Provision of health services is central to the development of a social human. It is common knowledge that a healthy person is more productive on the basis of the performance level their body can allow them to achieve. It is therefore on this basis that medical systems are designed to meet the healthcare needs of the people and ensure effectiveness in delivery. Medical services is a wide range of processes that entail ensuring that the health of the society is upheld.
It is therefore important that medical processes be managed with great precious and skill to ensure that they produce the desired output and be relevant to the healthcare needs of the people. The Afghanistan invasion by the US is one of the major talking points in 21st century global politics. The invasion was in the wake of terrors attacks on US interests only Osama bin Laden. President Bush ordered one of the most controversial invasions in the history of America after what he cited as conclusive evidence of Taliban’s support and housing of Osama Bin Laden.
The developments made as a result of the invasions are few as Osama bin Laden is still at large though the less publicized impact on Afghanistan is noticeable (Gruskin, Grodin, Annas & Marks 2005). This paper seeks to establish some of the difficulties and challenges that the provision of medical services in Kabul presents and determine long term solutions that will ensure that will ensure effective provision of medical services for Afghans for the sake of humanity.
Healthcare Management Healthcare management is a wide subject that covers a variety of issue ranging from the management of health services to the provision of relevant support to ensure efficiency in delivery of medical services (Gruskin, Grodin, Annas & Marks 2005). It is clear that proper management of healthcare resources including people and policies are all aspects that must be included in proper management of healthcare.
A number of factors affect the levels of efficiency that delivery of healthcare services can attain; most of these factors are inherent to the healthcare system while others are within the environment and are highly influential on the levels of support delivery attains. Healthcare like education is a basic social system and no reservations should be made in delivery since all areas are in equal need of healthcare services irrespective of their location and inhabitant.
This goes in line with the principle of equality that the healthcare system is built on. Policies The nature of policies developed dictates the levels of efficiency with which medical services are delivered. One of the most common misconception in formulation of medical policies is development of policies that ensure better provision of medical services for urban or well of social groups while marginalizing remote societies. This is a poor approach to provision of services that are considered to be central to the survival and well-being of normal humans.
For example, Kabul is the most developed city in Afghanistan and as would be expected of a capitalistic society, it houses some of the best medical institute and health providers in Afghanistan (Gruskin, Grodin, Annas & Marks 2005). However, better services come at a cost that a majority of the people cannot manage which is a clear manifestation of inequality in the development of policies. The best medical providers are typically private armed with better technology, skills and experience in medical practice. Public healthcare providers are a nightmare and there is little they achieve in management of more specialized services.
It is not uncommon for a patient in a public healthcare provider to be referred to a private provider due to inadequacy of infrastructure or expertise (Gruskin, Grodin, Annas & Marks 2005). In general, policies that are currently operational in Afghanistan are aimed at the development of infrastructure and basic social structures. Being a post war country, there is little resource that can be channeled to healthcare as there are a number of system that have to be developed before healthcare system can attain its full capacity. Infrastructure