Best and Worst Health Care - Comments from Expatriates

I was reading a recent LinkedIn post with comments from expatriates and consultants who have received medical care abroad. A few responses that stood out were:

Japan: The worst I ever experienced. Doctors there consider themselves as gods
so they don't talk to you even if they speak English. Surgery practices are
dangerous, I spent 4 weeks in an hospital for a badly broken leg and I almost
died of pulmonary embolism because of no prophylaxis to prevent coagulation and
old medications used

...I am far from impressed by the UK national health service (NHS).
If you go private, you're ok

Having lived in the UK for more than 6 years, I have (luckily) rarely
experienced the NHS first-hand. The worst that happened to me was to be given
painkillers to cure a throat infection. However several of my friends have had
very bad experiences, having to wait days to see a doctor, being given treatment
that made them worse and in the last resort having to "flee" across the Channel
to France in order to get a decent treatment!

I love the Netherlands, but the health system actually made me move.

Albania is pretty bad. If the Albanians can afford to they get medical attention
outside the country.

...middle eastern physicians never heard of privacy

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