RE: Daily Steem Price Update 15/8/2025
Interesting!
New is you can now order online with the pharmacy of your choice otherwise it goes to the nearest one.
Here no attachment to a particular pharmacy, the customer decides but then there is a risk the drug is out of stock and this means going to other pharmacies. Definitely needs some improvement.
(another 3 months waiting unless the doctor makes the call)
Doctors never call here, so yours is much better. Also, the Referral Letter here is valid only for one month so quite often the doctors, especially the best don't have an opening during that month so the Letter "burns" and a new one must be issued following the standard protocol once again. A nightmare sometimes. Some of the GPs with many "clients" try to limit the Letters too, some even lie there is a limit.
Changing a GP here can happen only in June and December. Another wonder of the Bulgarian health system.
Interesting fact, when I was learning French, 1/4 of my class were Ophthalmologists, who needed to learn French so they go work in France.
:) Have a lovely evening :)
Our docfor only calls in high emergencies or not. You are not allowed to visit ER or call the ambulance and more nonsense. It's better not to try 112 either big chance they tell you no one will come for such a nonsense.
Those lettees most likely they are send digital to the specialist. It's also a burden to see a glance of your medical file. They can write what they like.
A good week/end with photos showing.
I don't recall a doctor calling myself, or a friend, or a relative, so ours don't call at all... Probably if it is some rare condition and you have a friend doctor, they may call, eventually. I don't know though...
With the 112 I have rather positive experience here. The last two times I called myself was due to a local fire, that I started putting off myself and about a fifteen minutes later the firefighter came and the previous time was a friend who is a diabetic and fainted due to low sugar levels, the ambulance came for about twenty minutes and helped him, both the nurse and the doctor were being nice to him and to us too. This was in the capital though, depending on where one lives it could be totally a different experience. Unfortunately, quite an aggressive behavior from some of the minorities towards the paramedics lately here...
The reference letters, it's a semi-electronic story. Still a mystery to me, heheh.
About a couple of years ago the government paid for a mobile app where one could access everything that is in their medical portfolio/profile. However, in order to be "unlocked" I have to visit an office of the national medical services and acquire a code. So, still not entirely electronic :)
One brutal thing - the medical entity here in English is called "National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) "
The Bulgarian version, though, is "Каса" and the same word is used for those metal vaults where banks keep cash and other valuable assets. It is a good word that remind us all locals that this "organization" is mainly about just taking our money and providing back the minimum. If anything at all.
Thank you, same!
A real relief to see that imaging problem resolved! :)
It looks like many problems to resolve, mostly coming from corruption and poverty.
As far as I hear, Bulgarian health system is a copy of the British one, with its own flaws, due to the higher corruption levels.
That's right, not sure who got that "great" idea as the health system in UK isn't the greatest and copying from one of the richest countries may not be the greatest idea too.
It is changing, although I can't tell if it is for the better.
Have a great Sunday!
Let's hope it is for the better.
Meanwhile, STEEM to the Moon!