Stephen Strange had wanted to use Mordo's gunshot wound as an excuse to talk to the Emperor and seek advanced medical help, but in the end, he never brought it up. Kamar-Taj was not isolated from the world. It had internet access and news; he knew who the Emperor was and what earth-shattering things he had done, such as sending the U.S. stock market plummeting. Yet none of that was reason enough to stop him from asking for help. If he had not abandoned all his pride, he would never have come to Kamar-Taj. For certain special reasons, and out of a simple sense of justice and social morality, Stephen Strange decided never to mention medical assistance.
The face Wakanda showed the world was highly advanced, but not everyone could enjoy the benefits of that advancement. No one would agree to help Stephen Strange, because he was nobody, and no one would pay for him to get something for nothing. The newly established Latveria had taken in poor people unable to afford medical bills from many hospitals that had failed in their market-oriented transitions. The government had issued Wakanda promissory notes to purchase medical equipment and drugs, while Wakanda helped Latveria reform its healthcare system and integrate hospital hardware and software. Even so, many people worse off than him were still struggling on the brink of life and death.
This expenditure had not originally been included in the budget for Latveria's newly established medical welfare system. But the Emperor was an idealist. He persuaded the regent to pilot the policy in impoverished Albania. While bulldozing slums to build heavy industry and tearing down religious sites to build schools, they also paid a vast sum to cover the salaries of Wakandan doctors sent abroad and the wear and tear on medical