Making a Doctor's Appointment | Super Easy German (53)

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Camera: Janusz Hamerski
Edit: Janusz Hamerski / Carina Schmid
Translation: Ben Eve

[jackolantern]

A little social critique :) ? Gefällt mir

[CavanaughTeressa]

I thought this was a joke. But today I tried to make a doctor's appointment and they give me one for NOVEMBER!!! (it's August.)

[hectorrivas]

I greatly appreciate this episode... Thank you Carri and Janusz and all involved!

[junenam]

Hmm, have I just slipped through the cracks of the German Arzttermin bureaucracy as a clueless foreigner? When I was studying for a semester in Hamburg, I got tonsillitis and was seen immediately by a doctor with my student insurance.
I literally just walked in into UKE with my insurance papers and although I had some communication issues (the nurse staff barely spoke English, I barely spoke German, and my sore throat could barely make any noise), it was more or less a pretty efficient experience.
I paid no copay, all my prescription meds cost a grand total of 5 euros, and to this day, is my go-to glowing review of the German healthcare system whenever healthcare or Germany is brought up.

[marekm]

wow, that looks very much like making doctor's appointments in Poland, the public healthcare takes forever and you can be seen to the same day if you go private

[sergiizhadko]

I'm trying to get to the doctor with the help of your video in Austria. The situation is worse than you show here is not weeks it months 😬

[alimirhashimli]

I heard such a story recently for German healthcare service: A woman is pregnant and wants to give birth in a better hospital, asks for an appointment, and the answer is: "All places are full until the next year, you have to make an appointment 2 years before giving birth."

[KeineAhnungHaben]

Danke für die Episode. Ehrlich gesagt dachte ich, dass Janusz als Chefarzt weiter entstehen muss. )

[basitzaki]

Ich Danke ihnen das war einen positiv nachrrichten. Mach Bitte weiter

[fernandoflor]

Danke schön für dieses Video. Das war sehr wichtig

[omarwahid]

Werklich sehr gut und am besten dankschön

[fnuvikas]

While in less developed country like India, you can just walk in to doctors office and get treated in an hour.
Something that Germany can learn.

[SANDOR_CSABA]

Danke schön! Gibt es in Deutschland medizinische Untersuchungen, bei denen man gesetzlich verpflichtet ist, teilzunehmen?

[roben]

I didn't undersrand the thing about inssurance? is the population devided into two clusters?

[vmzhltu]

#2:24, hmm... I think the sentence should be "Es kommt immer darauf an..." ? If I am wrong, please tell me as well. Thank you.

[ganeshraj]

I didn't understand one thing. Say, I have a public health insurance and need immediate medical attention. But what if I don't get an appointment in a day or two and instead after 4 weeks?
By the time I get the appointment I might have recovered already.
How can I get immediate treatment while having Public Health Insurance?
Cari could you please explain me this part?

[huang]

OMG HAHAHAHAHAHA I DO NOT KNOW WHY BUT I LAUGH SO HARD
MAYBE IT IS TOO TRUE THAT U HAVE TO WAIT SO LONG TO SEE A DOCTOR
LOL
THX THIS VIDEO

[marcioschlogl]

Bei uns dauert es normalerweise zwei bis drei Wochen, um einen Termin zu machen!

[mohamedmamdouh]

was ist die Versicherungskarte? und woher kann ich sie bekommen? wenn jemand sehr krank ist und es keinen Termin gibt, was passiert? Soll er auf freien Termin warten obwohl er sehr krank ist und nicht warten kann?! was macht der Patient in diesem Fall, bitte?

[MedAlaoui]

thank you for your informative episodes, but you should find a doctor first to make an appointment, too much blah blah about health care in Germany but for foreign people it's Hell!!