Engsiong Tan
2 min readMar 30, 2021

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I am only talking about medical care. I did not mention the financial matters as I have no knowledge of how what was done. I am aware that one of her donors may be shady but that was a topic I have chosen not to talk about.

I have seen pictures of doctors in less than world class conditions. Médecins Sans Frontières works in war torn countries. There are also charities that work in Palestine. Please do not use the strawman argument of world class hospitals. I use the example of Govindappa and his Arvind institute because he also had to find new ways to reduce the cost and improve the care. He also charged his poorest patients a fraction of the total cost. Yet his medical service was so good that it attracted rich people that came to pay for the cheapest price. Govindappa treated all his patients equally. Govindappa also trained some of his people. He is also able to attract motivated and qualified people in his mission without offering much pay.

I do not blame a charity for only running a soup kitchen or shelter. If that is only the resource available, that is it. Mother Theresa's mission did medical work. There are charges of lack of medicine or incorrect treatment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa#Quality_of_medical_care

The only point that I have gotten from your argument is that substandard medical treatment is acceptable if it is done in a mission hospital (or even hospice) in India. Because that is an argument that does not fly with many Christian or non Christian medical missions.

I would appreciate if you share your sources about the quality of the treatment in Mother Theresa's mission so that I can educate myself on the truth about matter.

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