I Woke up and realized I was not getting any better. While the fever was gone, my stomachaches weren’t, and my visits to the most important chamber of the house were ever more frequent. Therefore, we decided to pay a visit to the local hospital.
I suppose one does not fully experience a "developing" country without visiting the ER (I do suspect that much like Thailand my health situation was food driven).
The ER experience was interesting and quite different from the Thai one. The Romanian hospital looked much older and in worse condition than its Thai counterpart (yes, that is possible). The place was pretty empty and when we saw a doctor walking down the hall and asked him where to go – he told us to join him and he ended up checking me out. Unlike the Thai situation, there was actually a doc around and he knew what he was doing. Ultimately, I got a two large injections with some stuff (I’m not sure what exactly) and some prescriptions. The most surprising and unique thing about the whole experience was when we asked how much to pay. The doctor just waved away and said we needed to pay nothing! I call upon the US healthcare system to learn from the Romanians!
After this we had lunch at a Serbian restaurant, though I could not detect anything different about their food. Afterwards we checked out the Arges monastery, which concluded the day.
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