But after I came to new york, my mother had a fever and almost no trip.
The flight from Beijing to new york was delayed 12 hours, and it was near Beijing 12 hours. When I arrived in new york, it was early in the morning. I don't know how to get the time difference. I feel sleepy after sleeping all morning.
I took my parents to Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Fifth Avenue and Central Park near the hotel. Maybe it's because of the fatigue of the long-distance plane. Coupled with a little cold, my mother became ill and began to have a fever. I took some anti-inflammatory drugs from home, but it didn't get better. When she didn't know what to do, she called new york for help. Students introduced us to the Chinese clinic in China City, where Mandarin is spoken, so it is no trouble to communicate. And made an appointment with Dr. Zhang for us. It was 65438+February 24, and I got off work early in the afternoon. We will try to arrive before 12 to help us negotiate the consulting fee for 60 yuan.
We called and went to Dr. Zhang's clinic according to the address. When we arrive at the clinic, the front desk first asks us to register our names, contact numbers and birthdays. After a while, I heard someone calling my mother's name. I used to fill out a form, similar to a questionnaire and detailed information for the clinic and a questionnaire for the local health department. The receptionist looked at what I filled in and then asked me, Xiansen, which pharmacy do you usually buy medicine from?
I said, I have just arrived in new york. I haven't bought any medicine at ordinary times. I don't know which drugstore to buy medicine from.
The young lady said, Xiansen, we can't prescribe medicine here. We must get the medicine from the pharmacy you designated, and then we will send the prescription there.
I said, we don't know which drugstore to buy here. Well, are there any pharmacies near your clinic where I can buy medicine?
The young lady said: Xiansen. There are three pharmacies downstairs. they are .......
I said, I'm not familiar with these. Please help me choose one.
Miss said: Xiansen, I'm sorry, we can't help you choose. You must choose for yourself.
I said, then choose the first one.
The young lady said, Xiansen, this is the business card of this drugstore. Please fill it out.
Miss is so polite, and I am patient. This may be a typical separation of medicine.
I filled out the form and gave it to the receptionist, then charged us 60 dollars and gave us a receipt.
A few minutes later, someone who looked like a nurse called us in and measured some basic data for my mother, such as height, weight, blood pressure, temperature and so on. And ask: Do you smoke or drink? My mother shook her head and said, These are not hobbies. Then let's wait outside.
After a while, a young doctor called us into the consulting room and asked us some symptoms, allergy history and so on. In detail, I also asked: Do you usually smoke and drink? My mother shook her head with a wry smile again. I recorded these for my mother on the computer, and then let's wait in the consulting room. I didn't know she was not a doctor until I said that Dr. Zhang would come in a minute. She might be a doctor's assistant or something.
Finally, Dr. Zhang, our appointment, came over and shook my hand first. He speaks very gently and tactfully, and every sentence seems to be discussing with us. It sounds that Mandarin is not standard. Asked about the symptoms of fever and body aches, the doctor and my mother said: the symptoms you said are consistent with the symptoms of influenza. Have you been vaccinated against influenza at home? My mother said, no.
Dr. Zhang said, let's do a flu test first. If it's the flu, treat it as the flu. If it weren't for the flu, we would do other treatments.
We can only say: ok.
Dr. Zhang said, just stay in my consulting room, and I'll ask them to come and have a check-up for you.
After a while, a nurse came over and said politely, I'm going to put a cotton swab in my nose later, and I'm going to extract some mucus for testing. It may be a little uncomfortable, but it will soon pass. Bear with it. So here's how I operate. Put the cotton swab in a test tube with reagent, and then say wait 15 minutes for the result.
15 minutes later, the nurse came, looked at the test tube and said it was negative, not the flu.
Then, Dr. Zhang came over and said: Just now, the test was not the flu, so we will not treat it according to the flu. We may have to take some anti-inflammatory drugs.
Then ask: What medicine have you taken before? My mother asked me to take the cephalosporin, four-season cold medicine and acetaminophen I ate these two days to the doctor.
The doctor added: I mean, what medicine do you usually take for a long time?
My mother showed the doctor the medicine she took when she got kidney disease last year.
The doctor looked at it and said; Nothing, then I'll prescribe a medicine for you and go to the pharmacy to get it. It is stipulated here that medicine must be taken from the pharmacy. If there is no paper prescription, I will email the electronic prescription to the pharmacy, and then you can buy medicine there, about 10 yuan (the unit of measurement is knife), okay?
It didn't sound expensive to me, so I said, okay, okay.
Dr. Zhang said to my mother again: you have a fever now, so you can't leave yet. I'll prescribe some antipyretic for you, and then go.
Then I asked the nurse to get water and medicine for my mother.
About half an hour later, I took my temperature and dropped a little.
Dr. Zhang came to say that the temperature has dropped a little. I have some medicine for you. This is a fever reduction three times a day. This is once every 12 hours to help relieve the whole body pain. This is an antiallergic drug, once every 24 hours. I gave you an anti-inflammatory drug, and the prescription was sent to them. Take two tablets on the first day and one tablet every day thereafter.
Dr. Zhang also said that after taking this medicine, it should be fine in three days. I'll give you a chest X-ray. Not now. If you don't get better in three days, you can take a photo here. Or go to the hospital for emergency treatment. Where do you live?
I said: We live in Times Square in Manhattan.
Dr Zhang said: There is the best hospital in new york. Then call the nurse and say, you write them an address of the hospital. They live in Manhattan. There is a central hospital in Manhattan. ......
Dr. Zhang repeated how to take medicine. Shooting is not good, and it is not good to go to the hospital for emergency treatment.
Finally, Dr. Zhang said: I charge 60 for medical treatment and 30 for chemical acceptance. One * * * is 90. Just now, it has been charged 60, and then charged 30. I paid another 30 yuan and thought it was really not expensive. My criterion for judging new york's price is that I should take the amount of money they say as RMB.
Dr. Zhang shook hands with me and walked us out, saying, You can call me at any time if you have any questions.
We went to the drugstore downstairs to buy medicine, and the receptionist asked our names.
Then tell us the cost of medicine 15 yuan, and ask me if I can do it? The doctor was so kind that he took the medicine himself and asked my advice. I said, okay. She said, well, wait a minute, I'll get you some medicine. I walked around the store and found that there were still people selling Ci 'an, so I bought another bottle. After a while, I got the medicine. That's a small box of medicine. My mobile phone was scanned by Google Translate, and it turned out to be azithromycin.
This is really a perfect experience of seeing a doctor and receiving services. I am the experience of God. Almost all the patients in the clinic are from China, and most of them are from Guangdong, Fujian and Shanghai. From the meticulous process of seeing a doctor to the thoughtful service in every link, you can feel respected and feel the value of money spent. The whole process of seeing a doctor is very careful and patient, which is worth learning in China.
Later, my mother took medicine and her cough eased, but she had a high fever for an hour or two every day. My mother returned home early with fear of strange environment and uncertainty, and her health was better.