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<blockquote data-quote="DodgyD" data-source="post: 1599104" data-attributes="member: 446721"><p>Not shirty at all. I can understand the sentiment. There are hospitals and doctors, and there will be skilled practitioners too, somewhere. The problem lies with their accessibility. Overcoming the language barrier is the first step, the second is in determining what isn't an outright scam, what isn't fake, and what doctor actually has any half decent education on the matter. The sector here is completely rife with scams and ignorance. I've talked to fully trained doctors here in the past that prescribe antibiotics for viral infections, electro shock treated my ankle when it got badly twisted, had me pay for treatment from some big machine that seemed to do nothing for some other infection I had. (I looked up the model number online later, it was some debunked useless machine for cancer patients), and don't even get me started on the abysmal level of knowledge when it comes to animal care. That</p><p></p><p>Now it's fair to say that the country is improving and developing quickly and things ARE improving. However hospitals are FOR PROFIT. and it shows. They will happily perform unnecessary operations, prescribe useless medication and (perhaps more uncommonly but still a legitimate concern) go out of their way to harm you if you fail to comply with any common bribes. </p><p></p><p>I learned many years ago that for as much as possible, I'm generally better of self-diagnosing when it is not so serious as to demand my return to the UK. </p><p></p><p>I shant say where I live because that would only serve to encourage prejudice and I'd rather not contribute to that. It is all said entirely just to emphasize why although yes, there are doctors here, I do not have much faith or hope left in them. </p><p></p><p>There are some extortionate private hospitals in big cities a few hours away that probably have reasonable levels of care, however the price of these places provides a different sort of inaccessibility.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DodgyD, post: 1599104, member: 446721"] Not shirty at all. I can understand the sentiment. There are hospitals and doctors, and there will be skilled practitioners too, somewhere. The problem lies with their accessibility. Overcoming the language barrier is the first step, the second is in determining what isn't an outright scam, what isn't fake, and what doctor actually has any half decent education on the matter. The sector here is completely rife with scams and ignorance. I've talked to fully trained doctors here in the past that prescribe antibiotics for viral infections, electro shock treated my ankle when it got badly twisted, had me pay for treatment from some big machine that seemed to do nothing for some other infection I had. (I looked up the model number online later, it was some debunked useless machine for cancer patients), and don't even get me started on the abysmal level of knowledge when it comes to animal care. That Now it's fair to say that the country is improving and developing quickly and things ARE improving. However hospitals are FOR PROFIT. and it shows. They will happily perform unnecessary operations, prescribe useless medication and (perhaps more uncommonly but still a legitimate concern) go out of their way to harm you if you fail to comply with any common bribes. I learned many years ago that for as much as possible, I'm generally better of self-diagnosing when it is not so serious as to demand my return to the UK. I shant say where I live because that would only serve to encourage prejudice and I'd rather not contribute to that. It is all said entirely just to emphasize why although yes, there are doctors here, I do not have much faith or hope left in them. There are some extortionate private hospitals in big cities a few hours away that probably have reasonable levels of care, however the price of these places provides a different sort of inaccessibility. [/QUOTE]
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