Comparing Healthcare in Europe | Our Honest Review

An unfiltered, unedited discussion about Healthcare systems we experienced abroad. Our opinion and comparison between healthcare in the UK, healthcare in Greece and healthcare in Romania. #RawUnfilteredUneditedUncut
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About this video: In this video, we dive into an unfiltered discussion about our personal experiences with healthcare systems abroad. We share our honest opinions and comparisons between healthcare in the UK, healthcare in Greece, and healthcare in Romania. Discover what we liked, what surprised us, and where we faced challenges while seeking medical care in these different countries. We discuss everything from the quality of care and doctor-patient relationships to costs and accessibility. Join us for a friendly and relatable chat about the pros and cons of healthcare systems abroad. If you're curious about healthcare in Europe, this is the video for you!

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Several comments.. i used to work at a hospital in Greece which is the biggest in the Balkans. 1)Generally you don't have to pay bribe to the doctors but there may be few scoundrels who may ask for something. Just report it to the police. 2) you don't need paperwork for buying medicine. There is an gov. app so that you can have the prescription directly to your mobile and visit any pharmacy. 3) All of your transactions with the state Health system i.e prescriptions. visit to doctors, hospitals, x-rays, blood tests etc are being recorded by the state and you can see them from your mobile. If you visit another hospital the doctors will have access to your previous tests, health issues etc. 4) You live on an island therefore several things are different than in the mainland. hospitals are provincial-you cannot compare them with hospitals in Athens and Thessaloniki 5) Do not think that private hospitals are always better than the state ones. The state hospitals seem run down but they have THE BEST doctors. Private hospital have better "hotel" facilities but the doctors are mostly not as experienced. There exist also very good private hospitals

[clairemc]

🇬🇧 I would take the older style services of Crete/ Greece which I have experienced over the UK any day, this is specifically about the 'free' healthcare only. In Greece I needed to have specific health checks for particular paperwork. Got the papers, went to the hospital, saw person 1 on one floor for bloods, who then told me to go to door 4, had my xray to then go to room 6 to see the GP. Flawless and didn't give two hoots about papers or old decor.😂

[sohalvr]

Fantastic video as always. Loving your pragmatism and humour as always and your presentation is so normal and your stories are easy to relate to. I remember 20 years ago being at a big hospital in Athens when i was a teenager and there were lots of ants crawling along the corridor. Hopefully it is not like that anymore. Maybe they should pay the ants to leave like the patients pay the doctors! Haha. In Canada, healthcare is provincial. The services and infrastructure etc are similar with the UK. The challenges are the same too especially with staffing. Each province is responsible for its own healthcare. I generally had good experiences with GPs in Alberta but now we moved to New Brunswick and there are big challenges here with not enough staff so let's see how it goes. In Alberta it took my wife and I a couple of years to be registered with a GP but they have an excellent walk in system at any clinic so really you don't need to be registered but it is a good idea to be. I always found Greek hospitals to be older but the doctors to be very thorough as you say. One funny story from the UK....my local hospital as a child was called Stepping Hill Hospital...the local joke was "step in ill, step out dead" haha

[ErisstheGoddessofmanhwas]

Having experienced 4 European countries health care and one non European i can say Greek is not the worst .I mean just 3 month's ago my brother did a small surgery (kidneys stone removal) and it's cost us basically 200 euro without any kind of insurance in Greece.

[NikosItsines]

For receipy in Greece you shouldn't get a prescription in paper. You get it as a message in your mobile and can go to every pharmacy.

[kmiktz]

🇦🇹 I'm quite satisfied with our healthcare system in Austria, although as a healthy individual, I haven't required frequent medical treatment. The hospitals are state-of-the-art.

[geogeo]

Sunpire, you better get a house like that 1n 12:09. We the fans (who always smash the like button in all of you videos) will accept no less. 😁😉

[mresuport]

Great video guys with great view. Just returned from GR a few days a go and I already miss the sea. Enjoy it !!!

[steveabrams]

as a long time resident of a non-European G7 country with 100% state-run health-care system, I confirm that I will come to Greece to do a health-related procedure and pay the 1000 or 2000 euros that wait for one year or more to do this at home which has excellent doctors and hospital … furthermore, I know of many Europeans who do all kinds of non-invasive medical and dental procedures due to much lower costs in Greece such a as, becoming pregnant or getting dental implants and other works …

[Rachelgpuentes]

Healthcare in US is expensive if you do not have health insurance. In Florida the state offers Medicaid(health coverage for low income families) but with Medicaid you are limited to certain doctors and specialists.

[theonidas-ruhe]

🇩🇪 🇬🇷 In Germany healthcare is ok but not really free (except if someone is in a social benefit program, they pay it for him), and since 2011 you are forced by law to have insurance. Even if you have 0 income, they force you into a "voluntarily" healthcare insurance and it cost over 200€ a month. Thats a very German solution ^^. But infrastructure is good, I feel if you have a serious problem, its not the worst country to be, quality of Doctors is good in general, I guess... because in the last 20 years I was only 1 time in 2010 in a small doctors office for swine flu hahaha. Appointments are VERY hard to get, most people are not happy with the system and the worst is the children healthcare, they close one hospital after the other because private pharma Lobby become very strong from 2000s and later. Also, private healthcare in Germany is quite cheap if you are young and healthy, later it becomes very expensive and its very hard to get back to public healthcare system, they wont accept you easily.

I also heard that it is very expensive to study medicine in the UK, thats why they have "only" 3 doctors for any 1000 citizens. In Greece medical studies are for free, thats why it has the largest number of doctors per capita 6, 5 in 1000 after Sweden with 7 for 1000 Germany is on 4, 5, no data for Romania but i think its similar to Germany. Greece is also losing many doctors because of this, and they are expensive to "produce" and then leave the country for Norway, UK, Germany and so on. Its also not a surprise for me that UK have a lack of prevention, its an ultra liberal economy, pharma and medicine is a business, just less extreme than in the US.

My mother once had a benign tumor operation in Athens, she didnt pay anything, only a private anaesthetist because she didnt want to wait 2 months or longer for the public one. She didnt pay to the doctor anything, its not common everywhere, some will also not accept it but im sure some will even demand it in sneaky ways xD. But she had insurance from her Job, i don't have experience with the free public healthcare in Greece.

Thanks for your uncut content, wish you the best health a lot of fun stay hydrated 💦👌🏻

[tpop]

Yes you don’t pay directly In Canada but indirectly in taxes and it’s not uncommon for you to wait from 4 to over 12 hours to wait at emergency and months and sometimes even a couple of years to see a specialist and or have surgery.

[TheCyricson]

Lol no man, in Greece you only need a number called AMKA. The prescriptions come to your mail.

[fredkarenclark]

🇨🇦 British Columbia.. we have free healthcare but it is difficult to get a family doctor. We have a lot of "walk in" doctor clinics

[alx_gr]

In Greece it's unfortunately expected to pay the doctor "something extra" when you have a surgery, not in any other case. Thankfully, not every doctor expects you to do so and some would get offended if you tried to pay extra (cause it's illegal here as well).

[giolybe]

Guys you don't get prescription in paper in Greece, you just recieve a text in your mobile phone.

Hey, guys, health care in Thessaloniki is awful in public hospitals, some exceptions for paediatric units.

[MrAnna]

It's interesting to compare medical care in Romania and the United Kingdom, but what about in Greece? Crete in particular lacks hospitals, especially in the south, which is why people prefer the north. Given the influx of foreigners and the lack of staff, even vital emergencies have difficulty arriving on site with a doctor. I live in Belgium, 5 minutes from a university hospital and I have a 6 month wait for an appointment with a specialist. I think all of Europe is concerned. Prevention is better than cure! Thank you and take care of yourself! Crete offers it every day. 🙂

[CASIUSGELAEI]

''Socialist'' Welfare has been irretrievably lost, you have money, you have health.