Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Surprised.

Supermoon and city of Gda艅sk
 
Something new. I tried making an appointment for Joan for next week to see the local general doctor. I have done this many times before. However, today I was told I could only make an appointment on the same day that I wanted the meeting. I could not make one for a future date. This seems absolutely absurd to me. How does a doctor know how many patients he must see on any given day in the future with this system. Does he come to the office every morning not knowing how many people will visit him today? Why can't I make an appointment for next week? This is within the national health care system now or maybe it has been for some time but this local office just adopted the procedure. Naturally, privately you can make future appointments.

 
Joan's appointment with the neuropsychologist went well. She said that Joan has made some progress and that now we should start using 8 words in our daily exercises. We will see her again in one month.

It is no surprise to me that the U.N. has now issued a document stating that Russia is the occupying force in Crimea

Co艣 nowego. Pr贸bowa艂em um贸wi膰 Joan z lekarzem og贸lnym na przysz艂y tydzie艅. Robi艂em to wiele razy. Jednak dzisiaj powiedziano mi, 偶e mog臋 um贸wi膰 si臋 tylko w tym samym dniu, kiedy si臋 rejestruj臋. Nie mog艂em um贸wi膰 si臋 na prz贸d. To wydaje mi si臋 absolutnie absurdalne. W jaki spos贸b, w takim systemie lekarz wie, ilu pacjent贸w musi przyj膮膰 w danym dniu . Czy on przychodzi codziennie rano do pracy nie wiedz膮c, ile os贸b danego dnia go odwiedza? Dlaczego nie mog臋 um贸wi膰 si臋 na przysz艂y tydzie艅? Czy tak jest teraz w ramach krajowego systemu opieki zdrowotnej  czy mo偶e jest on ju偶 przez jaki艣 czas, a ta lokalna plac贸wka w艂a艣nie przyj臋艂a tak膮 procedur臋. Oczywi艣cie, mo偶na um贸wi膰 prywatn膮 wizyt臋 z wyprzedzeniem.

Spotkanie  Joanny z neuropsychologiem posz艂o dobrze. Powiedzia艂a, 偶e Joan poczyni艂a pewne post臋py i 偶e teraz powinni艣my zacz膮膰 u偶ywa膰 8 s艂贸w w naszych codziennych 膰wiczeniach. Zobaczymy si臋 z ni膮 ponownie za miesi膮c.

Nie jestem zaskoczony, 偶e U.N. teraz wyda艂a dokument stwierdzaj膮cy, 偶e Rosja jest okupantem na Krymie.