I lived in Paris for 3 years, came down with a disease they didnt find for months even though the symptoms were obvious and growing (physically)-they kept telling me I had a throat infection. I went to my Dr in June, was told she would finally order an ultrasound on my throat BUT there were only TWO units in the entire hospital and they were booked-I could get an appt for it in SEPTEMBER.
Frightened, I picked up the phone and called our family Dr in Atlanta. He listened and said it sounded like thryroid disease—Hashimoto’s to be exact. He asked when I was coming home, told him I was making the arrangements as soon as we hung up. He said “ come straight from the airport, I will tell the staff I want to see you the minute you walk in the door”. One week later I am in his office, he makes an appt for me to see a specialist surgeon the NEXT DAY, I go to him and he confirms it is HD. One week after that I have surgery to remove my thyroid. The surgeon told me it was so bad it was like “digging out glue”. One week after that the biopsy came in—CANCER NODULES were in the thyroids and if I had waited until Sept for treatment I would have already develeoped throat cancer.
France is the tranquilizer capital of the world. Per capita, more French are on tranquilizers than anywhere else in the world.
Pharmacists can question Dr RX so if you drop off a RX and the Pharmacist doesnt think you need it, they will call and argue with the Dr who prescribed. This happened to me multiple times (I was American, Dr was British so I suspect that had something to do with it too)
Your friend has never been seriously ill or she wouldnt think the French system is so great. It is only great if you have nothing else to compare it to
Precisely