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The Diagnosis through the system of the Korean National Health Insurance is done properly? - Busan Sokpyeonhan Internal Medicine

 : The health diagnosis is what I get every year. It seems to me not that important... I don't get much from the basic diagnosis.... Anyway, I pay about 50,000 won to 100,000 won monthly for the insurance. I have to get the medical diagnosis, right??

 I postponed again and again and in December, I got that. It takes about a day to finish all the scans... But I didn't see a sincere or devoting hospital or nurse or doctors for this regular scans... I think the whole population go through... it becomes a kind of routine work... which makes people insensitive...

 But the Insurance Corporation seems to do many things to get it done... I got the following guide book twice and got a phone call to urge me to get the diagnosis... including SMS text message. I know it's for their own good to save money... If they find a disease more earlier, they can save that amount of money...

The guide book

 1.  At first you have to go to the reception desk and show your ID or your health card. And the officer there will give you a paper to fill in.

 2. I went there about 10 am but my scan was scheduled about 1 pm... I had to wait... And you also.. Long waiting line. Lots of seniors..

 3. When I got there around 1 pm. A nurse called my name. And she gave me a paper, a syrup taste bubble remover and 1 mouth piece. And asked me to drink the bubble remover... And ask me again if I ate something...within 8 hours from now.. I hadn't eaten anything from 10 pm yesterday.  

4. I've got the scan process almost 1 pm. Really punctual. I realized why people want the scan in sleep. I had that scanning when I was about 22 years old... It was so easy to me.... no vomitting at all... That's why I chose no sleeping... But I got....so... and later even bleeding on my throat.

5. There were more than dozens of beds arranged in a room divided by a curtain. Each compartment had each equipment. With 2 nurses and 1 endoscope doer. Even when I did nausea hard, she didn't stop moving the endoscope... this made me feel pain in my throat. And it was getting worse. They said many things such as "release tension", "if you continue, you might bleed". And later even tears got my eyes... This was so painful... Damn.. And worse thing is that I got embarrassed...

 For the while, they found some inflammation... And they asked me to allow for them to get the Helicobacter pylori from the part.... Later it turned out to be nothing to worry... but it has something to do with money making...

 I have to explain the fee... Generally, it's free... I mean basic scanning is free but If I get the sleep endoscopy, I have to pay about 53,000 won more.. for this. This is a huge money for the hospital... This is for detecting a stomach cancer...but... 

Sokpyeonhan Internal Medicine

Certificates...

Bulletin board

Parking lot

The alley to 4th floor and 5th floor

Full of clients

Medical Questionaire

Endoscope Nurse Records

Prescription... I don't like take any medicine...

Hospital of the Busan National University in Yangsan - Witnessed a grand local hospital

 : Unexpectedly, I came to the hospital... located in a small city called, 'Yangsan'. I expected one building hospital but... I was a little shocked with the size.

 People don't save money for their life or health. I've seen pharmacies in every corner even in Uzbek. And usually Pharmacies and Hospitals are equipped with good facilities.

 On the 18th December, the profit oriented corporation of hospitals was approved in Jeju... What does this mean? Like USA, if you don't have much money, you are not getting medical treatment...

 In 2005~6, in the underdeveloped country, Uzbek, I've seen Phamarcy at every corner with good interior decoration... The hospital seems to reflect the reality... even poor countries need medical attention so much!

 There were total 12 buildings. Among them the building for kids or conveniences and kids' hospital was a kind of new things to me... And this was open from 2009... Yes, they are newly built...

 Even more, they had a really spacious parking lot and resting place...

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 These facilities are not free... or came from nothing.... This shows how much money a hospital can make... We have huge National Health Insurance which are obligatory to all citizen in Korea. Huge money is spent for the hospital....I can induct... Even under the insurance system, they already make huge revenue... if they focus on only profit... how much money would they be able to make... Even now, if there is a sick person in a family, they get bankrupt. This is reality.. Because even the insurance cannot cover all the expense. From the Docu movie, Sicko, I know very well of the reality of medical situation in USA... I think it in Korea will be very similar with that of USA

 In this horrible situation, if they build hospitals only for profit in Korea, all the resources will be gathered around the hospitals... And ordinary people will have difficulty in getting good medical treatment. Even we have the insurance system, some people made a cooperative union for hospital... for better medical care, which is in Ansan. 

 Our insurance system has many flaws... Rich people pay less money... and salary man pays a lot proportionally...