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To: Mephisto who wrote (12685)	7/5/2007 7:20:24 PM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 51711

Plus, they had a fridge on our floor with snacks that you could eat for free. Now, THAT sounds like my kind of hospital.

To: Mephisto who wrote (12685)	7/5/2007 7:20:24 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 51711

Plus, they had a fridge on our floor with snacks that you could eat for free. Now, THAT sounds like my kind of hospital.

To: Mephisto who wrote (12685)	7/5/2007 7:21:30 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51711

My son developed an ear infection in Scotland. We took him to the Gp, who was great, got our free medicine (since my son was a child his medicine was free), but the antibiotic didn't work. Then we tried another, but he was getting sicker and sicker, and his head was starting to get red around his ear. The doctor didn't want to take any chances, so he sent us over to the ER. We got right in, saw a specialist, he admitted my son. After a few days of IV antibiotics he was just fine. They even had a room for me to stay in, so I could be with him all night long, but still had a place to shower and nap. My son was too sick at first to take advantage of the amenities- but as soon as he perked up he really enjoyed the video game system hooked up for the kids. The food was excellent. One night he had this FANTASTIC chicken tikka masala. He gave me a little bite. Wow. Good stuff. I was so panicked at the time, because of my son, I failed to realize just how special their system was. There was no paper work. I just sort of glided from one Dr to another- no scanning my card, no panicked calls to the insurance to find out if the Dr was a preferred provider or not, no copays. It's not that we couldn't have afforded to pay, we certainly could have, but in the Us it would have been a lot of money out of pocket- and to have to worry about that on top of worrying about a sick kid? I just don't think we need to inflict that on people.