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you think doctors are scarce in subsaharan africa but mri machines and xrays and ultrasounds are plentiful?
by querulous 5y ago
you think doctors are scarce in subsaharan africa but mri machines and xrays and ultrasounds are plentiful?
- Google234 5y agoIt’s must easier and faster to buy a machine than train a doctor
- nradov 5y agoIt really isn't. Some countries can produce a trained physician for less than the cost of a new MRI machine. And beyond the capital expense those machines are expensive to operate due to technicians, maintenance, consumable supplies, power, etc.
- Fomite 5y agoThis is in contradiction to my experience working on medicine in Africa, where there are often very well trained people coping with a water system that doesn't always work.
- gbear605 5y agoI know that they aren’t, but that doesn’t mean that AI that doesn’t use those tools is impossible.