Hospital

Two weeks ago, Krisitne was taken to Chaoyang Hospital by Auntie Vivien, my dear friend from Wuhan now living in Beijing, and Kimberley's godmother. Scarlet, Viv's 9 yr old daughter, like Kristine, has a wart on her toe. She took both of them to hospital for treatment (nitrogen freezing). I didnt go along but I knew it cost RMB5 for Kristine that first visit.

Yesterday, I took Kristine to the same hopsital to meet up with Viv and Scarlet, for the second treatment. Again the cost was RMB5, but I was impressed with that hospital. It was clean and spacious. I was taken aback by the lack of crowd at the dermatology department. Vivien said maybe it wa slate in the day. Thats important to remember. Sure a few people wanted to jump the queue at the registration desk, and one has to get used to other patients butting into the consultation room to check if the doctor is available right in the middle of a consultation, but overall the hospital was very friendly.

Unlike in Melbourne where medical consultation is decentralised to neighbourhood surgery/clinics, everyone goes to a hospital for medical consultation.