"When Max woke Stammnitz a November morning from uneasy dreams he found his back turned in his bed into a monstrous vermin." Not only the red-spotted backs, even the back of my legs had been under intense itching the pattern of my Tour de France - Mountain jerseys customized. Even my German project partner Dilan already made it longer festering pustules to create on their feet, so we saw compelled now to see a dermatologist. On the advice of a physician who is often in Terra Mirim to visit, we turned to a dermatologist in Salvador and promptly got an appointment for the following day.
The traffic chaos of the morning Salvador could harm us on that day not much, apart from the fact that made us get off the bus on the wrong side of the six-lane road with no traffic lights - which for the crossing of the necessary skills were able to so far neither the Capoeiraausbildung nor the intense desire for wave surfing training . Mediate Despite the constant sight of the hospital, we entered this reason delayed. Already in the entrance we were true, however, that this high-rise hospital would have the word deserves more (luxury) "Hotel". Guarded car park, perfectly trimmed hedges and a fountain in front of the brightly polished glass entrance door and all this amidst the smelly, noisy metropolis - with panoramic view of the huge slums ("favelas"). This insane contrast confirmed a short time later even more impressive when our Fahrstuhltuer opened and a neatly-dressed lift driver offered us a nice way his services.
In the well-conditioned, with flat screen TV equipped practice of Dermatologist Dr. Martin arrived, we were greeted kindly by the secretary. As zahlungsfaehiger Europeans could be enjoyed already in advance of a 200 reais (about 80 €) entrance fee. "Separate but equal" they said in the U.S. until the mid-20th Probably this century. While
Dilan has already summoned the doctor, I took the time trying to throw some views through the small waiting room and was astonished at a large advertising poster stand, emerged from the: This is also a practice for plastic surgery! From the Botox injection to the silicone implant you can take as almost everything in stock. Suddenly I thought, in each of the (weisshaeutigen!) faces in the comfortable waiting chairs to see a tightening in the face. And then the view from the window of thousands of oblique Ziegelhuetten with corrugated iron. Disgusting.
Finally, everything was quite harmless. A nocturnal parasite had probably over paved the way my new sheets on my back. I have been extremely nice of Dr. Martin's two - prescribed ointments and the setbacks were done in a week - exceptionally cheap. But the impression remains of the health care system: who pays, must clean. Who does not pay, go to a (free) hospital for everyone else. A (Marxist) class society?
Part 1 - Insights into the health system
Part 2 - Palmares, a town struggles
Part 3 - Salvador da Bahia
Part 4 - The Christian Church in Brazil - a blessing?
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