Another Year in Korea!:-)
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
  Health check up...:-)
Well, yesterday I got my health check up. It was raining so when we got to the hospital I discovered a nifty thing about their hospitals. They COVER everyone's umbrella with plastic covers so the floors don't get wet! It was a very futuristic sensible way of dealing with wet umbrellas. Why can't the United States do such a simple thing at least for important places like hospitals? Oh yeah-no profit made and no possibility of lawsuits...damn capitalism...;-)

Well, so I got registered after a couple of walks back and forth across the entire hospital. Then I got my urine sample done-passed that with flying colors. Then I got my basics checked out like eyes, ears, blood pressure, and weight. The only slightly bad thing they found in all of that was I have low blood pressure. Korea is doing wonders for me!;-p Then there was another urine sample, the blood drawing bit, and my chest xray. In the xray room I got some funky pants and blouse. But all of this took about an hour. In the States there would have been a need for numerous paperwork, a ton of appointments, and three weeks wait before I saw ANY doctor at all. I love the Korean hospital system! So as far as I know-I'll get a clean bill of health and get my alien card soon...I hope! Been getting bills right and left now which are due at the end of the month. Gotta figure out how to start paying them.

So that is the health check part for foreigners. Nothing to it. Come on over!:-)
 
Comments:
Life works in a funny way...doesn't it? When traveling overseas, most people worry that they would get sick and won't be able to do get an adequate medical coverage and so forth. You, on the other hand, get a physical checkup in Korea, when you pretty much neglected getting your health check up in the States. Now only you can get your hip replaced while there.... :)
 
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