After a short drive from the hotel, you can imagine the thoughts in our heads as we entered the hospital.
But our fears were relieved when the staff and doctors arranged tests and made arrangements for both of us to say a few days.
They spoke excellent English.
The “private room” was basic but very comfortable. A nice shower, bathroom, and a flat screen television were included among the furniture. They even brought in a light “cot” for me and furnished me with food from the cafeteria. Although different from American cuisine, it was very good and very tasty. That’s unusual for hospital food and it was very comforting for me.
Quite honestly, we received better care here than a hospital in the United States. Several blood tests were performed, liquids were started, antibiotics administered, an electrocardiogram performed and even an ultrasound of the stomach. They were attentive to every detail and very professional.
Marilyn’s illness turned out to be bacterial and not a virus. It was the result of food in the kafe near the hotel.
It happens to tourists all the time and why it bothers some and not others is a mystery.
Four of us ate the same food at the same table.
Our ship had already sailed and our current goal now was to meet it downriver several miles.
It would be a four hour drive on country roads to arrive at the next port.
I was impressed with the medical care in the “American Clinic”.
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I too have recieved better care abroad than in American hospitals.
Do you mind saying what the treatment cost?
We paid about $2,000 US Dollars for ALL services. We had Travel Insurance and were refunded 100% of that sum....
But the professionalism and personal service of the staff was twice of what you would get here in the US.
The bottom line is 2/3 the cost and twice the service!
Jspiker
A friend's wife broke a wrist in Russia and said her x-ray and cast cost $50. However, that was 8 years ago. I'm sure things have changed.
I had sports surgery for a fractured jaw in Moscow, and it cost $6000.
Again, many years ago.
All in all, the hospitals look terrible, but the service is wonderful. And they doctors treat you like a human being and are NOT afraid of referring you to a specialist if they want a second opinion.
What we need in the US is an understanding that human health care is a basic service, like a car tune-up, and should not cost too much.
It's 8 years of school, but if you enjoy it, you work for a middle-class salary, like in most parts of the world.
Apparently government-subsidized health care is just as good as our medical profiteering.
oh wait, they actually live longer with it in Europe and even Latin America.
Yes...I'd have to agree. I've also found the same thing in Canada and Tahiti.
Healthcare in America is motivated by greed. We've become pawns to special interest groups.
There are 43,000,000 people in America today, just one doctor visit from finacial disaster.
Jspiker
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