Comments on: 10 weird things about the health system in Jena http://www.olivetalks.com/2008/04/25/10-weird-things-about-the-health-system-in-jena/ The Olive has arrived and it has things to say… Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Connie http://www.olivetalks.com/2008/04/25/10-weird-things-about-the-health-system-in-jena/#comment-193 Connie Fri, 02 May 2008 03:22:48 +0000 http://www.olivetalks.com/2008/04/25/10-weird-things-about-the-health-system-in-jena/#comment-193 Hi..I think that doctors there want to pretend they have lots of pacients but the real thing is.. they don't !! They want to look busy so you pay the insurance thinking that if you don't there will be no doctors available in the city for your emergency (they have other pacients-that pay- to attend). Hi..I think that doctors there want to pretend they have lots of pacients but the real thing is.. they don’t !! They want to look busy so you pay the insurance thinking that if you don’t there will be no doctors available in the city for your emergency (they have other pacients-that pay- to attend).

]]> By: LadyRostand http://www.olivetalks.com/2008/04/25/10-weird-things-about-the-health-system-in-jena/#comment-179 LadyRostand Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:06:31 +0000 http://www.olivetalks.com/2008/04/25/10-weird-things-about-the-health-system-in-jena/#comment-179 Ouch, that's not good. The post/story as an isolated event, is funny. If it is actually the norm throughout Germany, then it's just annoying. It'd be interesting to hear stories from other readers to see if they all agree. <b>ZoltarStark</b> thinks the German doctors are protecting/feeding Vampires and that is why they take blood out of all patients ;-) Thanks for sharing the story <b>Moving to Jena</b>. Ouch, that’s not good. The post/story as an isolated event, is funny. If it is actually the norm throughout Germany, then it’s just annoying. It’d be interesting to hear stories from other readers to see if they all agree.

ZoltarStark thinks the German doctors are protecting/feeding Vampires and that is why they take blood out of all patients ;-)

Thanks for sharing the story Moving to Jena.

]]> By: Moving to Jena http://www.olivetalks.com/2008/04/25/10-weird-things-about-the-health-system-in-jena/#comment-177 Moving to Jena Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:54:07 +0000 http://www.olivetalks.com/2008/04/25/10-weird-things-about-the-health-system-in-jena/#comment-177 Heh, this is so typical. I have experience with doctors in Saarbruecken and Bonn where my brother lived. Firstly, they are booked out for months, yet you can always 'drop by' as long as you are willing to wait an indefinite amount of time. Secondly, they have no interest in hearing you explain the symptoms you think might be relevant. One doctor actually got angry at me for coming to him when I was having pain around my kidney area. After some hasty checkups, he told me it is something muscular which will go away itself, and asked me rudely if I had come to him to get painkillers. True story: my brother in Bonn was having crazy nose-bleeds and headaches. We call several ENT (Ear Nose Throat) or HNO (Halz-Nasen-Ohren) specialists but of course no one has time. We end up going to the uni clinic, where the doctor, guess what, takes his blood test and sends him off for a chest X-ray. I am not too aware of how the system works, but I am pretty sure the doctors have a vested interest in peforming any and all tests that might be even remotely related to your condition, so that they can milk your health insurance company later. I pay my health insurance here regularly, and thank my stars that the worst things that has happened to me here is pollen allergy. God help me if one day I require real medical help in Germany! Heh, this is so typical. I have experience with doctors in Saarbruecken and Bonn where my brother lived. Firstly, they are booked out for months, yet you can always ‘drop by’ as long as you are willing to wait an indefinite amount of time. Secondly, they have no interest in hearing you explain the symptoms you think might be relevant. One doctor actually got angry at me for coming to him when I was having pain around my kidney area. After some hasty checkups, he told me it is something muscular which will go away itself, and asked me rudely if I had come to him to get painkillers.

True story: my brother in Bonn was having crazy nose-bleeds and headaches. We call several ENT (Ear Nose Throat) or HNO (Halz-Nasen-Ohren) specialists but of course no one has time. We end up going to the uni clinic, where the doctor, guess what, takes his blood test and sends him off for a chest X-ray.

I am not too aware of how the system works, but I am pretty sure the doctors have a vested interest in peforming any and all tests that might be even remotely related to your condition, so that they can milk your health insurance company later.

I pay my health insurance here regularly, and thank my stars that the worst things that has happened to me here is pollen allergy. God help me if one day I require real medical help in Germany!

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