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Having looked at this page (never mind the Mad Goat thing, scroll down to the pics) I have been revising my thoughts about skiing in countries like Bulgaria. Problem is, my bones are not as young as they were - so I do worry a tad about the consequences of an injury. I have a rather warm glow about the medical standards in western Europe and North America. But does anybody onow what the medical recovery facilities are like in the ex-Eastern Bloc countries?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I wouldn't have such a warm glow about medical standards in some Western European countries....
Fortunately the ones that we commonly ski in are ok.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Kramer, fair point. I was thinking specifically of France, Austria, Italy, and Switzerland. I assumed they reflected an overall western European standard. Any thoughts on Eastern Europe?
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Nick Zotov, I've not heard anything really one way or another. When we get free migration of workers from there, I'll probably hear more.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Nick Zotov, as a Snowhead member from Eastern Europe, I can justify your fear on the medical facilities here.
We have state-run and privately-run medical centers here. Unfortunately, the states here are not able to finance their medical facilities at the level you experinece in Western European countries.
Most private hospitals or medical centers aim to fill the gap here in the market of quality services, but their number is small and service is expensive, and unfortunaly they are rarely located close to the slopes.
The main difference here is the lack of modern medical equipment in every medical center nationwide and the terrible state of the facilities.
The good thing is the doctors are OK thanks to the strict education system in the past, but it has been changing since we took over most of the Western education system and the best doctors are temped to move to work in Western Europe.
Here is an article on a young German skier having an accident on the slopes in the Czech Republic, and then overcharged by the local doctor.
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I had most most serious injury ever in Bolivia - first rate emergency attention and first rate advice from a western trained orthopaedic surgeon who suggested I repat as soon as possible for surgery. I was with UK trained doctors at the time whose advice I probably would have relied on but it was nice not to have to choose between conflicting advice.
Obviously if I had been more serious I may not have had the luxury of a judgement call but I wouldn't necessarily write-off the quality of staff in supposedly less developed countries. I did basically have to hire a truck as ambulance/taxi to get me to La Paz though.
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