CITIZENSHIP 2 - HEALTHCARE

HEALTHCARE - DEFINITIONHealthcare is defined by the organised provision of medical

care to an individual or a community, thus making it extremely important in our society.

Doctors, nurses, or surgeons are people we would all know as a healthcare professional, and they play an important role in how our lifestyles play out, be it by administering medicine, taking care of us, or by providing surgery.

THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHCAREHealthcare is important in ensuring the continuations survival

of our species. Healthcare allows us to live in a healthy environment, and give us a place to go to to be treated when sick, to allow us to get better. In this way, it gives us a longer life span, and ensures no major spread of disease wipes our population out.

Government agencies such as the Ministry of Health, works around the clock to look for cures for diseases or viruses, working to keep us safe and ensure a healthy environment from upcoming diseases.

MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO HEALTHCAREAside from the healthcare professionals that we all know today,

there are many people whom in history, have left their mark in the healthcare sector.

One person in particular, I would like to mention is Mr James Harrison. His blood contained a special and unusually strong anti body. Upon finding this out, he donated blood more than 1000 times in his life, saving over 2 million people in his lifetime.

REFLECTIONThis project has taught me a lot in the development of

healthcare, more so leaning towards the factor of not taking what we have for granted. Questions posed such as how I would feel if I had a lack of literacy or healthcare made me think of the people in the world who don’t, and has thus allowed me insight and the want to help.