Today It’s my turn to post some new exiting stuff on our blog. Perhaps It’s not very entertaining but I hope You’ll forgive me. ;) I decided to share my shocking experience from 3 weeks ago with You. I am aware that the Polish health service is not a favorite subject for almost all of us, but I think that there is a good reason for that. And here it is:I spent 5 days in the/a hospital on Banacha street, where I had my septum operated. Septum is a part of the nose which separates two holes in the nose and its being operated when you have problems with breathing. I discovered that the hospital is a magic place, where absurd meets horror. It’s a place where 5 hour waiting time for registration isn’t anything abnormal. Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised to discover that there is no place to wash, because there is no hot water on the 7th floor and showers are full of broken wheelchairs. Would You agree that guilt for such situation lays on poor management and many years of underinvestment? But I guarantee that there is money in the system. I spent 2 totally unnecessary days waiting for examinations, which finally took 15 minutes. Money spent on me doing absolutely nothing could have been invested better. I have heard rumors that NFZ gives hospital more money, when patient’s are kept longer. There are things though which have little in common with money and more to do with people. Things like food. It is possible to prepare something eatable with the same ingredients.
The worst part of my hospital complain is the history of my roommate, who almost died there. He thought he was perfectly healthy when he arrived. Test confirmed that he has Hepatitis, and a heart problem. Another thing was total lack of professionalism of one nurse, who told him about his illness in such a rude and impolite way, that he panicked. He cried whole night. Day after that he had his operation planned and he was so stressed, that he almost died there. Of course no operation was performed and doctors had to rescue him. I think that problem of our health service is far more complicated and difficult than funding problems. What’s Your opinion? What are Your experiences with our health service?
