Health advice in English

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Misty
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Re: Health advice in English

Post by Misty »

Avvie wrote:Can anyone recommend a female Doctor with good English in the Lagoa area? Is there anywhere we can go here that is similar to a Health Centre in Britain, I mean specifically in regard to cost, understanding the language and being able to choose the sex of your doctor? I believe there must be one somewhere, even if it does cost a bit for an appointment. The provision of a virtually stressless and caring health service is one thing I definitely miss from the UK!! :cry: [/b]
Wouldn't a comparison be the Health Centre (Centro de Saude) in Lagoa? They speak some English (if you at least try to speak a bit of Portuguese) and there are female doctors. And of course it costs next to nothing and I have found them to be excellent. Why go private?
To be honest I don't understand how you can expect any more.
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Post by DELASOUL »

Off topic a little bit but.... Does anybody know if the 12-13 year old girls (local & expat) will be given the vaccination for the hpv virus next year? The U.K. has finally caught up with rest of europe but has Portugal?

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Post by Gary/Gaynor »

I have had reason to visit Dr Ken in the past and I must say he was very kind and considerate. His wife, who is the receptionist was also very welcoming and considerate. Both spoke very good English and would deffinately use again. Actually his surgery is attacheded to our apartment block in CVO so very handy for us as we are neighbours. 8)
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Misty
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Post by Misty »

DELASOUL wrote:Off topic a little bit but.... Does anybody know if the 12-13 year old girls (local & expat) will be given the vaccination for the hpv virus next year? The U.K. has finally caught up with rest of europe but has Portugal?

www.tellher.com
I don't know about that one but I can tell you that in Portugal children get more vaccinations than in the UK. Why assume Portugal is behind everywhere else?
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Post by DELASOUL »

didnt assume anything just need to know
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Post by Barry »

Sorry to bring this thread back but we seem to have lost Avvie. Can't afford to loose our "mature" posters. So if you are out there Avvie, please come back to us.
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