There is an interesting column today reproduced on Bassett, Brash and Hide published originally by Lindsay Mitchell on her blog.
In it she describes a medical emergency (or rather urgency) and her experience.
I had an experience today I will share:
I emailed my doctor's surgery (at 08:40) this morning asking some questions about what appeared to me to be a possible allergy reaction to pain medication taken for a hernia problem.
I used email to avoid wasting the doctor's time.
Approximately half an hour later I received a telephone call from the surgery advising the doctors no longer accepted emails and I would have to attend personally.
An appointment was arranged for 14:00.
Due to problems finding a carpark I could "walk" from I entered the surgery at 13:58.
Two minutes later, exactly on time, the doctor ushered me into his consulting room and then spent about 15 minutes discussing and checking my ailments, advising me that I had been approved for surgery and writing a prescription about the size of "War and Peace" which was sent direct to the pharmacy of my choice.
The pharmacy people were great too.
The Doctor cost me $19. the drugs were free.
The health system ain't broken, you just got to live in a good place!
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