She was expecting to have to pay at least £111 to be seen by a doctor
American living in Birmingham stunned by one thing after first NHS experience
A mum who moved to Birmingham from the USA said one thing about using the NHS for the first time ‘took her breath away’.
Molly – who goes by @strangecapers on TikTok – said she’d only been in the city for a few months when she woke up feeling unwell.
The mum, who moved from Texas with young family, told her followers: “Recently I got an ear infection.
“I thought ‘s**t, I gotta figure out the NHS’. I’m expecting to have to pay $150 (£111) at least to be seen by a doctor.”
However she was stunned to see how it all panned out, the Mirror reports.
Molly said: “I called at eight, someone called me back at 10 and over the phone they said ‘yeah it sounds like you have an ear infection’ and for £10, I had medicine in my hand at 11.30am.
“I know the system’s not perfect but, as an American, this really took my breath away.”
In the caption, she explained that it “would’ve cost like $300 (£222) in the States” to have the health issue taken care of.
“The NHS isn’t perfect but we are so blessed to have it,” one Brit said in the comments section.
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Another wrote: “We’re very lucky to have an NHS, people don’t appreciate it enough.”
“During the pandemic I had a stroke,” another follower said. “NHS ambulance and hospital admission, CT Scan and given ongoing medication all within five hours. Nothing to pay.”
Molly replied: “In the US that would bankrupt a person.”