welfare in bulgaria

well i have been twice in hospital, hope i never get there again, yes with the childbirth, yes never knew that life could be that miserable before that. they were not nice to you? it was regular practice, i have no idea how is it now, if you want i can tell you, from the consultations that i went for months they told me to go when pains get every 10-15 mins. no need to go earlier, but i felt that something was wrong, it started very bad. you know we studied one year gynaecology in the medical institute, so i was aware. no ambulance then, my husband drove me and left me: they don't allow relatives in. uh, unbelievable. first the doctor on duty came, examined me fast and said: hey, you are for sectio, didn't anyone tell you? i had pains every minute. so they showed me a bed and for one hour no one came to see me. ai ai what a pervert system. a nurse came in, turned on some device, said: lie on ur back, i said i can't, i suffocate when i am on my back, can’t breath. yes you can she said, and went out. then understood that they have some other sectio and i have to wait for 2 more hours when the anaesthesiologist came and said: we are starting, are you afraid? i said, i agree if you cut my throat just stop that pain. on the other morning about 10.00 hour a nurse came and said: you can stand up. from those high beds after operation, i tried but could not. she said: you just stand up and go to the other bed. the woman next said that i looked so pale, she thought that i would faint, anyway i did not. in two hours they brought the baby, put it in a bed next to me and she said: nurse it. then my son got staphylococcus. 4 days i tried to make some doctor pay some attention at the end i made a scandal, i saw the rashes and i did not like them, at last a pediatrician came and examined the kid and started yelling: quickly, we have to isolate him, 11 days in hell. when i got out of hospital i was thinner than before pregnancy, you see, i even was not happy that i gave birth, i looked at the baby and thought that may be it's not mine. i hope they don't work there in the hospital now, i don’t know. second time i found a doctor who i knew. but the misery in hospital was the same: miserable attitude, dirty lavatories. yes good for the newspapers. and what was the reason for section? big baby over 4 kilo's, it just could not get out, my bones are not that wide for such big baby the second baby was big again, but this time they planned it and cut me earlier. i am without words. you see, i heard from some women in hospital that they were paying money under the desk, at least to be sure that they will get a good doctor, so the second time i arranged a doctor earlier. and that was all in the town you live in? well, i heard that it happened in other towns too. still today?? you see, they started reforms in the health sector after socialism was gone the mess and lack of control was total, i see, i don't know today, i avoid the hospital, yes i would do the same, you see, if there are good doctors, the system smashes them too but overhere it is quite different, i know, i have a friend who married an outlander, all fine doctors, with interest for their patients, her first kid was born in bulgaria from her first marriage, the second one was born in outland, she said that now she believes that delivering a child is not that scary. yess then you know the difference, she said, they even put me anaesthesia. here they were making abortions in hospitals without anaesthesia so be happy, if u get sick at least there is good hospital for you. thanks, but i wished it was true for you too. i hope i don't have to see the hospital, but alas, i might need medical help some day (from my friend milena).