In another revealing story, Catholic seminarians strode past a distressed bystander while in a hurry to give a lecture on the parable of the good Samaritan.
The American Relief Organization, Samaritan's Purse has recently begun sanitizing these wells that are a likely source of the recent cholera outbreak here.
But now, I was suspicious of the caller's ability to properly diagnose the patient. They may be a good Samaritan, but most don't boast a medical degree.
Perhaps too we have seen our neighbors, but in some ways we face an even greater challenge now than the one the good Samaritan or the seminary students faced.