I chose an inappropriate form of discourse in attacking the man/ ad mominim that I am slightly ashamed of. the concept of a capitalist growth market in human suffering is still abhorant to me, but it was inappropriate to directly "attack -literally, The Man" in the presentation of my argument. All this did was devalue the valid points I had intended to communicate because the language was inflamatory and vulger. I apologize for the result of my passion on the issue and hope to bring people together on this issue in the future. Mea Culpa.
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"For Dickinson, the philosophical battle will have to come another day. For now, he's thinking about all the patients he had to send home without care on Sunday, the last day of the RAM expedition: "I had to go to the stands, where there were hundreds of people still waiting, and say we could only take 20 more. They rushed me with questions and showed me their teeth. I said they'd have to come see us in October when we go to Grundy, Va.
"In the meantime, he believes many of the patients who were turned away will have to make due with visits to the E.R. for tooth pain, where they'll likely be given antibiotics and a pain pill and sent home. "That'll only calm it down for a couple of weeks. It'll come back," he says.
Thankfully, so will RAM.
How to Help
If you'd like to contribute to or volunteer with the Remote Area Medical Foundation go to their Web site.
To volunteer or contribute to The Health Wagon, whose small staff brings health care to the people of Appalachia all year round, and who will be helping some of this year's RAM patients get follow-up treatment for urgent conditions, go to their Web site.
And, to help with education, nutrition and physical activity programs that help impoverished children in rural communities throughout the United States, go the Save the Children U.S.A. Web site.
To help Mission of Mercy, a nonprofit organization that provides free dental care to underserved populations in Virginia and West Virginia, go to the Virginia Dental Association's Web site and scroll to the bottom of the page for donation and volunteering information.
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