Our CARE doctor took me to a private clinic yesterday, which is supposed to be the most famous in the city. We took an appointment at 7:30 with a token number of 25. We reached there 5 minutes before the scheduled time, and the person took our token and said wait.
Then started the endless waiting of about an hour, before we could finally see the only 'Orthopedist' of the town. His name is Azaruddin, who is specialist in spine. He travels all over Indonesia and I was told that I am lucky to have an appointment with him.
The clinic was crowded like an airport, and for all tests like x-ray, blood, the patients need to go to diagnostic lab some where near by. Here, we get only prescription. There are many doctors, I presume, many specialists.
The doctor looked at my leg, had few turns and twists at my knee, and told there is nothing to worry. I wanted an x-ray, but he told that it is just a sprain, and x-ray is not necessary. He wrote the prescription while I paid around 6 USD.
But, my leg is getting better, and I realized that my body got used to shelling out a couple of bucks before it gets all right
We had to go to medical shop far away for the medicine. And while taking the medicine, we have realized that they are the most expensive medicine. 16 capsules costed around 20 USD. We kept on wondering how will a common man would be able to afford a total of 26 USD for one visit to a specialist? May be for the local people, they would have separate medicine.
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