Have you ever been to a hospital in China? I developed a sinus infection my second day here so my host took me to a hospital in Lianshui county to see a doctor. It seems that everyone likes to hang out in a hospital. There were people everywhere.
The place had a strong smell of urine. My host paid the doctor bill of 30 yuan (about $5) and i was seen immediately by the "doctor" who looked to be about 22. He asked many questions and my host let him know that I would not agree to an IV (what looked to be the normal course of action for all patients for any illness) so he wrote me a prescription for Cefaclor. I filled the prescription at the hospital pharmacy for about $3.
Then I made the mistake of going to the bathroom. This bathroom was worse than any nasty truck stop bathroom I have been in. I almost passed out from the smell.
Then I tried to get some ibuprofen our acetaminophen for my sinus infection induced splitting headache. No one I spoke to had ever heard of either and they suggested that I not take anything for my headache but were gracious to attempt to find the drugs for me. I figured that I could tough it out instead of trying to find it. When in Rome!
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