Wednesday, March 21, 2007

more health care

Just to put things in perspective: I do not have all those ailments mentioned in the previous post. Some friends got worried about me and emailed...those were just examples of how broken the system is.

Incidentally, yesterday I waited an hour and a half for an ultrasound and had to reschedule because I could wait no longer. My resched is for four weeks hence. The waiting room was gloomy, somewhat dirty, very shabby and crowded. I cannot imagine it's much different from Cuba but I stand to be corrected. Not a pleasant experience: waiting never is, of course but the surroundings were terrible