Spanish immigrants talk about their medical experience.

I didn't pay much attention to medical care in China before, but after I came to Spain, I got some understanding and feelings about the medical system and welfare here because of my personal experience. People in China said that it was because of her husband that she married a chicken and immigrated to Spain with it. He first went to Spain and began to apply for family reunion after getting a residence permit. The next year, I also got out smoothly. Getting a residence permit directly is just family residence, and only by applying can you get a job residence, which means paying insurance money every month. After getting the residence permit, you can go directly to the community health center to apply for a medical card. In the future, as long as there are health-related things, you can take a medical card to see a doctor in a public hospital for free. It's a coincidence that the health center is opposite your home.

Because all parts of Spain belong to autonomy, this flying horse represents Valencia, which is not unified throughout the country.

The facade is not big, and the inside is clean and open.

Every community will have such a health center, which has the same nature as a hospital, but its functions are not as complete as those of a general hospital. You can see minor illnesses and the like here, but you have to go to a big hospital for emergency surgery, which is also very close to here. Everyone who comes to the health center must carry a medical card, as well as going to the hospital. It is very simple to apply for a medical card, just show your ID card or residence permit.

This medical card without time limit is permanent.

The name of the designated doctor, appointment telephone number and emergency center telephone number are on the back.

The medical card is processed according to your residence certificate. If you want to move to another city and see a doctor in a local hospital, you need to change to another one.

To see a doctor in a health center, you must first make an appointment in line or by telephone. When you wait in line to get the number, there will be a note for you with the specific time. If you are lucky, you can come to see a doctor on the same day or tomorrow morning. If you happen to meet your doctor, you may have to wait a few days. You can choose a time as long as you are free that day, but you usually come to see it when you are sick. Who knows what will happen in a few days? I feel that this should be the biggest flaw. So many people go directly to the emergency center, which makes people crowded. Finally, the emergency department becomes a slow diagnosis. Once, my daughter was hit on the nose and rushed to the emergency center. Everyone was there when she went in. We waited nearly two hours before it was our turn. While waiting, we saw many helpless parents, but there was nothing we could do.

Spain implements the separation of medicines, so you can't buy medicines in hospitals, but only in pharmacies outside. Many drugs in pharmacies have two prices. It will be much cheaper to buy medicine with a prescription from a regular doctor. Pharmacists use drugs strictly according to the prescription, then tear off the bar code on the drug package and stick it on the prescription, and then go to the relevant government departments to reimburse the difference. Pharmacists generally don't sell drugs to customers casually. Once, my daughter caught a cold. It happened that the doctor had run out of cold medicine. Thinking of waiting for such a long time to see a doctor, I went to the drugstore to buy it myself with an empty medicine bottle, but I was refused, saying that I wanted to get a doctor's prescription. Really helpless.

The business scope of pharmacies is much wider than that in China. In addition to prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs, there are also baby milk powder, diapers, bottle nipples, shower gel and various skin care products. It is estimated that everything related to health can be bought here. General pharmacies also have scales specially designed for weighing babies. If you want to know the baby's weight, just take it to the pharmacy and let him (her) lie on the scale and weigh it for free.

I have always felt that the medical institutions here embody true humanitarianism. In Spain, many immigrants come illegally, belonging to black households, of course, without residence permits. But if you go to see a doctor, the hospital will never shut you out because you are an illegal immigrant. In their view, treating people is always the most important thing. I often read such news in Chinese newspapers: a compatriot was sent to the hospital because of work-related injuries or other reasons, and many people did not stay, but the hospital still took good care of the injured until he recovered and was discharged from the hospital, without spending a penny.

All the above are national public hospitals. Of course, if you have money, the door of private hospitals will always be open for you, but that is not generally expensive. Once I went to a private hospital for fear of trouble, so I did a simple B-ultrasound examination and charged me 70 euros.