tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11180319.post114743136971557669..comments2024-03-19T14:16:13.140+02:00Comments on This is Cyprus...: How to see a Doctor in CyprusSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11835205817921501248noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11180319.post-1147695934506638342006-05-15T15:25:00.000+03:002006-05-15T15:25:00.000+03:00Sounds like the US is even worse than the UK, as f...Sounds like the US is even worse than the UK, as far as doctors go! Wow. I guess Cyprus isn't bad, then.<BR/><BR/>What puzzles me is: if American doctors won't do house visits, and won't prescribe anything without seeing the patient and running tests, and the patient is too sick to get out of bed.... what happens??<BR/><BR/>In the UK, when we lived there, if someone was too ill to get out of bed then whoever was on duty would call at the house to see them. I don't know if that's changed in recent years. It could take ages to be seen for something that wasn't crucial, but emergencies or severe illness were always seen pretty quickly. <BR/><BR/>And gulp!! at the fees for the birth... I can't get my head around having to pay to have a baby. But I guess you did have to take extra care.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835205817921501248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11180319.post-1147565502997682872006-05-14T03:11:00.000+03:002006-05-14T03:11:00.000+03:00I can't even imagine such an experience with a doc...I can't even imagine such an experience with a doctor in th US. First of all doctors do not make house calls, ever. You must be an established patient to even get an appointment, and of course you need to be under an insurance that they are currently excepting patients with. With the potential for lawsuits getting a doctor to prescribe even an antibiotic without seeing a patient and running bloodwork is very unlikely. And the fee is about what my co-payment with my insurance is. Our hospital fees alone for Liams birth were over $9000 and my doctor's fees were about $5000 for delivery and prenatal care, plus all the test, bloodwork and ultrasounds. But there's no healthcare crisis in America, mind you...<BR/><BR/>I do wish Richard a speedy recovery.Lorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322778291206842093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11180319.post-1147456494395487562006-05-12T20:54:00.000+03:002006-05-12T20:54:00.000+03:00Sounds efficient. It was almost similar in New Zea...Sounds efficient. It was almost similar in New Zealand ... actually - I still rang to make an appointment but the doctor was always flexible and always free when I needed the appointment. Over here, I'm really struggling to get an appointment - you have to be one of the first to call up at 8.30am or you can't see the doctor, and they don't do advanced bookings, because of that reason, apparently. You'd have to wait a few weeks! It's rude, I think, and Ashford is too big and we don't have enough doctors. Maybe I should move to a less populated place, yea. Anyway, I hope Richard gets feeling better soon.Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423048616037645327noreply@blogger.com