Hospital visits January 11
Waiting for it to be 5 o’clock so I can go ssee the doctor who supposedly speaks english. I’m sick again in a bad way, my sinuses throbbing and oozing green stuff and now my lungs gurgling as well.
My bike trip from Atapeu probably wasn’t the best thing for me, though it was really good.
I went to the Pakxe hospital, which was pretty comparable to the other hospital visits I’ve had in Laos. They did a basic blood test, saw I had a high white bloodcell count, and prescribed penecillin and panadol (like asprin). Didn’t even bother to look at me.
The hospital itself was big, and scary. I had to go through the inpatient section to get my blood test, and there were entire families living there, sleeping on the floor, in the hallways, etc. In retrospect, it wasn’t that bad. While I have no problem walking down the street and seeing dirt and dust and trash and filth, and go knows what, somehow seeing even a dusty floor in a hospital sets off major alarm bells. Is that a double standard?