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Have we gone to the same Europe? Because across 3 different European countries I have seen the complete opposite.

by Woeps 3y ago

blitz_skull 3y ago
Did you have to schedule a visit 2 weeks out just to get some medicine for a minor sinus infection? (Medicine you could've gotten in the US for a $15-dollar copay and a 30 minute wait in a urgent care clinic) Because I did. Belgium's healthcare was no bueno for a foreign exchange student just looking to kick a cold.
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- Woeps 3y ago
  I have been living in Brussels for last 10 years and have had no such issues. Au contraire, I go to the doctor and get medication so easily prescribed that I'm afraid the doctor is to nonchalant ... (and always without an appointment, maybe sometimes 20 min wait) Edit: regarding Sinus infections, quick google search shows that the "apotheek" carries and sells medicine for this.. so maybe you just had bad luck/was misunderstood?
- Tade0 3y ago
  Let's just say that Belgium, collectively as a nation, needs a hug. I hail from a country with the lowest number of practicing physicians per 1000 inhabitants in the EU and I still can get an appointment with a general practitioner on the same day. Specialists are of course a different matter but again - lowest number of doctors in the EU. They're all in Norway now.
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- UtopiaPunk 3y ago
  Lmao. I'm in the US, and I'm waiting to see a doctor because the earliest someone could see me was 2 months is away (and that was checking across several nearby towns, not being picky about one particular doctor's schedule). I thought that was pretty good, because scheduling our last an annual check up was much further out.
- antisthenes 3y ago
  > Did you have to schedule a visit 2 weeks out just to get some medicine for a minor sinus infection? I've definitely had to wait 2 weeks to schedule an appointment with a specialist in the US. The "best" healthcare in the world, according to some talking heads.

Have we gone to the same Europe? Because across 3 different European countries I have seen the complete opposite.

by Woeps 3y ago

Have we gone to the same Europe? Because across 3 different European countries I have seen the complete opposite.

Did you have to schedule a visit 2 weeks out just to get some medicine for a minor sinus infection? (Medicine you could've gotten in the US for a $15-dollar copay and a 30 minute wait in a urgent care clinic) Because I did. Belgium's healthcare was no bueno for a foreign exchange student just looking to kick a cold.

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Woeps 3y ago
I have been living in Brussels for last 10 years and have had no such issues. Au contraire, I go to the doctor and get medication so easily prescribed that I'm afraid the doctor is to nonchalant ... (and always without an appointment, maybe sometimes 20 min wait) Edit: regarding Sinus infections, quick google search shows that the "apotheek" carries and sells medicine for this.. so maybe you just had bad luck/was misunderstood?
Tade0 3y ago
Let's just say that Belgium, collectively as a nation, needs a hug. I hail from a country with the lowest number of practicing physicians per 1000 inhabitants in the EU and I still can get an appointment with a general practitioner on the same day. Specialists are of course a different matter but again - lowest number of doctors in the EU. They're all in Norway now.
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UtopiaPunk 3y ago
Lmao. I'm in the US, and I'm waiting to see a doctor because the earliest someone could see me was 2 months is away (and that was checking across several nearby towns, not being picky about one particular doctor's schedule). I thought that was pretty good, because scheduling our last an annual check up was much further out.
antisthenes 3y ago
> Did you have to schedule a visit 2 weeks out just to get some medicine for a minor sinus infection? I've definitely had to wait 2 weeks to schedule an appointment with a specialist in the US. The "best" healthcare in the world, according to some talking heads.