Last weekend, Lyra complained that her ear was hurting. This was the second time she's had an earache. I gave her some Tylenol and hoped that the pain relief would be enough to get her to sleep for the night. At about 1am she woke again complaining of the pain and it seemed there was no way to help her deal with it. "We need to go to the doctor," she said.
No such thing as 24 Hour Neighborhood Walgreen's here. I realized that we're pretty unprepared to know what to do in the case of urgent care. We haven't established a relationship with a pediatrician, and didn't have any Urgent Care number we knew to call. If it had been an emergency, we know to call '999'. So, the only thing we knew to do was to take her to the Emergency services at the hospital.
When we arrived, it was fairly quiet - not like an ER in the US. It was us and and about 2 other families. We were quickly triaged and within 5 or 10 minutes seen by the doctor. Her diagnosis was inflamation on the ear drum, but not yet a full-blown ear infection. Like at home, the doctors are very cautious about over-prescribing anti-biotics. So, we got a prescription for an ear drop that has topical antibiotic and numbing qualities to help with the pain. In addition, we were advised to use Ibuprofen - rather than Tylenol.
Our final bill:
Emergency visit - free
Medications - $10
Russell said...
WRONG-G-G! The non urgent visit to the ER was 200 Dirham ($54.50), had that been an actual emergency, it would have been free.
Oh, I didn't see you pay. I thought they had determined it was an emergency. Still, an ER visit that doesn't require a 2nd mortgage on your home.
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WRONG-G-G! The non urgent visit to the ER was 200 Dirham ($54.50), had that been an actual emergency, it would have been free.
NO WAY! That just PROVES that our country has major healthcare issues! By the way, those drops work great if you can get them going before the infection is full-blown. I get ear infections/irritations a lot and I use those periodically. Also if I swim in water that is less than 100% sanitary, I use swimmers ear drops afterward to dry out my ear. I hope she feels better!
Hell yeah we have major health care issues. It's for profit, not a human right.
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