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It's the same in Sweden at least though. The whole of Europe is on the verge of collapse.

ChuckNorris89 4y ago
Same in Germany. Too many people who need care, too little doctors and nurses in the public healthcare system even though spending on healthcare has never been higher.
- luckylion 4y ago
  If I understand correctly, there's also a lot more people who rush to the ER for everything instead of seeing their regular local doctor, especially for children. It's understandable individually, they're afraid, even more so when it's about their children, but it's also putting additional strain on the system.
  - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
    Probably because the local doctors are also swamped.
Shoue 4y ago
It's not quite as bad in Sweden, look at the graph at the bottom of this article by John Burn-Murdoch[0] for a glimpse into we're faring compared to other European countries, and also how other European countries don't necessarily have it as bad as the UK or even Sweden. [0] https://archive.is/t6tSb https://archive.is/t6tSb
mikrotikker 4y ago
Downunder in NZ we are in a nursing crisis, no nurses, and the govt won't pay nurses well so they are forced to strike, exacerbating the problem. We take in a lot of foreign health care professionals but the borders were closed over covid. Not to mention the govt fired any "heros" who didn't get the vax. Even before covid my region was staffed by 'locums'. I never saw the same doc twice and one was visiting from California. Now we have a brand new hospital but don't you dare try to use it. It's some kind of neoliberal private/public experiment. You'll be charged for sitting in the ER waiting to be seen, and after 4 hours waiting with a laceration you're too swollen for stitches. If you have some non obvious sickness, you're only seeing an ED doc so they're just another level of triage so they're not really troubleshooting effectively they just want you out the door. My partner, in incredible amounts of pain (from as it turns out requiring a fucked ovary to be removed) was told to practice mindfulness, until she could see a nurse practitioner of ob/gyn in maybe 3 months. The GP clinic is inside the hospital but went from serving 1,500 to 12,000 due to the restructures.

Same in Germany. Too many people who need care, too little doctors and nurses in the public healthcare system even though spending on healthcare has never been higher.

luckylion 4y ago
If I understand correctly, there's also a lot more people who rush to the ER for everything instead of seeing their regular local doctor, especially for children. It's understandable individually, they're afraid, even more so when it's about their children, but it's also putting additional strain on the system.
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  Probably because the local doctors are also swamped.

Shoue 4y ago

It's not quite as bad in Sweden, look at the graph at the bottom of this article by John Burn-Murdoch[0] for a glimpse into we're faring compared to other European countries, and also how other European countries don't necessarily have it as bad as the UK or even Sweden. [0] https://archive.is/t6tSb https://archive.is/t6tSb

mikrotikker 4y ago

Downunder in NZ we are in a nursing crisis, no nurses, and the govt won't pay nurses well so they are forced to strike, exacerbating the problem. We take in a lot of foreign health care professionals but the borders were closed over covid. Not to mention the govt fired any "heros" who didn't get the vax. Even before covid my region was staffed by 'locums'. I never saw the same doc twice and one was visiting from California. Now we have a brand new hospital but don't you dare try to use it. It's some kind of neoliberal private/public experiment. You'll be charged for sitting in the ER waiting to be seen, and after 4 hours waiting with a laceration you're too swollen for stitches. If you have some non obvious sickness, you're only seeing an ED doc so they're just another level of triage so they're not really troubleshooting effectively they just want you out the door. My partner, in incredible amounts of pain (from as it turns out requiring a fucked ovary to be removed) was told to practice mindfulness, until she could see a nurse practitioner of ob/gyn in maybe 3 months. The GP clinic is inside the hospital but went from serving 1,500 to 12,000 due to the restructures.