A few hours ago I went to the boramae medical center close to Silim station. My right eye was hurting and my eye lid was inflamed. Thus, I went to the hospital. The cab drive (one way) cost 5640 won from Nokdo to the hospital at 1 am. Since I was not sure if the staff of the hospital can speak English, I prepared a paper beforehand.
Luckily, most staffs were fluent in English. Even a nurse had a small booklet in her pocket with English terms. At the reception in the emergency department, I had to give them my personal data (name, phone number, address) and the guy behind the desk checked my alien registration card. Since Korean hospital only accept Korean insurance, I had to pay 65000 won for a medical check-up at the boramae medical center. Hence it is important that my receipt was in English and that my name (written in English) and my date of birth were also on this receipt in order to get the money back from my travel insurance in Germany.
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| Wristband of the visitto the hospital. |
Firstly, the nurse measured body temperature and my pulse. Later I had a short talk wit the emergency doctor who send me to an eye specialist. I was transported via a wheelchair, even though I told the male nurse that I can walk. The eye specialist was a young female doctor hiding behind a book. She did not talk much, but her English was quite good. However, she was a little brutal during the treatment.
After seeing her, I was send back to the emergency reception desk, where I had to pay the consultation fee and the medicine fee. In total I paid 91250 won for the emergency visit at night-time.
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| Receipt. |
I received the antibiotic creme at the B1-floor at the pharmacy. Then I took the cab back to Nokdu. I spend 3 hours and 20 minutes at the boramae medical center overall. Most of the time I had to wait. But the staffs seemed to be competent and kind to foreigners.
