Connections that leave you stunned

Wednesday night, in The revoltDavid Broncano announced a live connection with Afghanistan to interview one of the world's best doctors. On the other side of the screen, from a street in Kabul, appeared Dr. Diego González Rivas to explain his personal project: the following day he would inaugurate Afghanistan's first minimally invasive surgery hospital and would teach the country's surgeons how to operate with his equipment. The connection was quite poor, via a mobile video call. The doctor expressed his joy at being in the country and showed the three bodyguards who protected him at all times: three men in paramilitary attire, armed with Kalashnikovs, who looked rather unfriendly.Very safe!"," the doctor said. He introduced another surgeon, who greeted the audience:We are really happy!"," he exclaimed. They then entered a restaurant and took an elevator up to a room where there were more men. A few banners advertised this new center. The doctor introduced Broncano to his colleagues:He is my suffering!"He told them. In a previous program, months ago, we learned that this doctor had operated on the presenter. Dr. González Rivas explained that the following day he would meet with the Minister of Health of the Taliban regime and expressed his excitement at being able to operate on the people of the country with a technique to which they had not had access until now, after more than four surgical procedures. In the midst of the euphoria, he introduced a businessman who was collaborating on the project and, with humor, commented that this man had been imprisoned twice when he was young and had burned down an entire library."

Given that it was a public television channel, perhaps it would have been important for all of this to be explained better or for more thorough context to be provided to the audience. It wasn't clear whether what they were promoting was a charitable or private project, nor what criteria or guarantees existed for public access. But under a Taliban regime, it would have been necessary to clarify this. Throughout the broadcast, we saw a good number of men, but, as expected, not a single woman. We already know the situation in Afghanistan. It could have been explained whether women would have access to this hospital or whether they could be treated with this revolutionary technique. What's grotesque is that these situations are presented as signs of openness or change and discussed so casually. Since the Taliban's return to power, women have been excluded from education and universities. They cannot be treated as patients unless accompanied by a man. Not everyone is so... safe not even so happy with the healthcare system in Afghanistan. On television, it's very tricky to portray medical care as individual heroism, because it distorts the country's healthcare reality.