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AUSTRALIA | Tue, 30 Dec 2008 | By chiclet | Views [198] | Comments [2]
Jaha, då har man utegångsförbud på nyårsafton. Efter 3 läkarbesök och en dryg vecka är Jocke på bättringsvägen, men doktorn han träffade i morse ordinerade vila hemma i sängen. De är rädda för att infektionen skall sprida sig i kroppen annars. Det är ... Read more >
Tags: happy new year, doctors
THAILAND | Thu, 15 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [856]
Intestinal worms are parasites that love the gastrointestinal tract.
God only knows how I got them, maybe from unwashed food or dirty water,
but I didn’t really care, I just wanted to get rid of them! I ended up
in hospital in Chiang Mai, in northern ... Read more >
Tags: intestinal worms, parasites, doctors, hospitals & health, thailand, chiang mai, world nomads, true claim stories
INDIA | Fri, 7 Mar 2008 | By detmar | Views [364] | Comments [3]
We’ve been in Bundi now for almost 6 days. The city has a beautiful palace that, at first sight, reminded me a bit of the Alhambra in Granada; it’s quite a sight! Bundi is not hounded by tourists in the same manner as some of the more famous Rajasthan ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Tue, 11 Dec 2007 | By justine | Views [419] | Comments [2]
I haven’t written in nearly two weeks because I’ve been sick. First it was a nasty cold that slowed me down and then that turned into a nasty sinus infection that makes me just want to chop off my head. I kept thinking that if I just rested ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, sickness, chiang mai
MALAYSIA | Fri, 23 Nov 2007 | By ropo | Views [299] | Comments [1]
So yes its been a minute since my last blog...and well the short of it is that I went to Malaysia, got Dengue Fever and had my appendix out! Yep, that's right folks - Dengue and surgery - all at once and all in Malaysia! Everyone should try it - really ... Read more >
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BOLIVIA | Sun, 11 Nov 2007 | By klynne | Views [403] | Comments [2]
For you, dear reader, I took it upon myself to test the local medical assistance just in case you were hesitating on coming here for a visit. Well, I didn’t plan it this way, but I thought I could share my experience with you. As the gory details of ... Read more >
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SURINAME | Tue, 4 Sep 2007 | By just_in_kees | Views [553] | Comments [3]
Wapperend schud ik de overtollige druppels water van mijn handen. De handschoenen die zoveel worden gebruikt laten witte vegen achter op de huid en een kwartier hechten maakt de handen klam en stinkend. Met mijn vingers zoek ik naar de papieren handdoekjes ... Read more >
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SURINAME | Fri, 31 Aug 2007 | By just_in_kees | Views [427] | Comments [1]
Ze is er weer! Mevrouw Kisandroe heeft een abonnement op behandelingen door de artsen van de Eerste Hulp, een veel - maar daardoor niet graag - geziene Hindoestaanse vrouw, een draaideurpatient. De combinatie van hoge bloeddruk en suikerziekte vormen ... Read more >
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SURINAME | Sun, 12 Aug 2007 | By just_in_kees | Views [408] | Comments [1]
Sommige diagnosen zijn vanachter de balie te stellen; het behoeft niet veel ervaring om iemand met een niersteenkoliek, een zwangere vrouw die op het punt staat te bevallen of een hysterica met hyperventilatie te herkennen. Daar waar in Nederland ook ... Read more >
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SURINAME | Tue, 7 Aug 2007 | By just_in_kees | Views [436] | Comments [2]
Plotseling staat hij daar, verwilderd en met grote schrik in zijn ogen, vragend rondkijkend terwijl hij het slappe, haast levenloze lichaam van een jongen in zijn armen houdt. De tranquille rust is verdwenen en terwijl een bed wordt aangereden ontfermt ... Read more >
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SURINAME | Sun, 29 Jul 2007 | By just_in_kees | Views [520] | Comments [7]
Neerlands trots verzorgt 4 keer per week een busreis naar Paramaribo vanuit Amsterdam. Geheel in stijl vertrokken we anderhalf uur later dan gepland, maar de uitgelaten stemming onder mijn Surinaamse medereizigers werd er geenszins door getemperd. ... Read more >
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COSTA RICA | Sun, 3 Jun 2007 | By katebravado | Views [280] | Comments [2]
Well June has rolled in and bought with it sunshine glorious sunshine to our dampened spirits! Hoorah. Gabriel was struck down with a horrible gastro virus for the last week which hit him hard. It coincided with a week of torrential rain and flooding ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, costa rica
MEXICO | Tue, 26 Dec 2006 | By true-claims-stories | Views [1871] | Comments [2]
After a day of extreme stomach pain, I called World Nomads for advice and they suggested I see a doctor. He examined me, did a urine and then sent me to do a blood test and an Xray. I returned with the results the next day and he said that I had a stomach ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, world nomads, flu, true claim stories
VIETNAM | Fri, 1 Dec 2006 | By true-claims-stories | Views [852]
My boyfriend received a vaccination for MMR in Phnom Phenh, Cambodia but then had a reaction to the vaccination by the time we reached Vietnam. We went to the SOS clinic in Hanoi to have him examined and watched to make sure that his condition did not ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, vietnam, world nomads, vaccination, true claim stories
UKRAINE | Wed, 1 Nov 2006 | By craigandsimon | Views [1780] | Comments [4]
Compared to the places we have come from the Ukraine was a curious mixture of money and poverty. With a long history of wealth and power but a short history under the Russian Soviets it is trying to find it's feet and is even making murmurings of joining ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, footprints, orphanage
INDIA | Sun, 20 Aug 2006 | By true-claims-stories | Views [722]
I had been sick for almost three weeks with a bad stomach, had been to see a doctor in Jaisalmer and was given a prescription for antibiotics. These were completely ineffective and I was very unwell when I reached Mumbai so we found the address for a ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, true claim stories
KYRGYZSTAN | Tue, 15 Aug 2006 | By craigandsimon | Views [2631] | Comments [15]
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan's capital, is a beautiful modern city with a fair smattering of department stores, nice hotels and fine restaurants but as is often the case if you stray from the main streets then you get a more realistic picture of the state of ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, footprints
ITALY | Tue, 18 Jul 2006 | By true-claims-stories | Views [553]
I was playing a softball game in Italy with some friends and we just scored. I got so excited, I jumped for joy in the dugout and suddenly (I'm 5'10") came into contact with the sharp ledge separating the roof of the dugout from the fence. I had ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, true claim stories
INDIA | Thu, 6 Jul 2006 | By craigandsimon | Views [1499] | Comments [5]
This week we had the opportunity to represent Footprints (World Nomad’s charity) in Siliguri, where we visited 2 communities of Stone breakers: Chenga: pop-2500, no electricity, water, or sewage, the nearest hospital was a 12km WALK (that’s ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, footprints
VIETNAM | Mon, 26 Jun 2006 | By true-claims-stories | Views [852]
I woke up with itching, burning lips and the skin under my lip, going half-way down to my chin was red, flaky and itchy. The skin on the inside of my mouth approaching my gums also had sores on it. The doctor diagnosed this as a fungal infection probably ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, true claim stories
USA | Sun, 4 Jun 2006 | By true-claims-stories | Views [1861]
My ear began to hurt and started to swell rapidly due to an infection. The infection/swelling started to spread down my neck (in a space of 24 hours). I went to a pharmacy to see if there were any over the counter anti-biotics, but the pharmicists were ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, true claim stories
SOUTH AFRICA | Sun, 21 May 2006 | By true-claims-stories | Views [794] | Comments [1]
For several days I had been suffering nausea, dioarreah, loss of appetite, and frequent vomiting. I went to visit the doctor who speculated that I either had parasites or bacterial infection. Prescribed medicine to be purchased at the local pharmacy. ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, true claim stories
THAILAND | Mon, 15 May 2006 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2284] | Comments [1]
While swimming off Koh Chang I struck my foot on a sharp rock sustaining a deep cut and tendon injury. I was taken to the local clinic by taxi where the wound was stitched. I attended the local clinic as an outpatient on four subsequent days however the ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, world nomads, insurance, true claim stories
BOLIVIA | Fri, 5 May 2006 | By true-claims-stories | Views [652]
I had an irritation at the back of my brain while in sucre, in Bolivia. I lost my vision and was rushed to emergency MRI, Blood tests, xrays, cardio grams and a variety of other exams. I'm OK now but am not allowed to move from this city until further ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, true claim stories
GERMANY | Mon, 20 Feb 2006 | By true-claims-stories | Views [6214] | Comments [8]
I had a problem with my right testicle for about 3 weeks before I decided that I had to see a specialist. As I found out, the weight from carrying my backpack had caused strain in that region and so I was forced to recieve a complete check so that there ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, true claim stories
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