After people get sick, they usually go to the hospital according to the following procedures:
Call the clinic or hospital of family doctor (also known as general practitioner) to make an appointment for family doctor's treatment. Under normal circumstances, obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics are also family doctors, and you can make an appointment directly.
If the family doctor thinks it is necessary, he will recommend the patient to be referred to a specialized medical center or a specialized hospital for treatment; After obtaining the consent of the patient, the family doctor will contact the specialist for the patient and issue a referral form. Under normal circumstances, patients are not allowed to go directly to specialized medical centers or specialized hospitals for medical treatment.
After receiving the referral form from the family doctor, the patient can make an appointment by calling a medical center or a specialized hospital.
If it is an emergency, you can call the emergency center and ask the emergency center to send a car to take the patient to the emergency room of the hospital. Generally, patients or their families are not advised to drive to the emergency room by themselves; Once a self-driving car encounters a traffic jam, it will delay the patient's timely medical treatment.
In foreign countries, patients need to be punctual and keep appointments. If patients want to change the time of seeing a doctor, they usually need to call the hospital 24 hours in advance to change the appointment time or cancel the appointment. If the patient fails to see the doctor as scheduled, cancel the appointment in advance and the patient needs to pay the doctor's fee according to the standard.
European and American countries have invested heavily in the medical service industry, and doctors and nurses are well treated. Therefore, only the best young people can enter the medical profession to study. At the same time, the complete medical training system established by European and American countries ensures the training quality of doctors and nurses. Doctors at all levels have their own duties and clear responsibilities, and an effective referral mechanism has been established among medical institutions, which has guaranteed the medical quality of the national medical system. Therefore, people trust the medical level of hospitals and doctors at all levels; No matter what the medical results are, few people doubt the medical quality of hospitals or doctors. Although there are occasional medical lawsuits, on the whole, there are very few medical disputes in European and American countries.