Comments on: Attack of the drooling zombies http://www.lisaclarke.net/2009/05/29/attack-of-the-drooling-zombies/ Adventures in clay, fabric, yarn and everyday life Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:00:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lisa http://www.lisaclarke.net/2009/05/29/attack-of-the-drooling-zombies/comment-page-1/#comment-24887 Lisa Fri, 29 May 2009 20:21:50 +0000 http://www.lisaclarke.net/?p=1819#comment-24887 That's amazing! And yet you always hear horror stories from people who need medical attention in other countries. It's nice to hear the opposite. We'll get a follow-up phone call in a few hours from the dentist, and we've been told we can call any time, 24/7, if we have a problem, plus they gave us a break on the bill when it turned out they didn't take our insurance. I'm very happy with all of those things, but I do wish they'd kept him in the office for another hour or two. Drive-through surgery really seems like a bad idea to me. That’s amazing! And yet you always hear horror stories from people who need medical attention in other countries. It’s nice to hear the opposite.

We’ll get a follow-up phone call in a few hours from the dentist, and we’ve been told we can call any time, 24/7, if we have a problem, plus they gave us a break on the bill when it turned out they didn’t take our insurance. I’m very happy with all of those things, but I do wish they’d kept him in the office for another hour or two. Drive-through surgery really seems like a bad idea to me.

]]> By: Marty http://www.lisaclarke.net/2009/05/29/attack-of-the-drooling-zombies/comment-page-1/#comment-24886 Marty Fri, 29 May 2009 19:51:57 +0000 http://www.lisaclarke.net/?p=1819#comment-24886 So funny how they do things in the US. We spent last week in Mexico, and one night my SIL fell, did a face plant and broke her nose. The doctor came to us (yes, I said CAME TO US) and announced she needed an x-ray. He then TOOK us to the hospital, tiny but spotless, took her to x-ray (HIMSELF) stitched up her nose, splinted it and then TOOK HER to her room where she spent the next 24 hours, just to be sure she didn't bleed anymore or get an infection. The ER stay was about an hour (I know!). In the US, the ER stay would have been 3 or 4 hours, then they'd turn you loose with pain pills. Nobody would do any real follow-up and unless you knew what to look for as far as infection, you could be in real trouble. She even had a nose specialist look at her and resplint the nose. Then the Doc came out to the resort on Tuesday, TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL, took out her stitches, then BROUGHT HER BACK TO THE RESORT. So I want to know just what the heck do we pay American doctors to do? The entire bill was about $1600.00, about a third of what it would cost in the US. Greatest country in the world? Maybe. <abbr><em><small>See what Marty has been blogging about: <a href="http://mrsclaussews.blogspot.com/2009/05/happy-birthday-day-early.html" rel="nofollow">Happy Birthday, a Day Early!</a></small></em></abbr> So funny how they do things in the US. We spent last week in Mexico, and one night my SIL fell, did a face plant and broke her nose. The doctor came to us (yes, I said CAME TO US) and announced she needed an x-ray. He then TOOK us to the hospital, tiny but spotless, took her to x-ray (HIMSELF) stitched up her nose, splinted it and then TOOK HER to her room where she spent the next 24 hours, just to be sure she didn’t bleed anymore or get an infection. The ER stay was about an hour (I know!). In the US, the ER stay would have been 3 or 4 hours, then they’d turn you loose with pain pills. Nobody would do any real follow-up and unless you knew what to look for as far as infection, you could be in real trouble. She even had a nose specialist look at her and resplint the nose. Then the Doc came out to the resort on Tuesday, TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL, took out her stitches, then BROUGHT HER BACK TO THE RESORT. So I want to know just what the heck do we pay American doctors to do? The entire bill was about $1600.00, about a third of what it would cost in the US.

Greatest country in the world? Maybe.

See what Marty has been blogging about: Happy Birthday, a Day Early!

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