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<blockquote data-quote="tieguy" data-source="post: 657128" data-attributes="member: 1912"><p><span style="color: blue">The arrogance question is a fair one.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I happen to have a little background and recent experience. I also have family under Germanys socialized healthcare to compare to.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I am no surgeon or even a doctor but I do have a background in medicine as a medic in what was a frontline unit. As such I learned a lot about triage and even emergency surgery for no other reason then to have some basic knowledge of everything should I be in a situation that required me to save someones life. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">As a recent heart patient I know that the diagnosis process was quick and very thorough. My condition endocarditis was not one they see every day yet it was quickly diagnosed and I recieved the needed surgery within days. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">In comparison I now have two family members in germany that could have been saved if the initial triage / diagnosis was as thorough as I experienced here. The last one with my uncle really bugs me because liver issues can be quickly detected with blood tests and should not have taken a week. What I'm hearing with Germanys system is you have different hospitals with different capabilities. Some of these hospitals have limited resource. The problem with my two relatives may have been the inabiility of the community hospital to quickly bump their case up to a full scale hospital. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The surgery I recieved was second to none. I was surprised at how little resting pain I had after their opening up my chest and replacing a heart valve. The scar which reflects the cutting and breaking of the sternum is neat and clean. In comparison I once saw a cousin in germanys scar from a gall bladder operation and the scar was hideous it had the appearance of being cut with a dull chainsaw. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The care before , during and after my surgery has been terrific. It was kind of funny hearing nurses complain to me that I was not asking them to do more for me. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I think my arrogance is justified and I think I have enough personal experience to know that rankings and ratings will not help my relatives. </span></p><p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tieguy, post: 657128, member: 1912"] [COLOR=blue]The arrogance question is a fair one.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]I happen to have a little background and recent experience. I also have family under Germanys socialized healthcare to compare to.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]I am no surgeon or even a doctor but I do have a background in medicine as a medic in what was a frontline unit. As such I learned a lot about triage and even emergency surgery for no other reason then to have some basic knowledge of everything should I be in a situation that required me to save someones life. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]As a recent heart patient I know that the diagnosis process was quick and very thorough. My condition endocarditis was not one they see every day yet it was quickly diagnosed and I recieved the needed surgery within days. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]In comparison I now have two family members in germany that could have been saved if the initial triage / diagnosis was as thorough as I experienced here. The last one with my uncle really bugs me because liver issues can be quickly detected with blood tests and should not have taken a week. What I'm hearing with Germanys system is you have different hospitals with different capabilities. Some of these hospitals have limited resource. The problem with my two relatives may have been the inabiility of the community hospital to quickly bump their case up to a full scale hospital. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]The surgery I recieved was second to none. I was surprised at how little resting pain I had after their opening up my chest and replacing a heart valve. The scar which reflects the cutting and breaking of the sternum is neat and clean. In comparison I once saw a cousin in germanys scar from a gall bladder operation and the scar was hideous it had the appearance of being cut with a dull chainsaw. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]The care before , during and after my surgery has been terrific. It was kind of funny hearing nurses complain to me that I was not asking them to do more for me. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]I think my arrogance is justified and I think I have enough personal experience to know that rankings and ratings will not help my relatives. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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