Why is Cambodia's Health System Still Struggling ?

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BklynBoy wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 10:22 pm a few times my friend told me he got meds from doctor and i asked what they were. He didn't know. I asked him to ask the doctor but he said the doctor wouldn't tell him. I was explaining how you should be informed of the meds your taking. His rationale was that if the doctor told him, then he can bypass the doctor and just go to the pharmacy.

This was awhile ago so possibly misremembering but does that sound like the norm?
nothing upset me more than when the kids of my partners sister would get a cough, runny nose or temp of 99 an they would run off to the hospital, come back with a bunch of meds that when i looked them up were worthless> yet Never would the "Drs" be questioned ( god forbid)
Most 3rd world countries "Drs" are nothing but about selling pills, so the Drs can show he is superior to them

Pill companies the world over, "give " lots of free samples to the Drs and then the Drs would prescribe them, Pill company sales reps make tons of $$$
thats how the opiate epidemic got hold so quick in the states
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Most people don't even go to a doctor, they just take whatever the pharmacist gives them.
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John Bingham wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 7:30 am Most people don't even go to a doctor, they just take whatever the pharmacist gives them.
and if they do, the first thing the DRs does is give them a saline solution intravenously :-)
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phuketrichard wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 7:28 am
BklynBoy wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 10:22 pm a few times my friend told me he got meds from doctor and i asked what they were. He didn't know. I asked him to ask the doctor but he said the doctor wouldn't tell him. I was explaining how you should be informed of the meds your taking. His rationale was that if the doctor told him, then he can bypass the doctor and just go to the pharmacy.

This was awhile ago so possibly misremembering but does that sound like the norm?
nothing upset me more than when the kids of my partners sister would get a cough, runny nose or temp of 99 an they would run off to the hospital, come back with a bunch of meds that when i looked them up were worthless> yet Never would the "Drs" be questioned ( god forbid)
Most 3rd world countries "Drs" are nothing but about selling pills, so the Drs can show he is superior to them

Pill companies the world over, "give " lots of free samples to the Drs and then the Drs would prescribe them, Pill company sales reps make tons of $$$
thats how the opiate epidemic got hold so quick in the states
Ah right, the opioid epidemic, fueled by the greed of pharma companies and a bunch of irresponsible "doctors". The US have the most expensive 3rd world health system in the world.
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