I just wish they allowed euthanasia in Finland as I have no trust in this failing society
Fun fact: I come from a country which Finns would consider a bunghole. I know guys who went back home for surgery, afraid of what may come out if they rather took it here. The problem is lack of corruption: back home, you get to choose the doctor who will perform. Sure you may need to pay some bribe, but the result will be the best outcome possible. Here, it’s hit or miss. You have no control over who gets to cut you, and doctors’ skills vary a lot. You also don’t have family doctor with whom you form a bond over the years.
Would I trust the Finnish system over some emergency or small health issue? Sure. Would I trust the public system to randomly delegate a good doctor for a life-threatening condition? Fuck no ain’t gambling my life.
I’ve had severe skin issues (extreme dryness unless I moisturize with heavy cream twice daily), irritation, minor rashes, acne for more than a year and public healthcare basically refused to treat me or even properly look at me.
”Doesn’t look like cancer and since you don’t seem to be in pain either, there is no need to refer you to a skin specialist”
”Normally we’d consider writing up a palveluseteli and refer to a private practice to have a look, but things are changing and everything is up in the air so we ain’t writing any of those for the momwnt either”
Basically ”sucks 2 b u, lol”.
I’ve only been in Finland since 2020, but it seems to me the health system here, especially Terveystalo seem to have zero interest in helping you. It seems like they are incentivised to do as little as possible.
The absolute default answer to anything and everything is “Just take some pain killers and wait. If it doesn’t get better come back earliest in 4 weeks”.
Or they prescribe you something that the pharmacy doesn’t have but next delivery is expected in 4 weeks.
I asked repeatedly to get a referall to a specialist, but the Terveystalo occupational health doctors just say “NO! Take your damn pain killers and don’t come back before next month!”
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I just wish they allowed euthanasia in Finland as I have no trust in this failing society
Fun fact: I come from a country which Finns would consider a bunghole. I know guys who went back home for surgery, afraid of what may come out if they rather took it here. The problem is lack of corruption: back home, you get to choose the doctor who will perform. Sure you may need to pay some bribe, but the result will be the best outcome possible. Here, it’s hit or miss. You have no control over who gets to cut you, and doctors’ skills vary a lot. You also don’t have family doctor with whom you form a bond over the years.
Would I trust the Finnish system over some emergency or small health issue? Sure. Would I trust the public system to randomly delegate a good doctor for a life-threatening condition? Fuck no ain’t gambling my life.
I’ve had severe skin issues (extreme dryness unless I moisturize with heavy cream twice daily), irritation, minor rashes, acne for more than a year and public healthcare basically refused to treat me or even properly look at me.
”Doesn’t look like cancer and since you don’t seem to be in pain either, there is no need to refer you to a skin specialist”
”Normally we’d consider writing up a palveluseteli and refer to a private practice to have a look, but things are changing and everything is up in the air so we ain’t writing any of those for the momwnt either”
Basically ”sucks 2 b u, lol”.
I’ve only been in Finland since 2020, but it seems to me the health system here, especially Terveystalo seem to have zero interest in helping you. It seems like they are incentivised to do as little as possible.
The absolute default answer to anything and everything is “Just take some pain killers and wait. If it doesn’t get better come back earliest in 4 weeks”.
Or they prescribe you something that the pharmacy doesn’t have but next delivery is expected in 4 weeks.
I asked repeatedly to get a referall to a specialist, but the Terveystalo occupational health doctors just say “NO! Take your damn pain killers and don’t come back before next month!”