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Because it’s cheaper, not everyone has pentagon budgets to set up a modern hospital in a disaster zone.

Plus even if you did have all the fancy equipment, it takes forever to set up relief centers. After Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico or after fired in Maui, it took days to setup basic relief centers. Imagine if you have these cheap “tent” hospitals available at every small nearby town, you could setup relief in a matter of hours.



Correct - but op said the west could learn a thing or two, when in fact it's the other way around.


The West could learn a thing or two about how to produce affordable medical technology. Did you read the original article?




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