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Health See other Health Articles Title: Discussion on Swedish Health Care Model T Ford post 16.Jun.2013, 03:59 PM Post #2 Joined: 31.May.2013 I have been most impressed by Swedish healthcare. When I fell unconscious in Gronsta when I first came to Sweden in 1997, apparently the result of George Tenet's CIA getting a restaurant in Portugal's Caldas da Rainha to poison me because of my complaints of Bubba's harboring criminals like Nixon, Helms, and Haig in the White House, I was taken by ambulance to Danderyd, sewn up by a doctor, and given a catscan, all on a summer, Saturday afternoon, and only at a cost of $36. When the damage to some of my vital organs resurfaced in a strange case of diabetes about 15 years later, I found the treatment by the local clinic, and my doctor most sensible, cheap and satisfactory. And during that time, my girlfriend had several successful operations, including a six hour one which removed a large tumor from the left side of her face without any nerve damage which would have greatly detracted from her looks. Now, here in the States, I dread having to sign up for its healthcare. LeoKinmann post 17.Jun.2013, 08:34 PM Post #7 Joined: 30.Jun.2010 My take is, if you are terminally ill or have cancer or heart attack then you might enjoy the full attention of the Swedish medical system. Anything smaller and you will have bad experience every now and then. When I was in college I once had insomnia and some very uncomfortable feelings in my heart. One day, after not able to sleep due to heart racing, I just wanted to get it over with somehow. Lucky for me, it was a Saturday so no clinic or Vårdcentral was open. I had to go to Akademiska sjukhuset in Uppsala, only the emergency was open. So they took me in, heard my story and put me in a room to wait. They told me to stay put and wait to be called by doctors. That was 10am. In the meantime, I was told to not eat anything, since they might take my blood sample. A couple of hours later a nurse came in and took my ECG. Since then, I had to wait 5 hours before another nurse came to tell me that I didn't need any blood-sampling, and brought some snacks. Before I only had breakfast, it was around 7pm that I had my second meal, which consisted of a cup of yogurt and one small sandwich. By the time a real doctor finally came around to talk to me, it was already 10pm. He said my heart was due to stress, probably caused by short-term insomnia, but then the heart condition itself strengthened my insomnia, making both things worse. In order to be sure, he said, he had to take my ECG and consult a cardiologist. That took him one hour. So I spent more than 10 hours in the hospital, confined to a small room all by myself, with nobody to talk to, and I wasn't allowed to call anyone either. This year I visited a hospital in Switzerland. As soon as they heard me say the word "heart" the nurses and doctors were all over me. I was cleared in less than two hours after thorough testing which included ECG and various blood sampling (having had meal earlier wasn't even an issue). It turned out I only had a thorax muscle pain, which was sort of what I suspected since the beginning. I know it costs a lot more than in Sweden, but my medical insurance in Switzerland provides adequate coverage for hospital visits. I don't think Sweden is less adequate when it comes to state-of-art medtech, the problem is Swedish hospitals are unbelievably understaffed. This puts so much pressure on the doctors and nurses, and patients suffer as a result. (more at:) Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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