The Telegraph: Ukrainian healthcare is better than the NHS
Despite the war, you can still see a doctor when you need. No wonder refugees go back for treatment
Last May, after a stay in a suboptimal German hotel, I contracted a nasty skin infection. After countless futile attempts to get through to the NHS to be seen by a dermatologist, I was told that it would be months before I would be given an appointment.
So far, so familiar, you might think. But if you have read and struggled to believe stories about Ukrainians living in the UK returning to their native country for medical treatment, let me tell you that I am one of them. Having given up on the NHS, I flew to Poland and crossed the border. Later that day, amid air raid sirens, I visited a hospital. By the evening, I had the relevant medicines to get me back on the mend.
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WNU Editor: I have been hearing the same stories from Ukrainian refugees in Canada. They are shocked to learn about long waiting lines to see a doctor, over crowded hospitals, and when it comes to treatment (i.e. cancer treatment, surgery, etc.) you are put on a list and you have to wait.
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This was true of Canada in the 80's and 90's according to a Canadian who stayed with his daughter next door to where I lived at the time and had his knees worked on a number of times here in the US.
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