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Did you know that in the USSR, you could dial the number "03" on the telephone, and a free ambulance would come to help you? Here is a picture of one of the ambulances (nicknamed a "loaf"): (upload.wikimedia.org)
submitted 7 months ago by KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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Yeah it does kind of look like a loaf of bread.

Anyway, this is just a reminder that free healthcare is IMPOSSIBLE, we just do not have the technology!

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[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

Is this any different to calling your emergency number and getting an ambulance, or is it for non-emergency transport to hospital?

[-] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago

It is mostly for emergencies. Although in the USSR doctors did way more "house calls" than in western nations, due to the lack of available hospital beds.

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