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Of course, your definition of emergency might not match the hospitals.
Actually, no - a hospital emergency room in the US has to provide you any needed medical care - full stop.
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When first visiting the US many years ago I was warned always to carry with me proof of insurance, for otherwise a hospital might not treat me until I could provide some proof that I could pay. I wonder if that was true, whether it's still true, and what the situation really was or is.
Hasn't been true for ages - at least as long as I've lived in the US (since 1990). Hospitals are required to give emergency medical service regardless of insurance or proof of ability to pay if you show up in the ER. An unintended side-effect of that is that it's sadly not at all uncommon for people to show up to the ER for non-emergency services, then stick the public or the hospital with their bill if they can't pa…
1) This is highly dependent on the place. In rural areas or smaller towns, there is high probability that someone will take you to the hospital. 2) There is no equivalent of 911 in India. You can call the police but they usually don't have ambulances. Most cases you will have to take the injured in a private vehicle to the hospital. 3) Harassment by police is a real thing in many places. They will suspect you of bein…
Real naive question time, sorry ahead of time - are the police as corrupt as they're portrayed to be in western media? Bribes requested constantly, that sort of thing?
Source - I live here
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I disagree. I believe there is higher chance that the trait is cultural. But this of course is just derived from my anecdotal observations of human nature. >Anybody who dares to research this one is completely nuts, with or without tenure. What is interesting though is that in the field of anthropology there is total awareness of a certain fact. Throughout all ancient and historical human cultures, women have consist…
> Throughout all ancient and historical human cultures, women have consistently been to certain degrees less privileged and more subservient to men I suspect that this is largely due to men's greater capacity for violence than women, due to having proportionally more muscle mass.
When the most powerful people throughout history are not simple minded violent brutes, it becomes unlikely for men to be in power due to physical strength or violence.
Personally, I do not believe that the reason is biological. Other than that I'm as befuddled as the rest of the anthropological field, I don't know why men have consistently been in power throughout the majority of human history, but the correlation cannot be denied.
1) This is highly dependent on the place. In rural areas or smaller towns, there is high probability that someone will take you to the hospital. 2) There is no equivalent of 911 in India. You can call the police but they usually don't have ambulances. Most cases you will have to take the injured in a private vehicle to the hospital. 3) Harassment by police is a real thing in many places. They will suspect you of bein…
Real naive question time, sorry ahead of time - are the police as corrupt as they're portrayed to be in western media? Bribes requested constantly, that sort of thing?
Here is the real reason http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2325502/Map-shows-wo...
Huh? What rubbish! It has nothing to do with race. In India we do have a caste system but even with that you won't be able to look at an injured person and get to know his/her caste.
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I've only watched the first 20 minutes of the documentary, but I'm impressed. It's probably one of the most accurate portrayals of what it's like to be a foreigner living long term in Japan that I've seen. Like always, documentary directors usually like to be controversial, so I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop ;-) In terms of "don't involve yourself", I wouldn't say that's really true. The very few times I've se…
Thanks for your comment. The sentiment I recall is, for instance, related to a thief that's running away after having just stolen a purse and you have the ability to stop him. It was said in regards to big city living and making yourself part of the act in some manner, where you might get pulled into the police station to make a statement and spend hours on something you didn't want to be a part of. Again, I've never…
1) This is highly dependent on the place. In rural areas or smaller towns, there is high probability that someone will take you to the hospital. 2) There is no equivalent of 911 in India. You can call the police but they usually don't have ambulances. Most cases you will have to take the injured in a private vehicle to the hospital. 3) Harassment by police is a real thing in many places. They will suspect you of bein…
Real naive question time, sorry ahead of time - are the police as corrupt as they're portrayed to be in western media? Bribes requested constantly, that sort of thing?
There are many honest policemen/women (as well as dishonest ones) but if you are pitted against someone well-connected politically or rich or (usually) both then chances are police is going to side with them and you will probably lose regardless of who is guilty. Unless something extraordinary happens,like you get showcased in the media.
It is not only police. The government machinery on the lowest level is inefficient and corrupt. You need to pay a bribe to get a power connection to your home, a drivers license etc. If you refuse to do so, you will be forced to spent your time in following up, complaining to superiors. It is doable to some extent but you will spent significant amount of your time and energy.
This is my experience in one of the better states in India, which makes me wonder about the rest of the country.
Oh wow, just when I thought I couldn't be more disgusted by India for its rape culture, I come across this. Call me racist but I will never set foot in that country.
Upvoters of comments like this should be ashamed of themselves.