Studying in New Zealand, talking about seeing a doctor in New Zealand.

New Zealand's medical conditions rank among the top three in the world, and its perfect medical system is world-famous, but it also exists locally? Difficult to see a doctor? Now, let's talk about seeing a doctor in New Zealand. First of all, unless it is an emergency-an emergency (such as angina pectoris, heart disease, severe asthma, dyspnea, massive bleeding, fracture, etc.). ), it is best not to go directly to public or private hospitals to register for treatment, because it is very slow. If you want to go to a public hospital to see a specialist/attending doctor, or have an operation, you need a general practitioner (hereinafter referred to as a family doctor in GP) to make an appointment for you. In English, it means to refer to a hospital or a specialist. So if you want to see a doctor, the first step is to see a general practitioner and let him give you a basic examination and diagnosis first. What's the matter with you? According to your situation, maybe you just need to take medicine and do some rehabilitation, and that kind of problem will be solved. And GP, as its name implies, is to look at everything, adults and children, chronic diseases and infectious diseases, all of them! There are many general practitioners from China in New Zealand now. Just find a general practitioner you like on the Chinese page or in the clinic near your home. Many people recommend this and that in the local Chinese newspaper. The fees of each clinic will be different, and most of them are free for 0-6 years old; 7~ 18 years old will have a price; Then 18+ is of course the most expensive. I've seen this price range from ~ knives. Usually if the clinic is not prosperous, it will be cheaper to see a doctor. On the other hand, clinics in places like cities can't run for tens of dollars. If you think which clinic /GP you see is satisfactory, habitual or convenient, I suggest you register at that clinic, so that if you go to the same clinic again, the price of registered patients is usually much cheaper. Also, if you register, you only need a knife to get medicine here! Extremely cheap! However, if your health problem is complicated and serious, or your problem needs a more powerful specialist, GP will help you diagnose and see if you need to see an expert doctor. This may include that you have to go to the hospital, or see an expert's own clinic, or you may need surgery to solve your health problems. Then we have to go to the second step. Step 2: If GP thinks you need it, GP will help you to contact specialists in relevant departments, and then the hospital will arrange your outpatient service according to GP's diagnosis. If it is urgent, there may be news in 1-2 days. If it is not so urgent, the hospital will arrange for you to see a doctor or have an operation for several weeks or even a month. The point is: because New Zealand green card holders (and citizens, of course) go to public hospitals for treatment, surgery and delivery completely free of charge, there are many people who want to go to public hospitals to see a doctor, so they have to queue up! You can cut in line unless you are dealing with an emergency. Otherwise, ladies and gentlemen, if you have insurance or enough money to wait in line, you can ask GP to contact a private hospital directly to see an expert or operate on you. Of course, the money for seeing a doctor in a private hospital is very expensive for a student studying in New Zealand. If you don't have insurance and don't want to wait, do you have any suggestions? It's not bad to buy a plane ticket to see a doctor in China. So if you encounter an emergency (such as angina pectoris, heart disease, severe asthma, dyspnea, massive bleeding, fracture, giving birth to a baby under one year old in the middle of the night with a high fever of more than 39 degrees, and the fever will not go down after taking pamol), it is very urgent. You can go directly to the emergency department (ED) of public hospitals, which is also called a&:E. But as mentioned above, because going to public hospitals is free, many people will go, and you may have to wait for the emergency room. Of course, if it is urgent, doctors and nurses will give priority to you. Or you can watch GP. GP can also suture simple wounds and handle simple operations. Nurses in the clinic can also draw blood, vaccinate, slice some parts of the body and so on!