinion is that sadly, many foreign companies/organizations don’t want to come here – it is a bureaucradic minefield. Millions of dollars of an organization’s money is spent on proposals and feasibility studies alone – and then what happens? The process is so tainted that even when people WANT to help, the bid is usually awarded to a company favored by whoever the person is on the procurement end. Many now see business in Kuwait as a waste of time and resources. That is really sad – especially when there is not only a tremendous need for the projects, but also a budget for them.

Anyhooo, I loved the National Geographic story. I have another NG story from around the same timeframe (50′s) that I will try to find when I go back to the family home at Christmas. When/if I do find it, I’ll scan it and pass it to you, Mark.

]]> By: lendmeurear http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/kuwait-in-national-geographic-december-1952/#comment-481678 lendmeurear Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:33:30 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8899#comment-481678 I second JM, comment 21 I second JM, comment 21

]]> By: Sami http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/kuwait-in-national-geographic-december-1952/#comment-481674 Sami Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:01:19 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8899#comment-481674 Hi @َQ8sultana I am just wondering what are you Kuwaiti nationalist or Iraqi why are you trying to prove that Kuwait borders are less then it seems???? Hi @َQ8sultana

I am just wondering what are you Kuwaiti nationalist or Iraqi
why are you trying to prove that Kuwait borders are less then it seems????

]]> By: JM http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/kuwait-in-national-geographic-december-1952/#comment-481648 JM Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:49:42 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8899#comment-481648 You people are being too harsh on gov hospitals. Did you know that gov hospitals in Kuwait have better equipment than private hospitals do? Also, did you know that some of the best doctors in Kuwait work for gov-fun hospitals? sure it is a bit overcrowded and bureaucratic, but private hostpitals are pretty much cash mills aimed at giving you services and medicine you dont need. Its an American healthcare-style industry. You people are being too harsh on gov hospitals. Did you know that gov hospitals in Kuwait have better equipment than private hospitals do? Also, did you know that some of the best doctors in Kuwait work for gov-fun hospitals?

sure it is a bit overcrowded and bureaucratic, but private hostpitals are pretty much cash mills aimed at giving you services and medicine you dont need. Its an American healthcare-style industry.

]]> By: Bu Yousef http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/kuwait-in-national-geographic-december-1952/#comment-481633 Bu Yousef Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:30:08 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8899#comment-481633 A great read... Thank you Mark/Desert Girl for this post. The article was reviewed by Al Qabas daily recently and I never got round to finding the original. I will email it to my father who will love it. Kuwait is at a cross-roads again... We tend to complain and moan, but I'm hopeful things will change and we will see a growth spurt similar to the ones we've seen before. A great read…

Thank you Mark/Desert Girl for this post. The article was reviewed by Al Qabas daily recently and I never got round to finding the original. I will email it to my father who will love it.

Kuwait is at a cross-roads again… We tend to complain and moan, but I’m hopeful things will change and we will see a growth spurt similar to the ones we’ve seen before.

]]> By: 3azeez http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/kuwait-in-national-geographic-december-1952/#comment-481611 3azeez Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:33:00 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8899#comment-481611 @َQ8sultana http://www.kuwait-history.net/vb/up/uploads/21784429020080804.jpg @َQ8sultana

http://www.kuwait-history.net/vb/up/uploads/21784429020080804.jpg

]]> By: hilaliya http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/kuwait-in-national-geographic-december-1952/#comment-481604 hilaliya Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:02:40 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8899#comment-481604 The only way we can improve health care here is to: 1. Stop sending Ministry of Health 'delegations' to Third World countries to recruit low skilled workers. 2. Open up health zones in Kuwait and allow foreign hospitals and universities to set up their own and hire personnel and manage the operations themselves (i.e. Mayo Clinic in Dubai Health zone, Johns Hopkins etc). 3. Make the country a more open and attractive state for skilled foreign professionals to work and live in, and that also includes proper laws to protect them and their families. Anything managed by any ministry, by any bureacratic-at-best-high-school educated Kuwait (and the ministries are full of them) is bound for doom, no matter how honest or hard working the minister is. The only way we can improve health care here is to:

1. Stop sending Ministry of Health ‘delegations’ to Third World countries to recruit low skilled workers.

2. Open up health zones in Kuwait and allow foreign hospitals and universities to set up their own and hire personnel and manage the operations themselves (i.e. Mayo Clinic in Dubai Health zone, Johns Hopkins etc).

3. Make the country a more open and attractive state for skilled foreign professionals to work and live in, and that also includes proper laws to protect them and their families.

Anything managed by any ministry, by any bureacratic-at-best-high-school educated Kuwait (and the ministries are full of them) is bound for doom, no matter how honest or hard working the minister is.

]]> By: Summer http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/kuwait-in-national-geographic-december-1952/#comment-481602 Summer Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:39:58 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8899#comment-481602 that's amazing!! so sweet that’s amazing!! so sweet

]]> By: Yeni http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/kuwait-in-national-geographic-december-1952/#comment-481601 Yeni Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:39:08 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8899#comment-481601 Sorry to blow you bubble folks, but there is nothing to be proud about. This article is from 1952, not 1852. We were a hundred years behind the times back then, and we are 50 years behind the times nowadays. We import the worst doctors because we pay them shit. We produce too few good doctors ourselves. We have horrible old hospitals, that are unfit for human usage. Even the private healthcare is crap, it just looks fancy. Its a real shame for a country as rich as Kuwait. Sorry to blow you bubble folks, but there is nothing to be proud about. This article is from 1952, not 1852. We were a hundred years behind the times back then, and we are 50 years behind the times nowadays. We import the worst doctors because we pay them shit. We produce too few good doctors ourselves. We have horrible old hospitals, that are unfit for human usage. Even the private healthcare is crap, it just looks fancy. Its a real shame for a country as rich as Kuwait.

]]> By: hilaliya http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/kuwait-in-national-geographic-december-1952/#comment-481599 hilaliya Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:14:10 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8899#comment-481599 You can sense in that article a vision, a love of the country and its people and a willingness by the movers and shakers to really transform the country and improve people's lives. Sadly that is missing now. You can sense in that article a vision, a love of the country and its people and a willingness by the movers and shakers to really transform the country and improve people’s lives.

Sadly that is missing now.

]]> By: Abdullah http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/kuwait-in-national-geographic-december-1952/#comment-481598 Abdullah Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:04:58 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8899#comment-481598 Thats pretty interesting, thats probably what inspired this to come to life. http://www.p0ach.com/2009/11/10/video-review-maidan-clinic-mobile-service/ Thats pretty interesting, thats probably what inspired this to come to life.

http://www.p0ach.com/2009/11/10/video-review-maidan-clinic-mobile-service/

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