Need A Doctor Or A Clinic

[Redpossum]

LOL, figures.

One of the first things I realized after arriving in BsAs was that a huge amount of what is written about Argentina, in non-Argentina publications, is totally wrong. You would not believe the amount of disinformation there is out there. And in usually-reliable publications, too.

What I read about the hospitals was that the British Hospital is staffed entirely by doctors from the UK, and the German Hospital has all German doctors, and expats should only go to those two. I wonder if the clown who wrote that had ever even been to BsAs?

 

[ajoknoblauch]

LOL, figures.

One of the first things I realized after arriving in BsAs was that a huge amount of what is written about Argentina, in non-Argentina publications, is totally wrong. You would not believe the amount of disinformation there is out there. And in usually-reliable publications, too.

What I read about the hospitals was that the British Hospital is staffed entirely by doctors from the UK, and the German Hospital has all German doctors, and expats should only go to those two. I wonder if the clown who wrote that had ever even been to BsAs?

Where did you read that?

 

[glasgowjohn]

i am convinced that there are a few nazi war criminals still hiding in the basement of the Aleman.....

 

[Redpossum]

Where did you read that?

I have no idea, jokie. Probably the same place I read that "factoid" about 80% of Argentina's population living in BsAs. (/me rolls eyes in disgust)

 

[Yogur griego]

Well, the times I had to go to the Hospital Aleman everyone and everything inside the building was just as German as the Falkland Islands. It's a bit of a comical place, in a way. In good Argentine tradition, I had to wait for hours and hours. When my unpronouncable last name was finally called, I was expecting to meet people who looked like 1980s German soccer players - alas - and it should go without saying how pointless my initially enthousiastic attempts to speak German with them were. And yeah, I speak German.

I do remember seeing a portrait of some random German doctor who had run the place in the distant past, and in before predictable jokes: no, it was not Mengele. They seem to serve some form of German food in their restaurant, but it's probably just as German as the pasta which is supposed to be Italian. I am, unfortunately, not a complete expert on their hospital staff but I have never seen anyone there who did not look like a stereotypical Argentine.

Hospital Alemán is a bit like Ajoknoblauch: German only in name.

I am not entirely sure how useful my visits to that place were actually, but I do agree that many public hospitals are not as bad as many Argentines claim. It's a bit like comparing the UBA with private universities. Paying a lot of $$$ is not always necessarily better in Argentina.

 

[Montauk_Project]

Doctors at public hospitals are good, the facilities and wait times sometimes aren´t. (and many doctors in private practice work in public hospitals). Public hospital doctors have to win a contest to get their spot and see tons of different types of illnesses. For a stomach bug, it seems like a good place to start. Private is better for things like blood work and anything you need to be spending the night.
Also, you can go to a public hospital but then do your blood work at a private clinic to avoid wait times. My husband does this.

 

[Montauk_Project]

If you go to hosptial britanico you can ask for a list of English speaking doctors. But it is self reporting, your Spanish might be better than their English. At HB they also make the nurses dress up like old school British nurses.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

Well, the times I had to go to the Hospital Aleman everyone and everything inside the building was just as German as the Falkland Islands. It's a bit of a comical place, in a way. In good Argentine tradition, I had to wait for hours and hours. When my unpronouncable last name was finally called, I was expecting to meet people who looked like 1980s German soccer players - alas - and it should go without saying how pointless my initially enthousiastic attempts to speak German with them were. And yeah, I speak German.

I do remember seeing a portrait of some random German doctor who had run the place in the distant past, and in before predictable jokes: no, it was not Mengele. They seem to serve some form of German food in their restaurant, but it's probably just as German as the pasta which is supposed to be Italian. I am, unfortunately, not a complete expert on their hospital staff but I have never seen anyone there who did not look like a stereotypical Argentine.

Hospital Alemán is a bit like Ajoknoblauch: German only in name.

I am not entirely sure how useful my visits to that place were actually, but I do agree that many public hospitals are not as bad as many Argentines claim. It's a bit like comparing the UBA with private universities. Paying a lot of $$$ is not always necessarily better in Argentina.

Ich spreche auch Deutsch.

 

[rihornos]

I know the Italian Hospital is good, not so long ago I phoned for an appointment for my husband (we don´t belong to the Italian Hospital) he had to wait for almost one month I don´t remember how much it was but the doctor was a specialist and the fee was reasonable so if you can´t wait that much I suggest to go to Emergency in the same hospital. They are very good on digestives issues.

 

[pabloanm]

If you need a decent public hospital it would be nice to go to "Hospital Rivadavia" http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/areas/salud/rivadavia/ (Recoleta) or "Hospital Fernandez" http://www.hospitalfernandez.org.ar/ (Palermo). Care its good and you dont have to pay.