Are You Close To A Hospital Living In Portugal?

[@traveltidbitsrus]

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[@AdeSFaria]

To me , that's the most important thing, anywhere on Earth, regardless of age.

[@Pauln71]

Yes it is

[@tinglestingles]

In our experience - Uber/Bolt was far quicker than an ambulance.

[@Pauln71]

Thank you for the information. I will miss your insight on Portugal

[@traveltidbitsrus]

Glad it was helpful!

[@xTrengo]

my advice is always the same, buy health insurance, doesn't have to be the best, go to private hospitals for routine anything, using that insurance, and go to public hospitals for any emergencies or anything major, the bigger the hospital the better. also use insurance for dentists. as for a stroke, call 112, the doctor will come to you with the necessary equipment.

[@robertjamesstove]

During 1993 my mother, aged 67 and living with my father in rural New South Wales, had a massive stroke. Rural New South Wales's standards of healthcare were then - and probably still are - abysmally inadequate. It was a 25-minute drive to the nearest hospital, and this was Christmas Day. In other words, there were almost no staffers on duty (even in the emergency section) except the occasional Filipina cleaner with predictably limited ability to communicate in English. Nor were there ambulance teams nearby. Something like half a day elapsed before any doctor saw my mother. For the rest of her life - she died in 2001 - she was unable to speak and almost completely paralyzed, requiring 24/7 nursing-home care. I really didn't need any further incentives to stay as far away from the countryside as possible. But if I had needed such further incentives, the horrific fate of my mother (and of my father, who took his own life six months afterwards, having been diagnosed with incurable cancer) would have provided them.

[@traveltidbitsrus]

As always, excellent insight and something viewers should take note of.