So we finally got to do our complete medical test done, since my husband is having some health issues, and as for myself, I have thyroid issues, which I have not been checking it for a while and now finally we felt like we are ready to really take care of our health.
In El Salvador there are two types of medical. Private, which I don't really know how much it is or what you need to qualify for it. All I know is that people can get it through working in certain companies or work industries. But I am not sure if anyone can apply for it, but I will learn more about it.
The second type of medical is the public medical, which is free. Since the first time we came to El Salvador in 2008, we had never had to worry about medical/healthcare in El Salvador. We never purchased any travel or abroad insurances/healthcare and twice we had to go to the emergency in the hospital and clinic, with no problems or questions asked and service free of charge, which also included free medicine including antibiotics for absolutely free.
Sometimes you need to pay for the medicine, but from our experience, we never had to.
For our complete health check, we actually went to a big medical center in Ahuachapan, where you can find all kinds of doctors, physiotherapist, ultrasounds, X-rays, optics, laboratories, and the hispital.
This is where we decided to go for our checkup, because my husbands aunty recommended us her doctor from this medical center, which she really approves of. Otherwise we would just have gone to one of the clinics, here in Ciudad Real, where we live, which would have been way cheaper or maybe even free of charge.
You can find clinics almost everywhere here, and you don't need to worry about finding a doctor that does not accept new clients, and that was the problem we had in Canada (we couldn't find a good doctor that accepted new clients) and that was the reason, we were not really on top of our health issues.
So because we went to an actual medical center, it cost us a bit of money. For ny husband the cost included: $20 for doctor consultation, $40 for blood work, $30 for one of the medicines and $26 for another medicine, totalling in $116.
My cost included: $20 for doctor consultation, $40 for the ultrasound, $30 for blood work and $6 for medicine, which was really cheap, especially since it is two month supply.
The awesome thing about this clinic is that you can get all of your tests done in this one place in one day. We had to do it in two days, because we had to come back first thing in the morning for the blood test (you can't have any food in your system).
Another great thing is that, you get your blood test results within couple of hours, and your ultrasound results right away. Plus, the nurses take only one tube of your blood, no matter how many different areas of concern you are being tested for. For example, my husband had 6 different blood results from one tube of blood. In Canada, when we got our blood test for just few areas of concern, the nurses always took 3 or more tubes of our blood, which is crazy, and not necessary.
We were pretty pleased with the doctor, especially since I have been tested not just for thyroid, like I was in Canada, but for T3, T4, and TSH, which is very important, plus he also send me for an ultrasound on my thyroid, which I had never been send to by doctor in Canada.
Overall, we were happy with the doctor, the medical center and just whole process. Our results were better then what we were worried about/expecting, but we know where we stand now, and how to improve our health, since that is the most important thing in the world.
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I am happy that your medical test results are better than what you expected. Medical and health services are a bit expensive nowadays. I wish you all the best in your journey towards a healthier lifestyle. !BBH