meeting dr. dood

Back in New York I had to see a doctor – nothing bad basically I just had caught a mild food poisoning in South Africa – to re-fill the antibiotics I had accidentally trashed back in SA. Well I chose the nearest walk-in clinic, sat down and waited. After about an hour it was my turn, temperature, blood-pressure and pulse were measured and jotted down, then the nurse disappeared for about 40 minutes which left me to wait in a more or less small and anonymous room. Not exactly the thing you are used to if you have been enjoying the virtues (they really are) of the (which I now believe) absolutely fabulous Austrian health care system. Anyways a doc gave me a good look for about five minutes then wrote down the very same medication I had taken before and left me with a bill of 170 dollars plus 60more bucks for the antibiotics I had to pick up. Which brings me to this more than enjoyable blog I discovered today, follow on and visit Dr. Dood.

I believe.