People are old like a long-driving car, old appearance, loose screws, damaged parts, often need to be updated, maintenance, so people in and out of the hospital just like the car in and out of the maintenance center, can not escape.
I have been in and out of the hospital three times in the past two years, the first time to remove the hyperplasia of the prostate, the second gastroscopy, colioscope, this time is a gallstone, must open the bile duct, remove stones. Two of these three things in the past had to be cut, and exfoliated in order to heal the pain. But in modern technology, through endoscopy and laser knife, basically, there will not be too much trauma, and the recovery period is also relatively short. Nevertheless, I still write some experience to talk about the process, for the reader's reference.
The first problem for Chinese to see a doctor in Australia is the language barrier. Even if your language is good, a lot of medical terms are not familiar with at ordinary times. It is still a little difficult to use temporarily. For example, how can you say Gall?Bladder? I really use Google to find this word, thanks to the invention of science and technology.
So, one night last week, I suddenly got a stomachache like a knife. I thought it was a stomach problem. I just took one or two tablets of stomach medicine. Who knows that it didn't work? I knew it was a bad thing. Unfortunately, it was Easter holiday again. Just call the visiting physician at once (137425. I think every elderly person or family with an elderly person must remember this number and stick it on the refrigerator in case of any emergency.) It usually takes half an hour to an hour for the visiting physician to arrive. If you really can't, you should call an ambulance by calling 000Emergency.
Half an hour later the visiting doctor came and concluded that I was an inflammation of the pancreas. Did I ask if it was pancreatic cancer? He said no, because by the time the cancer of the pancreas hurts, you will have no physical strength and no body shape. He suggested that I immediately call an ambulance to see a doctor, and I often advise my friends to call an ambulance when they are in an emergency, and never drive themselves to the emergency room. Firstly, when they call an ambulance, they can be treated urgently in the car. This pair of injuries, Heart disease or venomous snake, poisonous spider bites the first priority rescue is particularly important. Second, ambulances can contact the emergency room on the bus, all the necessary equipment in the hospital, as soon as the ambulance arrives, so as to reduce the delay. Third, ambulances have priority over traffic lights on the road.
To the nearest Dr. Ryde Hospital, did not say a word, first shot morphine pain, and then asked me if it is normal, I said normal, he asked color? I suddenly remembered that these days the color of the solution suddenly turned white, he asked, have you lost weight? I said, "No." He immediately concluded that it was a matter of courage. One of the symptoms of inflammation of the pancreas is the sudden loss of weight. Knowing the disease, it is much easier to treat it.
First of all, to determine the size and location of gallstones by ultrasound (Chinese called B-mode ultrasound, English Ultrasound), sometimes not enough detail can also be taken CT scan, even MRI (MRI), but remember, heart with stents must not be measured MRI, The progress of science is restricted by hearing that it can lead to the displacement of scaffolds. Then came the surgery.
Australia has made great changes in health care in recent years. Once it was admitted to an operation, it was classified into public Medicare and private insurance once it was admitted to the hospital. Some chronic diseases, Medicare, are subject to waiting in line for surgery when there are many patients. Many diseases have taken a long time to operate because of the shortage of specialist doctors. This has been criticized by the community in recent years. However, goverment has been unable to do anything because of lack of budget. Therefore, goverment has been unable to do so in recent years. In disguise, families who have been forced to buy private insurance. Last week, I saw in the Australian Daily newspaper Melbourne Daily that it would be more cost-effective not to buy insurance to pay for dental care, but I do not encourage everyone to follow this path. Because the private insurance is the package (Package) contains a lot of things, from the ambulance, down to the ward level, eyes, teeth … Very complicated, to save a few dollars, excluding certain items is not necessarily cost-effective. Some people have criticized Prime Minister Abbott for moving to an American-style health care system (patient grading, rich people enjoy a higher level of enjoyment), but in Australia, private insurance can not only choose doctors, wards, but also better meals in the hospital. In fact, this can also reduce the pressure of shortage of public hospital wards, this is goverment's helpless choice, but also the rich, goverment two-way advantage of the choice of last resort.
I have a private insurance policy, so as soon as I heard that I would be hospitalized for an operation, I immediately proposed to transfer to a hospital because Ryde is a public hospital, with four people and one ward. As long as there is a seriously ill person who groans constantly at night, other patients will not be able to sleep. Some of the patients like to watch TV. It's too noisy.
There are four private hospitals in the northern part of Xueli for you to choose between the, Westmead Private, Royal North Shore Private, Sydney Adventist and the newly opened (Macquarie University Hospital), private hospital at Marquarie University. I have all lived in the first three, so I chose Marquarie this time. The result is not very good, perhaps because of the new relationship, nurses and staff are not trained, everywhere feel the professional level is not in place.
Due to the emergence of an ageing population in Australia in recent years, the medical needs of the elderly are particularly large. The, Ramsay Health Care Company has seen this big cake. In Sydney, it has opened Westmead, Royal?North Shor private, in Brisbane, in North West private, in Melbourne, in private hospitals such as Glenferrie private. It's a global medical system. I don't have to pay for free because I have a private insurance Cover, but the nurse told me that the US $1000 a day in hospital does not include nurses and doctors' fees, which is more expensive than a five-star hotel, so the stock of Ramsay has skyrocketed all the way. This year from 43 yuan to 69 yuan, like investment friends can pay more attention.
Australian hospitals are probably the most ethnically diverse places, from doctors, nurses, food delivery, hygiene. I met new immigrant workers from Chile, China, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and even Nepal in just four days. On the contrary, there are very few native Australians, and the contribution of immigrants to Australia is corroborated here. It seems that we really want to live with these people in this new country, live old and die together, so pay more attention to this aspect of the news!