Local health care
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 @ 8:02 PM
One very important factor to consider when choosing a country or area to live is health care. I know everyone knocks the NHS back home but how many countries actually offer a better service? Well I found out as soon as I arrived in Spain what its like in the Costa Blanca south. I am not the healthiest of people as I have been diabetic and insulin dependant since I was 5 years old which is 35 years now. This has led to offer problems one of which was a problem in my shoulder which was operated on a week before coming to Spain to live. We drove over with all our possessions and the following day I felt terrible and was sent to hospital and diagnosed with a kidney infection. It was an old hospital and there was a language barrier as I didn’t know a word when I first got here but they dealt with me with kindness and care and had me out within 1 day and back to normal within 3 days.
Since then a new hospital has been built in Torrevieja where our daughter was born last October, the hospital was excellent it was new, modern and clean, we had a private room with TV, pull out bed for the father to sleep in, three meals a day and lovely views of the local salt lakes, it was like a Holiday Inn.
Last week I suddenly went blind in my right eye and was sent up to the emergency department, we had to wait about 3 hours and the consultant told me that because it was a Saturday I would need to see the specialist and to go home stay in bed and come back on Monday which I did. I have been told they will have to cut into my eye to insert a bubble to prevent my retina detaching, this will be done tomorrow Thursday 05/06/08 and I am confident that I am in good hands.