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How does healthcare work in your country?
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this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
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Holy shit, that's crazy. So if you have like, a really bad cold or something and need to see the doctor, you'll be recovered by the time you get an appointment??
Makes me pretty grateful to be able to get same-day appointments, or at worst, the day after.
If you've recovered from your cold before you can get to a doctor, then you didn't need to see a doctor. It's almost as if humans have some kind of immune system to deal with common viral infections
Fine then, "if my vagina is leaking a green fluid and smells really disgusting" is that a better hypothetical for you?????
Better, yes.
If you are wondering why it takes months to see a GP it's because fully 50% of my consults are healthy people with self limiting viral illnesses.
Each one of those appointments makes me unavailable to see someone else who may or may not have offensive vaginal discharge.
If people just got out of the mindset of "my kid has a cold, I need to see a doctor to get checked out" or even worse " I have a cold, I need antibiotics" then maybe I can spend my day treating actual medical problems instead of telling people to go home, have some vitamin C and drink plenty of fluids.
I can see a PA same day at a urgent care but not a doctor. So I can get meds for common things. But no ongoing care.