Like government medicine?
Nov. 1st, 2007 01:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cryowizardThink we should have medical system like in the NHS in the UK? I wouldn't want to.
I am currently suffering from a weird condition causing me to cough like crazy. Yesterday I have called my doc and today went in for a check up. I got the checkup, the prescriptions and advice in less than 24 hours from making the decision to visit.
I'm also doing some research into my condition. On one of the forums where patients discuss their symptoms, what worked for them and what didn't, I stumble on this:
Are you fucking kidding me? 4 months? I could barely stand to wait a week with the kind of coughing I get. In 4 months I'd hang myself. So I guess UK standards of medicine aren't high enough for me.
I am currently suffering from a weird condition causing me to cough like crazy. Yesterday I have called my doc and today went in for a check up. I got the checkup, the prescriptions and advice in less than 24 hours from making the decision to visit.
I'm also doing some research into my condition. On one of the forums where patients discuss their symptoms, what worked for them and what didn't, I stumble on this:
Haven't seen ENT specialist yet as I live in the UK and must wait about 4 months for an appointment
Are you fucking kidding me? 4 months? I could barely stand to wait a week with the kind of coughing I get. In 4 months I'd hang myself. So I guess UK standards of medicine aren't high enough for me.