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Yes, information has a role everywhere, but the article only mentions a telegram and "nobody knows about these women". What did I miss?
by hyperpallium 7y ago
Yes, information has a role everywhere, but the article only mentions a telegram and "nobody knows about these women". What did I miss?
- brlewis 7y agoFirst example: But the Hamlins knew it was both fixable and preventable - as they told Ethiopia's then ruler, Haile Selassie. "He said, why do my women get this terrible thing where they can’t control their body waste?" Dr Hamlin told the BBC. "We said, it is nothing to do with your women, it is to do with your lack of doctors in the countryside when they need to have a Caesarian section." Second example: But the Hamlins would not only help repair the damage; they also gave Mamitu - who has no formal education - a new career: she is now an internationally respected fistula surgeon, having been taught by the Hamlins. Third example: Then, in 2007, Dr Hamlin saw one of her initial dreams finally fulfilled: the Hamlin College of Midwives opened.
- hyperpallium 7y agoThanks for your detailed reply. As I said, information has a role in everything, but I don't think these examples are especially about information, in the sense of an IT-worker. 1. Ethiopia's ruler needed someone credible to tell him. 2. Training a surgeon is about skill and knowledge, more than information. 3. How is opening a "College of Midwives" about information, except in the general sense that education involves information?
- brlewis 7y agoGetting the right information to the right people is key to success. There are people as skilled and knowledgeable as these doctors who can only have great impact when they work together with information systems.
- hyperpallium 7y agoAbsolutely, IT has a general role everywhere. Dare I say on par with language, writing, printing press, etc.