Day 9 Not what we planned

Such a weird day. As Peter wasn’t feeling well yesterday - pains in his chest - we decided to have it checked out. We contacted our host who suggested a nearby private clinic.

We walked there - half an hour- and were quickly and politely received. When Peter told his symptoms, they quickly calculated what it would be a minimum of $800 euros- $1,200 Cdn. YIKES - that was a no go.

They said we could go to the public hospital - Chu Pelligrin - and it would be free. Right? ???? They gave us directions to the tram, which we couldn’t find, we then ended up taking bus 9 there. Another new experience. 😉

We arrived at 5:15pm and were quickly checked in - they didn’t ask the reason why. We then waited until 6:15 until a nurse came and asked what the symptoms were. By 6:30 we were still waiting, so Peter decided enough was enough and we left. He was feeling OK, and we saw others being called in before he was.

Interesting to check out other medical systems. Here there’s obviously public and private systems. As we had checked into emergency in both, we noticed that the public system had lots of ambulance staff standing round with their patients - like in TO. Such a waste of time & money. Surely there are qualified hospital staff who could take over once the patient arrives. . . .

Heading home was easy - found tram line A then transferred to D. We’re getting to be old hands at this public transit stuff.

Bottom line - Peter feels fine now. He’ll check out this episode when we get home.Read more