I Ended Up In A PUBLIC Hospital In Brazil!

Explore the nuances of Brazilian healthcare as I reveal the realities of dealing with herniated disc emergencies here in Fortaleza, Brazil. Each country has its unique approach to healthcare, and in this video, I delve into the Brazilian system. If you've ever experienced the pain and frustration of a herniated disc, you'll relate to my story. Join me as I share my healthcare odyssey, guided by my incredible girlfriend every step of the way. 🏥🇧🇷
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[@LinoGermano]

Dude. There's a guy who was on the "organ waiting list". He was waiting for a kidney and was hiking in the mountains. The SUS went there by helicopter to pick him up to have the kidney transplant he had been waiting for for nine years. Can you believe It?

[@BillyGringo]

That’s pretty amazing!

[@imsaint007]

YES !He's a famous TV celebrity. Faustao

[@LinoGermano]

@@imsaint007 NO! He's not.

[@Nakata2021]

@@imsaint007 NO he was an every day guy like me

[@luisabcouto]

Your problem is ongoing. At the hospital they pulled you out of the crisis. They stopped the pain. but you have to go to a specialist in the SUS and he will evaluate and schedule the surgery for free. If you needed emergency surgery, they would do it right away for free. But herniated discs are a chronic disease and are not treated like this without more complex tests. In Brazil, you can do this for free, including placing pins if you need to. if you are diabetic. You can get the insulin pen for free as well.

[@BillyGringo]

Yes, you are correct. I tried to set an appointment for treatment with SUS but they said that it was going to take 3 months to do the evaluation before doing the actual therapy but it would all be for free. I never ended up going and now my back is acting up again. 😢 Thanks for your comment.

[@pedromattos1129]

UPA is more for emergencies, like if you had an accident, are bleeding, or having a heart attack. They will attend to you depending on how urgent the situation is. If you are in pain, even if a lot, I think is pretty standard for them to just give you a shot in the bum and some painkillers. No matter if is toothache or a broken arm.

[@BillyGringo]

UPA literalmente tem nível de urgência. Desde gripe. Tomar injeção é padrão no mundo inteiro. Ele me derem uma nem fraca mesmo com dores bem forte e histórico médico. Porém, eu falo no vídeo “UPA is like an urgent care, emergency room”

[@cch9234]

Man, I have issues with my L3-4 so full credit to you for filming while having this painful problem. Keep up the good work, and I hope you get some relief from the pain🙏

[@BillyGringo]

Thanks! I’m in a lot of pain, nothing is really working.

[@cch9234]

I hear you, got to keep going.@@BillyGringo

[@mr.entreprenuer9233]

Billy the kid, thats a ride or die you got there, through sickness, through health. You better put a ring on her, she's a keeper bro 💍.

[@BillyGringo]

And you only saw what’s she did in this video. She also, took me to 2 other hospitals, pharmacies, has cooked every single meal, went grocery shopping, covered for me at work. We used her health insurance to cover my medical issues, she found free physical therapy. We have a little business where we organize events and we have one coming up at the end of the month and she’s been taking care of everything, so we don’t miss out on money coming in. The list goes on and on. and with a smile on her face. I’m very lucky! She is a keeper! You are 100% right! Thanks!!

[@narutoxshinobi]

Love your content, really hope you get better soon and you're feeling 100% You got this! Take your time recovering, we'll be here for you

[@BillyGringo]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@FallenLight0]

UPA is good in this case: When you are dying and the doctors know what you have to help you, so it probably will work. If you go there not knowing what you have, and you are not dying, they can treat you with some medicine that will not fix your problem and the real problem can be something dangerous and you go home and the worst happen. My friend went to UPA with pain in his head, but not that strong, so he got medicine, and when he arrived at home he was having a stroke. Also SUS is good to get medical exams when you don't have money and have time to wait weeks and sometimes months, when your problem is not severe. For example you have backpain, but you can still move, but you need the MRI/CAT Scan, and don't have health insurance, and you can wait for weeks or months to get it from SUS. Also SUS differs a lot from city to city. I live in a very good city that has a lot of money and few people compared to capitals, so SUS here works very well, you don't need to wait that much and the public hospitals are top tier. But in capitals cities there are millions and millions of people, so the wait time is bigger.

[@julianacardoso953]

E aqui nos USA não temos nem ambulância,tudo particular. Pelo menos no Brasil temos primeiros socorros grátis para TODOS. Cada Estado funciona melhor ou pior mas temos. Por exemplo meu Estado lá em santa Catarina é excelente

[@Javra88]

This is for those who are muggles. I refuse to leave without being attended to and if that happens, I will go privately

[@Edgar2023ES]

Godness! Health in the USA is an expensive captalistc product!

[@ulriquepkxd7519]

I wish you a good recovery, friend! I hope u recovers, I once fell down a staircase, I thought the world was going to end, but I recovered.

[@BillyGringo]

Thank you! Good to hear you are well!

[@daviderickson6135]

Hope you are feeling better! When I was living there the best hospital was Monte Klinica. 😊

[@BillyGringo]

Thanks! I’m not doing so good. This one is lasting a long time. Going in 2 weeks. 😢

[@ulriquepkxd7519]

I think private health insurance in Fortaleza is relatively cheap, but it depends on your age, for young people, up to 45 years of age, it's cheap, and it also depends on your income, if you're poor everything is expensive.

[@BillyGringo]

True!

[@ulriquepkxd7519]

Generally the treatment is with anti-inflammatory drugs and rest, but I think you can pay for a private health plan, in the case of trauma-treatment I think you would have to go to the Mesejana hospital, if you don't have a health plan or pay a private one. Emergency is free.👍

[@BillyGringo]

Thx for the info! I’m suffering pretty bad!

[@GustavoLeal.]

Hapvida is the worst health insurance plan in Fortaleza, lots of bureaucracy, long queues and terrible service in general. Unimed is definitely the best option when it comes to health insurance, and close to where you live there are several very good hospitals that accept Unimed, one of them being São Camilo (2 blocks from Monsenhor Tabosa). I have never had any problems with that hospital and most of the time there are very little people in the queues, especially late at night. They also treat herniated discs and back pain.

[@Urbxx]

Yes, that's the crazy thing about here. You have good places of public health care you have on some parts of the city (specially in what we call "postinhos"), but you've some places of public health care are completly bad. The same way with private hospitals, you've some hospitals full of burocracy, slow service, and others that are high level.

[@sky034]

Yes Informative information, thank you please continue

[@BillyGringo]

Thx for watching

[@normacecilialeitonestrada7270]

Get better soon!

[@BillyGringo]

Trying! Thanks

[@ulriquepkxd7519]

Eu iria para o Hospital São Camilo, se morasse perto da Monsenhor Tabosa.

[@BillyGringo]

Moro do lado

[@israelportela]

E tudo de graça. Free. Se fosse nos EUA a consulta iria custar um rim.

[@BillyGringo]

De fato!

[@romulodecastrodasilva5863]

Correção: pago com impostos!

[@israelportela]

@@romulodecastrodasilva5863 jura?? Num brinca! Nossa, ngm sabe dosso, so vc! Como vc é sabudo!! Tu entendeu o q eu quis dizer. Deixa d ser sonso. Sabe, de cada 100 reais q a gnt paga d impostos, só 2,50 vai pro SUS. É de graça! Engraçado é gnt como vcs, q até um dia desses queria o fim do SUS, nao reclamam q 50% do nosso imposto vai pros banqueiros e ainda insinuam q pagamos impostos caro por causa do SUS. Bando d cínicos.

[@israelportela]

Interessante q nos EUA tem impostos, e muito,as n tem SUS. Pouca coisa q funciona nesse país d bananas e ainda tem dementes q acham ruim . E por isso q somos atrasados.

[@israelportela]

@@romulodecastrodasilva5863 jura?? Num brinca! Como vc é sabudo!!

[@lorisloris]

get well soon my brother

[@BillyGringo]

Good looking out bro!

[@soniafranco9101]

É querido no seu país um estrangeiro se não pagar não é atendido e muito menos receberia um comprimido sequer para aliviar a dor.

[@BillyGringo]

As coisas mudaram, cidadão que está sem direitos. Quem tem direitos são os estrangeiros/imigrantes. Eles são melhor recebidos do que os próprios americanos. Os imigrantes estão recebendo até mesadas, comida e hospedagem, enquanto os cidadãos nem sequer podem ir ao médico porque está muito caro.

[@franciscodeassispintodasil1257]

Me surpreende que você ainda não tenha percebido qual sistema de saúde seja melhor: o público(SUS) ou o privado. É evidente que o melhor sistema de saúde estava do seu lado o tempo todo: YOUR WIFE. O melhor sistema de saúde é ter alguém que se interesse pela gente e cuide da gente porque... porque SIM!

[@newwavebrazil]

I got the remedy for you for the herniated disk problems.

[@BillyGringo]

Yeah?

[@newwavebrazil]

@@BillyGringo I can email u if its ok

[@ricardo6606]

MELHORAS PARA VOCÊ!!!

[@BillyGringo]

Obrigado! Vdc!!

[@ricardo6606]

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[@durianwalker]

Brutal bureaucracy man...get well soon

[@BillyGringo]

True! I could have chosen a better hospital, though. Worse part is that I'm still in bed, and it seems that my condition has worsened since the first couple of days. I'm experiencing excruciating pain, and nothing seems to provide relief. I can't find a position that alleviates the pain in the slightest. Thanks for the kind wishes!

[@durianwalker]

@@BillyGringo i bit better by now eh?...you will get through this. I had a brutal back injury before. The pain eventually ends. I have been to Brasil 4 times. Soon ill be going to be in Forteleza. Whats your opinion on best ocean front hotel for someones first late night arrival...under 500 R.

[@franciscodeassispintodasil1257]

Só entende o sistema de saúde brasileiro quem entende o conceito de "dor excruciante". "Dor (ou sofrimento) excruciante" te faz furar todas as filas e ser atendido primeiro por equipes complexas de médicos. Naturalmente, não lhe aconselho a "fingir" dor excruciante. Se os médicos perceberem você vai ser mandado para o fim de uma fila "excruciante"... Acidentes de carro, fraturas de ossos, enfartos... tudo isso tem relação com dor excruciante, insuportável. Se no entanto você tem "dor (ou sofrimento) crônica" aí, o primeiro atendimento lhe dá um analgésico até você ter tempo de fazer exames mais profundos, fezes, urina, sangue, raio X, cateterismo, etc. Ai, com esses exames, você é atendido. Nenhum médico vai lhe dar medicação potente sem exames: aqui também existem processos por negligencia médica!!!

[@imsaint007]

is just going trough the motions SUS

[@MuddahFukkah]

Alright, I will put it this way... This video was terrifying to me (mainly UPA). I come from Brno which is the 2nd largest city in the Czech republic (it has population of only cca. 400,000 ppl). Czechia used to be a socialist republic 35 years ago so people's mentality is still kinda socialist. So, we do have "free" education/universities, free healthcare etc., but the taxes and various fees for almost everything are pretty high. Based on what I saw in this video, I would have to say that quality and affordability of healthcare in my small city is probably 10x better compared to huge Fortaleza. It is obvious that brazilian "free" healthcare and its quality is optimized around poor people from favelas and brazilian middle class probably avoids this kind of "healthcare" completely (if I were to guess). If you want to get better care you HAVE to visit some kind of privately owned hospital (like you did?). Which means having good enough insurance. Still, the fees you described seemed to be rather cheap for an American(USA)/European. On the other hand, I highly doubt regular poor folks from favelas would see them cheap as well. As for waiting times, they are similar all around the world. All hospitals are busy and all doctors are lazy. Still, spending more than 3-4 hours in a hospital is horrible. For Brazil, that is still very good. Heard stories about people waiting 12+ hours in brazilian hospitals.

[@gdc4736]

In Brazil from middle onwards, people pay health insurance, because it's way faster. If you are dying they will take care of you, and this is great of course. But when it comes to treatment or schedule surgeries, it will take a lot of time, a lot! So you can do a some procedures using the public system and pay for the rest down the line. The problem is that everybody in Brazil pay the public system through taxes, high taxes. So, you would be paying two times for health care. And if you need another example, well, politicians use, exclusively, the private health system.