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(OT) Doctors Who Rip You Off
Bastette wrote:
I don't understand why people who are (justifiably) cautious about giving the government too much power are perfectly content with a system where private corporations have every bit as much power over people's lives as the government does, if not more so. I think I love you. Marry me? :-) Actually, for real, I've been thinking this but have been unable to put it into words quite so succintly and elegantly as this. May I quote you else-net? Would you like attribution? Thank you. Deborah we actually are going to get a cat soon...have a carrier! and the address of the no-kill shelter...and...squee-ing! |
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(OT) Doctors Who Rip You Off
"Judith Latham" wrote in message ... In article , Christina Websell wrote: "Bastette" wrote in message ... Jack Campin wrote: My girlfriend just had an interesting experience. She had to go to Germany for a few days, but got an infected burn just before she left (the burn was tiny, she's susceptible to this). And it hadn't responded to the first antibiotic they tried. So should she cancel the trip? She phoned the NHS-24 helpline and they said it should be okay, just keep it elevated and cool on the flight and check with a doctor on arrival if necessary. So, she went to a medical practice in Munich - and during the consultation she could see they were accessing her medical records from the UK. She got a different antibiotic prescribed and the wound dressed (fancy silver-impregnated gauze), went back to the surgery for two repeat visits before she flew back. It's healing well now. This was covered by the European reciprocal health care scheme. Total cost: 5 euros, for the second week's course of antibiotics. envy! Germans are pretty good at most things, I have found. (N and I have done the war and got it out of the way) If there is one thing that will stop a Brit and German bonding it is that. We discussed it and I was surprised what she said. She was embarrassed about it and didn't want to be German because of it. How sad is that? It's not her fault, she was not alive then. It's very sad. No one should be blamed for anyone else's actions. We have a lady at work, Maron, who is german. She came over as a sixteen year old on some sort of exchange along with her twin sister. It was meant to be for one year and after that her sister went home but Maron stayed. Maron is now in her late thirties and has a partner, who she's been with for about twenty years. She's a really nice person and we've never discussed the war and so I don't know how she feels. I think she must feel welcome to have stayed so long. -- Judith Latham Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK. |
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