Well, for three nights Reese has been telling us that her ear hurts, but she would follow that up with, "a drink of water will make it feel better" so we thought she was just playing it up so she didn't have to go to sleep. APPARENTLY NOT.
Today after MUCH research I took her over to Al Noor Hospital which is about a block away from our house. I was told that they had a dedicated pediatric walk in clinic. So here's how it went.
Stopped at a cash machine on the way because I'd heard horror stories about only being able to pay with cash in the hospitals and took out quite a lot of money just in case. Normally our insurance will direct bill but we haven't got our new SAICO(read PSYCHO) cards yet!!!!
Walked over to the street that the hospital was on, walked into the building that said Al Noor Hospital, except it was a grocery store. The security guard directed me around the side of the building to the back and that is where we found the actual hospital!!!
Went up to the second floor and followed the signs for pediatrics, took a number when we came into the waiting room. Within 2 minutes we were being checked in by admitting, then a few minutes after that a nurse came and got Reese's height, weight and vital signs. After that we were told to go over to the next waiting area to wait and see the doctor. We sat for 5-10 minutes and then we were in to see the pediatrician!!!
She was really nice, Dr. Rimm was her name. She asked me all the questions I would expect and then checked out Reese's ears, nose and throat and diagnosed a severe ear infection along with sinus congestion and cough due to post nasal drip. The diagnosis was exactly what I was expecting and I even got in trouble for not bringing her in sooner!!!!(horrible Mama!!!)
She prescribed a weeks worth of antibiotics, decongestants, nasal flushes and no swimming/beach and we are going back on Thursday for a follow up appointment.
Then we went to the pharmacy where the same routine was repeated, hand in the prescription, take a number. Sit and wait until its ready (5 minutes in our case), get an explanation from the pharmacist about the medications and dosages, take the receipt to the cashier and pay, return to pharmacist with receipt and collect medications. Less than 10 minutes!!!!! Its a highly efficient system they've got going here, or perhaps I just hit it on a good day :)
So far I'm very happy with my first impression of health care in Abu Dhabi!
Today after MUCH research I took her over to Al Noor Hospital which is about a block away from our house. I was told that they had a dedicated pediatric walk in clinic. So here's how it went.
Stopped at a cash machine on the way because I'd heard horror stories about only being able to pay with cash in the hospitals and took out quite a lot of money just in case. Normally our insurance will direct bill but we haven't got our new SAICO(read PSYCHO) cards yet!!!!
Walked over to the street that the hospital was on, walked into the building that said Al Noor Hospital, except it was a grocery store. The security guard directed me around the side of the building to the back and that is where we found the actual hospital!!!
Went up to the second floor and followed the signs for pediatrics, took a number when we came into the waiting room. Within 2 minutes we were being checked in by admitting, then a few minutes after that a nurse came and got Reese's height, weight and vital signs. After that we were told to go over to the next waiting area to wait and see the doctor. We sat for 5-10 minutes and then we were in to see the pediatrician!!!
She was really nice, Dr. Rimm was her name. She asked me all the questions I would expect and then checked out Reese's ears, nose and throat and diagnosed a severe ear infection along with sinus congestion and cough due to post nasal drip. The diagnosis was exactly what I was expecting and I even got in trouble for not bringing her in sooner!!!!(horrible Mama!!!)
She prescribed a weeks worth of antibiotics, decongestants, nasal flushes and no swimming/beach and we are going back on Thursday for a follow up appointment.
Then we went to the pharmacy where the same routine was repeated, hand in the prescription, take a number. Sit and wait until its ready (5 minutes in our case), get an explanation from the pharmacist about the medications and dosages, take the receipt to the cashier and pay, return to pharmacist with receipt and collect medications. Less than 10 minutes!!!!! Its a highly efficient system they've got going here, or perhaps I just hit it on a good day :)
So far I'm very happy with my first impression of health care in Abu Dhabi!
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