(edit title) Medicall care and no work for non speaking Swedish Medicall care frights me . Options

[Zena]

I come from the Netherlands and live recently in Sweden. I gave up my life in Holland , my work, my house, my famely for a Swedish man here. Not long ago I got a infection at my tooth, the hole area was infected, my face was swollen, the pain was hugh and was throwing up 4 days and nights in a row while my lips where swollen and I hardly could breeve.
I was to sick to stand on my leggs. Now . in Holland a dockter would come to your house ... but here there was non. All the dentist where on hollyday, and when my friend called a dockter, wich are very hard to reach by phone... they said to come to them..
I really got so scared to live in this country and to know that they only will come if your dying or are half dead .. other wise you have to come to them.. if you can walk or not. That is a big reassion for me to seriously think of returning to my home country. It really scared me a lot.

Second, is that if you dont speak Swedish yet, there is no job for you what so ever. Eaven for cleaning work you need to speak Swedish. So all the time you are learning Swedish , you are without a income or dependet on your friends salary. People who doesnt speak the Swedish language yet and are willing to work hard and good , just dont get the change to work and make their own living.
Sweden is a beautifull country, but I really regret it a lot to move here.

[Migga]

So if you have a busted tooth and live in Holland you get a visit from the doctor at your house? Wouldn`t it be a better idea to visit a dentist?

All I can say is that things are different. Some things are probably better in Holland and some things are probably worse. When one leaves one country for another it`s normal to be scared of the unknown. Especially if it concerns ones health.

Moving from one country to another with no previous experience, no knowledge of the language, no work secured and a small social network will always be hard. No matter the country. Sweden is a beautiful and great country but if it feels to hard for you then perhaps you should move back. It sounds as if you made it alot harder for you to settle down without having what I meantioned.

[skogsbo]

if you are so badly injured you can't walk, don't you call an Ambulance, not a Doctor? Did your toothache prevent your partner driving you to the nearest dentist?

Home visits are a nice dream, but the draw on resources is huge.

[Puffin]

A little surprised that your Swedish bf did not know how to navigate the healthcare system and did not get you to the doctor or GP at the hospital.

Home visits are very rare in Sweden - I think that they are rare in most places in the world and Holland is unusual that home visits are common - these days either you go to the doctor yourself or - if you are so sick that your really could not stand then you call an ambulance and gone to hospital for antibiotics

If you cannot get an emergency GP appointment at your local healthcare centres then most hospital accident and emergency departments have a GP and specialists on call

Do you really have dentists making home visits in Holland? I would have thought that equipment would be needed? Could your partner not drive you to the dentist before things got so bad? Even of your own dentist is on holiday there is always a dentist on call for emergencies even if you have to go to a different place - usually they give you information of where to call for emergency treatment of the phone message - your BF should be able to sort this out

[skogsbo]

many cities have out of hours GP, that work until 2100hrs 7 days week, they are often in some other part of the hospital complex. If you can't get in there and it can't wait until morning, then it's an emergency job!

[hjoian]

And where was this man (i assume) that you gave up your own country for while you were being so sick?

[Bender B Rodriquez]

Home visits are very rare in Sweden - I think that they are rare in most places in the world and Holland is unusual that home visits are common - these days either you go to t ... (show full quote)

Home visits are very rare in Sweden - I think that they are rare in most places in the world and Holland is unusual that home visits are common - these days either you go to the doctor yourself or - if you are so sick that your really could not stand then you call an ambulance and gone to hospital for antibiotics ... (hide full quote)

If you tell the nurse at the clinic that you are unable to come to the clinic by your own means, he/she will assess the situation and call for an ambulating doctor instead. Most municipalities have ambulating doctors on call for non-emergencies, so it is not that rare. They primarily do scheduled visits at retirement homes, but are also available for the general public when called for.

[Puffin]

They need to be pre-booked though and they tend to be only for those who have been assessed for and granted hemsjukvård (healthcare in the home) - usually reserved for the elderly and terminally ill.

If you are a patient with an acute and new problem it is rare just to call for a GP appointment and get a home visit

I have had a home visit by a district nurse once but only because they thought I was dying of liver cancer - which happily proved not to be the case ....

[Bender B Rodriquez]

They need to be pre-booked though and they tend to be only for those who have been assessed for and granted hemsjukvård (healthcare in the home) - usually reserved for the eld ... (show full quote)

They need to be pre-booked though and they tend to be only for those who have been assessed for and granted hemsjukvård (healthcare in the home) - usually reserved for the elderly and terminally ill.

If you are a patient with an acute and new problem it is rare just to call for a GP appointment and get a home visit

I have had a home visit by a district nurse once but only because they thought I was dying of liver cancer - which happily proved not to be the case ... ... (hide full quote)

I've had doctors visit me for such things as pneumonia. It is not as rare as you think.

[Willy]

Worth reiterating that Sweden really has no national system for health care. Practices can vary greatly from landsting to landsting.