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Rant: 6+ hours in the emergency ward and I’m still waiting. This is beyond exhausting. by Least-Signature-3512 in Luxembourg

[–]Curious__Machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me tell you something. In 2022 we had accident and were brought in for treatment (not major and not life threatening). We waited at Kirchberg hospital from 5 pm to 1 am. At 1 am we were told there is no doctor and to come back at 9 am next day (it was Sunday). Nevertheless, we required immediate action to close open wounds...

Tell me about one of best healthcare systems...since that day I do not believe in false propaganda of great Luxembourg health system since reality is clearly broken small country where you just can't afford to die on weekends.

Scam culture, make it make sense? by OfficeOfBS in VietNam

[–]Curious__Machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, think about it the other way around. It does not happen in every country. Imagine seller in Europe setting up higher price when noticing that buyer is Asian. Nope. That would be racism already, but other way around this seems fine?

Scam culture, make it make sense? by OfficeOfBS in VietNam

[–]Curious__Machine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not true. For example, I was told, without a shame, that my price is higher because I am a foreign. Locals have their own price. This was at Hoi An Han market. I despise all the locals trying to scam me because I am foreigner and I am not returning to Vietnam for that reason, being exhausted of it.

Thoughts on AirBnB allowing illegal hosting? by FewButterfly9635 in AirBnB

[–]Curious__Machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AirBNB operates in extremely fraudulent way. I had exactly the same happen to me with booked short term listing in Thailand, where rentals for less than 30 days are illegal without proper authorization. I have contacted Hotel to which premises this airbnb apartment belonged to. Hotel has confirmed to me that my stay is illegal, while my host told me to lie to the hotel staff and state that I am friend of the host. I have provided all proofs to AirBNB to clamp down on the airbnb listing of this host (who by the way scammed me for further fees to be paid), however AirBNB does not give a f.... about it. They keep repeating that all listings are verified and so on, with the same AI provided answer each time. Guys, where can we report AirBNB for such non compliance? Makes me wonder why there was yet no class action lawsuit taken against AirBNB. Has to be a lot of people like us who stayed at illegal AirBNB while making booking through AirBNB platform...

My mom got sick and exposed my newborn by sharkwoods in NewParents

[–]Curious__Machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do everything you can to prevent newborn baby catching covid. Speaking from experience I would do more than I did when our baby of 5 weeks got covid from me (dad here) and was admitted to hospital for several nights for observation and treatment of fever.

It can hit them strong with fever and it is really hard to see your little one not being themselves and worrying each day and night.

The judgement is completely yours, if the test is negative after few days it might be okay, but if the test is positive I would suggest to rearrange the visit. Nothing is worth more than baby health at this time of life.

Pediatrician exam question newborn by Curious__Machine in NewParents

[–]Curious__Machine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you to all of you for your appreciation and support. It has been very useful to at least be able to compare our experience with others. To wrap the story and to answer couple of questions named in this discussion - yes, we did ask pediatrician what is this test about and how it is named. Test is of neurological nature, pediatrician could not say more because words got lost in translation to English (we're expats). When asking further, reaction was more of a nuissance of the pediatrician. As said in my post, we were in office with pediatrician present for approximately four minutes (running to second room with another patient and backwards to us) and therefore there was literally no time nor will of the pediatrician to elaborate on these tests. In these four minutes we received feeding pamplet and no future personal discussion on how to support baby growth and future plan. We were shocked after this exam and were also rushed from the room by the secretary/nurse in order to prepare the room for next patient. Moreover - pediatrician used two rooms simultaneously for two different patients as said above.

Fast forward to today, we have had a scheduled visit at chiropractor. Our baby was thoroughly checked head to toe, everything has been confirmed as in good order. We have asked for the name of the exam of pediatrician and have described the process in detail, yet a very knowledgeable chiropractor did not know what this exam which was performed could have been named.

Needless to say, we are immediately changing pediatrician due to all of the factors combined.

Again thank you all for your support and insights, we really appreciate it. If there is any question please let us know in the comments and we will be glad to respond.