We begin tonight’s edition of A Window to the Fatherland with Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh reading one of his poems from the book of his collected works.
Dr Alireza Nourizadeh:
Tonight we will be speaking to our special guest Dr Kamran Borokhim, who is also known for his love of Persian literature and poetry.
In a way he is a unique physitian who has never forgotten about his cultural and national heritage.
Dr. Borokhim:
First of all allow me to wish all my Iranian compatriots a ver happy Nowruz and a healthy new Persian year.
These are the same compatriots whose tax and contributions facilitated me to continue with my studies and become a doctor. It is the contributions of my fellow Iranian workers and farmers that made my career. I am truly indebted to every single one of them.
In those days we used to watch and see how a patient walks into the surgery and the way they sit down to get an initial idea as to what was wrong with them.
However, as you mentioned, when you meet up with an Iranian patient, due to our cultural habits, they also want to open up their chest and tell you about their personal problems too, which is understandable.
Some illnesses are unique to the Iranians as a result of their environmental conditions.
I left Iran after the revolution. I happened to know the late ayatollah Taleghani very well and I believe had he not died so abruptly after the revolution, problems like the hostage taking would have never taken place and Iran and the Iranians would have not gone through the miseries of the last four decades.
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