As a Danish healthcare worker, I'm glad to hear you got treated well! We do have to run alot, but hearing some positive feedback every now and then makes it all worth it!
Well everybody loves you - even our Prime Minister. Remember she sent you a Honey-cake heart to show her appreciation? now that's genuine appreciation of your efforts
Do not get the wrong impression from your experience. I am a Danish citizen, but I do NOT have the right to use the Danish health care system. This is because of EU rules. According to these you are covered only if you are covered in one member country. As I do not live in Denmark I am not covered by the Danish system because of a Human Rights Court decision years ago, that stated it to be RACIST! And I am also not covered by the health care system in the EU country where I live, so no health care for me. If I get sick I will have to pay all doctors visits, all transport, all medicine, all treatment 100% by myself, not even if I go back to Denmark. I had those rights back in the days, but the European Human Rights Court decided to take them away from me. So this is how my "human rights" are interpreted these days in the EU.
@@svennielsen633 If the EU country you live in now don't have a general healthcare system and you don't pay taxes in Denmark you would of course end up in the situation you describe - not fair I agree but since so few people is affected by this the general attitude among politicians will be "Too few votes to matter" Cynical as hell but nevertheless what most likely is the reason no one have picked up the task of doing something about it
Glad to hear that your doing better. Our hospital system here in Denmark is far from perfect. I have a great respect for all the staff working there. Way, way to many politicians are destroying the hospital system in this country, and it makes the staff and treatment suffer a lot.
May I ask why Danish politicians are destroying the hospitals in the country? Isn’t the healthcare system over there very popular with voters? Why do the politicians want to weaken it?
@@Hana-hl6cd Lots of people just want lower taxes and dont think about, that the money needs to come from somewhere. So money is taken from teachers, medical staff and elderly care.
Well it is not entirely wrong, how else would you explain the incredible amount of Danish nurses quitting. Stress and low pay, add the fact that the current government forced them out of a strike last year. And now calls for an election before the term is over. SUS
In these election times the Danish media overflow with stories about a stressed and pressured post Covid health care system. So we really need to hear experiences like yours to put things into perspective! Yes, our nurses and doctors have been under a lot of pressure the last couple of years, and things can always get better. But our expectations are also extremely high. Maybe we should all use this opportunity to be grateful for what we have. Good to hear you are feeling better, and thanks for some food for thought.
As a health care worker in Denmark, we have been crying out for help for years. Covid just made the problems obvious. It wasn't okay before and it certainly isn't okay after. The quality doesn't fall but that's because of the professionalism of the health care staff. We are rather desperately overworked.
As a healthcare worker in Denmark it's important to see that things still work. Things could be a lot better, by a huge amount! It's not just covid - my department came out of that pretty well, but implementation of new systems and new shifts has put a huge strain on things, and one that is not going to go away over night! Expectations in Denmark are high, probably more so than in countries where there is a private system, as we know that nobody will turn us away from an available treatment or examination for insurance/ financial reasons.
I work in a hospital and get quite a bit of hassle from patients and their relatives. It could be all sorts, the food is not good, they’ve waited for the doctor for hours, blood tests, scanning etc. So nice to hear someone appreciate the hard work we do. Thanks❤
So glad you're feeling better 👍. And nice to hear about your experience with the Danish healthcare system. We tend to have very high expectations and forget that we have something valuable that so many other countries don't have. In Denmark we don't go bankrupt or create debt for years to come due to hospital bills.
Great that you’re doing better and taken care of. Remember, if you were sick while on vacation you need to say that to your boss. The amount of sick days needs to be deducted from your vacation days. Otherwise you are cheating yourself out of vacation time. My English is trash today. I hope everything makes sense.
Hvis du bliver syg under ferien så er du forpligtet til at informere din arbejdsgiver omgående. Desuden skal du kunne fremlægge en lægeerklæring som du selv skal betale, Dette er for at sikre at der ikke svindles med ordningen om erstatningsferie
My experience with somatic care has generally been positive in Denmark. The big weaknesses are generally found in some specialist fields, at specific hospitals and particularly in psychiatric care sadly. I have been unfortunate enough to spend significant portions of my life in the hospital with various illnesses, starting from 8 months old. The few major faults I encountered were in rehabilitation after injury and illness and particularly my encounters with psychiatric care. Two primary examples being them forgetting to call me in as an 11 year old kid for rehabilitation after a serious debilitating injury to my arm, leaving me with serious lasting damage to this day, and the struggles my girlfriend and I had with getting her father in treatment after he had a psychotic breakdown. It took months of fighting with the psychiatric ward to get help, especially since they kept letting him out despite him being sectioned for being a danger to himself. Each time they let him out we had to save him again and get him put back into psychiatric care because he hadn't gotten any better. It was infuriating.
Yes you are so right. The psychiatric care is not good. It realy needs improovement. But it all comes down to money, sadly. I hope it will be better in the futur.. because the way we live today causes many to get stress and depression. And its not enough just to give medicin. So I see that there will be a increase for psychiatric care. But thats just my opinion❤❤❤😊
I think that not having to worry about the bills as an extra stressfactor besides being sick or hospitalised is diffently part of making our lives in Denmark better in terms of quality of life.
Bear in mind that the health care systems in most countries are still reeling after fighting Covid for almost 2 years, but seem to be getting back to normal. Many health care workers are still recovering from long-term fatigue, and the health care work forces in every country are true heroes.
Wishing you a speedy recovery 🙂 Interesting detail about sickness & vacation in Denmark. If you have a vacation planned, but you get sick, you can actually call in sick to work and then you can have those vacation days at a later date.
One time when I came home from DTU at around 8PM, I had a pain in the left side of my chest. It wasn't constantly bad, but came in bursts. Some of them were so bad that I couldn't fully stand up straight, so when I got home, I went in the bed to lay down. My girlfriend then called 1813 and we talked about what I experienced, and they told us to go to Glostrup Hospital(Lived in Albertslund at the time). When we arrived, we talked to the person behind the counter annoucing my arrival, almost the same time as me getting my blood taken. I was immedietly led into a room with a bed to lay in, the chest pains still going strong. I got hooked up to EKG and EEG and got some painkillers. Did help a little. They were worried that it was something with my heart, since it was in the left side of the chest. All the tests they gave me didn't show anything, so they couldn't really figure out what the pain was or what was causing it. After a few hours, they pain in my chest subsided, and when I tried to get up, my stomach area and all around the back was cramping up BAD. Since I always kinda curled up whenever the chest sent a pulse of pain through my body, I guess I spasmed. In the end, I got better, all the pain subsided, and to this day, I still don't know what the hell happened... But another time I was in the hospital with a kinda bad broken arm/wrist. One bone was broken and the other was shifted upwards, so my arm and hand was almost in a Z. I waited for at least 3-4 hours before getting called into examination.. They prioritize after the severity of the injury and/or emergency.
Hi Morten! I understand that going to the hospital and see a doctor is free of charge, but do you have to pay for the blood tests and other examinations they do at the hospital or is it all covered by state insurance?
@@camilaingrao3559 To my understanding, almost all medical treatments and whatnot is paid for by our collective taxes. I think there's some super specialized treatments and visits to a private hospital costs some money, no idea how much though. But Denmark is one of the countries with the highest taxes, precisely so we don't have to pay for doctor/hospital visits :) School is also free all the way through university, except the books :) We even get money to go to highschool and University :)
@@24Shigeru24 Amazing! I just moved to Denmark and I wasn't sure about the exams. I did receive a letter offering free tests to prevent cancer but I thought I would have to pay for the rest of usual control tests. Thank you for the information!!
Hello from Germany. glad you are feeling better. I've just been on sick leave since last Wednesday and also for this week with a flu infection. I focus on getting better again without having to worry about anything else
Thankee for sharing!..and yeps..Denmark is quite wonderful..moved here from Canada in '89...feels like Im still living in a dream... kinda like..' Cinder-Fella' 🤩........'Go'bedring!!!
One of the keys about Denmark and most Western countries (aside from the US) is that you don't have this fear about getting healthcare with bills piling up. If you are sick you go see the doctor. If you have a chronic medical condition, you see a specialist regularly so you stay out of the hospital. Way better system if you ask me!
@@louiseharpth1267 Depends on what needs treating, any serious or life-threatening medical problems, will be handled with priority and the waiting lines cut to a minimum. The cracks in our healthcare system become much more evident when it's anything that isn't life-threatening, because the waiting lines on those treatments are atrocious. Source: Work in the healthcare system.
@@louiseharpth1267Lol... Cheapest... No likely... A doctor can loss his licensen to practice medicine on Poor , cheap treatments😂 Where did you get that info from?
Always, Always go to the hospital when you have stomack pains. Almost nobody knows that if flouid get into your stomack like blood then you will get severe pain and also request a scan this is the only way they can see it . So happy to hear you good again
Hi :) I am happy on your behalf that you are feeling better and that you and your family chose to live in Denmark. I follow quite a few UA-camrs who play Minecraft, and the ones I follow the most are the players from Hermitcraft. They had a member who was my age. His playing name was TFC (Tinfoilchef, born in 1959 in Massachusetts, and died in Tulsa, Oklahoma in August of this year). He had a number of health problems, which he got after a traffic accident, among other things. with a broken arm that the doctors couldn't put back together properly, which made it difficult for him to do daily activities. And a few years later he was hospitalized due to pain in one leg, which had to be amputated just below the knee. But he had the energy to play the game he loved so much until he fell ill again and ended up in hospital, where he unfortunately died shortly afterwards. I wished he had lived in Denmark, then maybe he would have been alive today. The US has an unjust healthcare system which is responsible for the tragedies of many families. I know everything takes time, but I am sure that one day the US is ready to change those things for the health and safety of their people. A possible topic that you can take up in a future video. How did it affect you with the difference from 120 V in the US and 220 V in Denmark? :)
Recently had my lung collapse twice in less than 3 months. First time I ever had to stay in a hospital, second time an ambulance came to take me to aabenraa. Good experience considered things. Glad you are ok!
US healthcare is one of the best in the world. But it is SUPER expensive compared to Europe. In Denmark there are waiting lists for the hospital. Of course if you have cancer you will get treated or some kind of emergency you will get treated right away. But for other stuff you need to wait.
Sorry to hear about your illness. It is good that you had a good experience at the hospital. That matches my personal experiences in several EU countries. Generally the hospitals are good and treat you well. You do hear some horror stories, though. Also in Denmark.
Glad your experience in the Danish hectare system where a positive experience, I’ve only have positive experience’s whit the hectare system here as well, another positive thing are you don’t pay out of pocket when there, so thats a thing you don’t worry about
So glad it turned out well, and that you're on the mends! I just wanted to give you a friendly reminder to do the full course of penicillin, even though you're feeling better. It is unfortunately a somewhat regular issue here, that people decide to stop taking it prematurely due to feeling well again. Fortsat god bedring! :)
Joshua, I am really glad to hear that you are ok, and that you felt like you were well taken care of by the health care system. But, I just want to take a moment and complement you on your alcohol cabinet. That stock is a thing of beauty! No, but seriously, really happy that you seem to be doing ok and are on the mend. :)
Great to hear, that you are okay... Denmark is a great little pond... In many ways 🙂 Hope You will have a great and fast recovery. Best wishes from Søborg!
As a Dane- and a nurse- i am glad to hear what you experienced - I have tried the excellent care here as well. And the reminder that it is free is great. However, with certain problems - not acute- you wait and wait and wait- I was nearly not breathing and had to wait 9 months for a neurological exam. Way too long. Waiting lists for operations have increased significantly. Also- anything rare? NOT Denmark's strong point. We are only 6 million people and anything out of the box is either downplayed, ignored or not treated.
Well Denmark isn't always like this. I think you are lucky to live in Copenhagen. In the north west of Jutland things are very different. The severe shortage of nurses and doctors is actually a major point of discussion in our general election that ends on tuesday. If you are having a baby, Copenhagen can be awful too. Lots of scary stories going around. Get well soon.
You can just walk right in from the streets to the emergency room. The wheeling you around in your bed is just normal. You are, as some mention, processed according to how severe they think your injuries are. Some years back I was in an accident, my lorry turned over after a carthief hit my rear axle, on the highway, and even though I was standing up, my lorry was totalled, upside down and pointing the way I came from, the rescue service (Falck) still treated me as if I had neck or back injuries, lights and sirenes, police to ask what happened and so on, I escaped with a scratch on my back and a sprained left ankle, but my lorry was a writeoff
Glad to hear you are feeling better , Posetive feedback , Take good care of your self and your nice family , I am looking forward to more great videoes 💯🤗
Funny about your voice! I recognized you on your voice a few months ago when you visited some colleagues of mine at Holmen… At first I didn’t remember where I had heard the voice before - until I remembered it being from here! 😊😊
@@TravelinYoung Cool I will! I didn’t say hi cause it took me hours that day to figure out where I knew you from… Just to realize I don’t know you! 🥴🤭🤭 Hahaha. But will def say hi next time you drop by
Glad to hear that you did get better fast, and had a good experience here in Denmark. Also was it a mindblowing experience that you did not have to pay anything for the hospital and tests?
This must sound like heaven for US citizens, living in USA. I have never ever, even had the thought of what the actual cost would be, when sitting in such a situation. But when one is brought up with a healthcare system like in USA, then I fully understand that the thought of cost, would cross ones mind during this. Even though it is a thought that should never be, when one is sick and need a hospital. When in such situation, the one and only thing on ones mind, should only be about getting well again, from start to finish.
Glad to hear that you are doing better, and comming from a person who has been using the health care in denmark a lot, over the last 20 years, having a kid born with anal atresia and been in surgery for more than 50 times, and a wife going through cancer treatment at the moment , plus another kid who we just found out maybe has to have a liver transplant, you only have to be greatfull to live in a country as denmark, yes it's not perfect, and yes I know all about the debate in the current election, but still it works can't even imagine what the bills would have been living in for instance the US
Welcome home, and glad that you're ok. "You can stay the night, or come back in the morning." "Let's just stay the night." Would that be the same reply in the States ? I mean, it would cost extra, to spend the night, right ?
@@TravelinYoung Yea. As a Dane, who grew up in this welfare state, it's hard to wrap my mind around how Americans can justify living in such a system, considering America is one of the wealthiest nations in the world. To me, it feels like Americans aren't that concerned about health, and welfare ?! -. But that's just a danes perspective. Cultural differences i guess. ;)
I don't know how much you follow danish politics, but the state of the healthcare system is a big issue in it as our waiting lists get longer and longer. Glad you are feeling better.
The thing is that the health care system in Denmark is free for all with cpr numbers. What finances this is our tax system. Which is high, but we also have relatively high wages so most people are middle class. I would rather have a healthy population than a big car or fancy house. The perspective of most Danish citizens is "what am I contributing to" and not "how much do I have".
That's one of the great things about our tax. You don't have wait for the bill to come. It's already been paid for. They could have keept you for a week, give you a new heart, and you will never recieve an invoice. Maybe, you could tell why americans are so much against such a system.
Lungs take about 6 weeks to recover from an infection so don't beat yourself to much for not having your usual stamina. Just let them heal a bit, before committing fully again Like a wild animal it's time to hide a bit, rest a little more then go get 'em
Good thing you're on the mend Josh, btw why didn't you tell us that Chicago is most most Danish place in America.? Inised to think that was somewhere inCali because we had danish family there. But no, Chicago has the biggest danish population in America it says.. So you could already be danish before even coming here.. 😁
We all have different levels of Danish proficiency - Maya is basically fluent as she has been in public school since moving to DK in 2018 Miranda is a few months away from being capable of passing the PD3 language exam and has always been good at language learning Joshua is the furthest behind and still needs 6-9 months to be prepared for his PD3 language exam Our content is always in English as it is our more comfortable language and allows our content to be inclusive of those living outside of DK or don't know or understand Danish. We have occasional videos where we speak Danish for a few just to show our progress in learning the language.
Did they do the covid test AFTER they have put you together in a room with that other guy? If so, thats not very smart. In germany they do a covid test right at the beginning of the very first diagnostics and you stay isolated until it is sure there is no covid involved. Only exception of course if you are in a lifethreatening situation wich requires immediate care, then a covid test is not first priority.
Is this a joke?! No waiting time at the ER?! I dont think i have ever been in the ER without waiting atleast 2 hours in Denmark. (I have also been in the ER in Herlev just like you btw)
It depends on how you enter the system. If you are admitted through 112 you usually go straight in. If you go through lægevagten you never know the waiting hours....
Good to hear your getting better. Glad you loved our healthcare system here in Denmark, we love it too. Of course some danish hospitals is better than others and of course the time of the day can make a huge difference, and of course it all depends of the situation your in and the importance of your illness. Some days of the week is always a bit more tight, due to the party’s in the town, bars, disco’s etc…people funny enough all ways have to get into a fight and the of to the hospital with miner injuries, but guess that’s the same all over the world 😂. Guess there’s a reason why we, the Dane’s have been called the world’s happiest people, many years in a row.
And thats why we pay taxes. Sometimes it's a little hard with all taxes, but when the society contract works, and the system got your back in hard times, you know where the money go.
Bro u gotta be better at going to the hospital. I read a recent studying which indicated that half of the discrepancy in life expectancy between men and women in Denmark is a result of men not going to the doctors.
You could maybe have emphazised a little more, that in Denmark it's all for free, even as a foreigner that has never paied 1$ in tax. The treatment you have described would have cost thousands and thousands of dollars in the US, I think. Anyway may taxpay is very welcome to you, since you were seriously ill.
Just to be clear, we are residents of Denmark and pay a ton in taxes here, fully tax liable. So my tax dollars also contribute to my own care and for others. For that reason I didn’t discuss what would have happened to someone on holiday in DK as that does not apply to me.
@@TravelinYoung Totally reasonable point. What would have happened though, if you were merely on vacation from the United States (or in Denmark for any other reason), is pretty much the same thing entirely. Including the drugs. If a doctor prescribes you anything, or calls for any kind of hospital stay and testing or treatment - and you fly home two days later - we will pick up the bill. It is out of a fundamental philosophy - in line with the Hippocratic Oath - called basic human decency :-) Neither the doctor nor the patient should be influenced by any other interests or incentives than the wellbeing of the patient. As opposed to the doctor being ever so slightly influenced by insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry. Let alone their employer the hospital, if it's a private one. And equally as opposed to the patient being reluctant to even seek treatment in the first place because of the medical bills, as well as the risk of losing their livelihood. Which in turn means that people don't turn up at the hospital until their condition is so severe that it will be eight times as costly, and thus eight times as profitable for the whole industry. Meanwhile, it might have become too late to actually save the patient, who then loses both life and livelihood. That was perhaps put a little harshly I admit, but for the sake of trying to cut to the crux, those are the issues at play.
I found your "CT lady" Pernille and sent her the link to this video 😆 The power of being a small healthcare craft in a small country (no, we don't ALL know eachother!) 🤣 Glad you feel better and had a good experience in the hospital!
You really should send Pernille the link to the great video, where Josh & Maya are singing beautifully together, so that she can hear what he normally sounds like, when he is not using his deep "scary" Halloween voice 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣 you are happy to pay 50% taxes? I grew up in Denmark, mother is Danish. ALL my relatives complain about taxes all the time. They do not need to take 50% of your taxes!
@@randomvintagefilm273 You poor thing, growing up in Denmark must have been such a trauma for you, what with all that tax revenue paying for your various childhood expenses, and all. Hopefully, you have since managed to escape to a country with lower taxes where you can finally feel at ease and not feel persecuted. Good luck growing old.
@@randomvintagefilm273 In Romania people pay around the same taxes and get nothing in return. Incompetent and nasty medical staff treat the ill like garbage. Not to mention the hospitals are dirty and people have a high chance of getting nosocomial infections.
This reminds me of a colleague who wanted nothing more than to move to the US, because if you work hard you can earn more there, less taxes, bigger cars, etc. Then his baby was born way too early and they needed a lot of health care for the earlyborn. That made him think a bit different about US vs Denmark. You sort of take it for granted in Denmark, but free health care is really special.
@@frederikmangor5527 Be as that may, grosso modo Americans pay roughly the same amount of taxes but multiples of monthly healthcare premiums as compared to those in many European countries only to find out they have incredibly poor coverage which in the end may still bankrupt them.
@@forkless the normal taxxes in Denmark is 43%, and only the top people in america pay 37% in taxes. Plus if your income is over 73.000 dollars per year, your taxes will esaly get up to 55-60%, plus you still have to pay for an insurance on the side, and pay for you own medicine mostly, dentist and whatsoever. imagne making 100 dollars, and you have to just give 55-60 of them away. and yet people still say free healthcare.i dont think you can find many americans that are willing to do that. but yes, i do think our system is still better. because these hospital checks can be wild
@@frederikmangor5527 When you take the US median (not average) income which is around $51k you will find compared to say the Netherlands (I am Dutch) who have similar tax brackets to the Danish from the looks of it, still pay the same amount of taxes as those Americans. This has largely to do with how tax exemptions and deductions come in to play. But obviously nothing is indeed free. All-in-all most if not all European countries have their basics (healthcare, education, vacation, maternal leave, unemployment, homelessness et al) covered far better than the United States has.
Glad to hear you're doing better! And also that you had a good experience with the health care in DK. It is not always that great (I was kept in a storage room when I had appendix problems because they had run out of free rooms), but I do feel that the nightmare stories are few and far between, and that most people come back with stories like yours 🙂
As a Danish healthcare worker, I'm glad to hear you got treated well! We do have to run alot, but hearing some positive feedback every now and then makes it all worth it!
Well everybody loves you - even our Prime Minister. Remember she sent you a Honey-cake heart to show her appreciation? now that's genuine appreciation of your efforts
@@birgerkagan6087 Region Hovedstaden stod for det Honning Hjerte.. region Midt og syd danmark fik løn bonus
Do not get the wrong impression from your experience. I am a Danish citizen, but I do NOT have the right to use the Danish health care system. This is because of EU rules. According to these you are covered only if you are covered in one member country. As I do not live in Denmark I am not covered by the Danish system because of a Human Rights Court decision years ago, that stated it to be RACIST! And I am also not covered by the health care system in the EU country where I live, so no health care for me.
If I get sick I will have to pay all doctors visits, all transport, all medicine, all treatment 100% by myself, not even if I go back to Denmark. I had those rights back in the days, but the European Human Rights Court decided to take them away from me. So this is how my "human rights" are interpreted these days in the EU.
@@svennielsen633 If the EU country you live in now don't have a general healthcare system and you don't pay taxes in Denmark you would of course end up in the situation you describe - not fair I agree but since so few people is affected by this the general attitude among politicians will be "Too few votes to matter" Cynical as hell but nevertheless what most likely is the reason no one have picked up the task of doing something about it
@@nighthawkgamer2 When your name is Sven Nielsen you probably have a Danish Citizenship. In fact Sven says as much himself if you read his comment.
Week 42 :) You truly are danish now! Oh and good to hear that you ok ❤️
Danmark har reddet mit liv tre gange. Jeg har boet her siden 1983. Jeg er glade at betale SKAT!
Glad to hear that your doing better.
Our hospital system here in Denmark is far from perfect. I have a great respect for all the staff working there. Way, way to many politicians are destroying the hospital system in this country, and it makes the staff and treatment suffer a lot.
May I ask why Danish politicians are destroying the hospitals in the country? Isn’t the healthcare system over there very popular with voters? Why do the politicians want to weaken it?
@@Hana-hl6cd Lots of people just want lower taxes and dont think about, that the money needs to come from somewhere. So money is taken from teachers, medical staff and elderly care.
@@worcestershire-sauce simply just not true
Well it is not entirely wrong, how else would you explain the incredible amount of Danish nurses quitting. Stress and low pay, add the fact that the current government forced them out of a strike last year. And now calls for an election before the term is over. SUS
@@sisseholm4869 Why dont you make a whole scentence and point out where i am wrong?
In these election times the Danish media overflow with stories about a stressed and pressured post Covid health care system. So we really need to hear experiences like yours to put things into perspective!
Yes, our nurses and doctors have been under a lot of pressure the last couple of years, and things can always get better. But our expectations are also extremely high. Maybe we should all use this opportunity to be grateful for what we have.
Good to hear you are feeling better, and thanks for some food for thought.
Hørt hørt Jonas 😁
As a health care worker in Denmark, we have been crying out for help for years. Covid just made the problems obvious. It wasn't okay before and it certainly isn't okay after.
The quality doesn't fall but that's because of the professionalism of the health care staff. We are rather desperately overworked.
No no, our healthcare system is overworked and under a lot of stress. COVID isn't the cause it just made it worse.
As a healthcare worker in Denmark it's important to see that things still work. Things could be a lot better, by a huge amount! It's not just covid - my department came out of that pretty well, but implementation of new systems and new shifts has put a huge strain on things, and one that is not going to go away over night! Expectations in Denmark are high, probably more so than in countries where there is a private system, as we know that nobody will turn us away from an available treatment or examination for insurance/ financial reasons.
I work in a hospital and get quite a bit of hassle from patients and their relatives. It could be all sorts, the food is not good, they’ve waited for the doctor for hours, blood tests, scanning etc. So nice to hear someone appreciate the hard work we do. Thanks❤
So glad you're feeling better 👍. And nice to hear about your experience with the Danish healthcare system. We tend to have very high expectations and forget that we have something valuable that so many other countries don't have. In Denmark we don't go bankrupt or create debt for years to come due to hospital bills.
Great that you’re doing better and taken care of. Remember, if you were sick while on vacation you need to say that to your boss. The amount of sick days needs to be deducted from your vacation days. Otherwise you are cheating yourself out of vacation time. My English is trash today. I hope everything makes sense.
Hvis du bliver syg under ferien så er du forpligtet til at informere din arbejdsgiver omgående. Desuden skal du kunne fremlægge en lægeerklæring som du selv skal betale, Dette er for at sikre at der ikke svindles med ordningen om erstatningsferie
My experience with somatic care has generally been positive in Denmark. The big weaknesses are generally found in some specialist fields, at specific hospitals and particularly in psychiatric care sadly.
I have been unfortunate enough to spend significant portions of my life in the hospital with various illnesses, starting from 8 months old. The few major faults I encountered were in rehabilitation after injury and illness and particularly my encounters with psychiatric care. Two primary examples being them forgetting to call me in as an 11 year old kid for rehabilitation after a serious debilitating injury to my arm, leaving me with serious lasting damage to this day, and the struggles my girlfriend and I had with getting her father in treatment after he had a psychotic breakdown. It took months of fighting with the psychiatric ward to get help, especially since they kept letting him out despite him being sectioned for being a danger to himself. Each time they let him out we had to save him again and get him put back into psychiatric care because he hadn't gotten any better. It was infuriating.
Yes you are so right. The psychiatric care is not good. It realy needs improovement. But it all comes down to money, sadly.
I hope it will be better in the futur.. because the way we live today causes many to get stress and depression. And its not enough just to give medicin. So I see that there will be a increase for psychiatric care. But thats just my opinion❤❤❤😊
Great dementia village tho.
I think that not having to worry about the bills as an extra stressfactor besides being sick or hospitalised is diffently part of making our lives in Denmark better in terms of quality of life.
Good to hear you’re on the mend Josh. Sliver lining, you got an interesting and informative video on danish EC out of it!
Thanks!
Bear in mind that the health care systems in most countries are still reeling after fighting Covid for almost 2 years, but seem to be getting back to normal. Many health care workers are still recovering from long-term fatigue, and the health care work forces in every country are true heroes.
Wishing you a speedy recovery 🙂
Interesting detail about sickness & vacation in Denmark. If you have a vacation planned, but you get sick, you can actually call in sick to work and then you can have those vacation days at a later date.
One time when I came home from DTU at around 8PM, I had a pain in the left side of my chest. It wasn't constantly bad, but came in bursts. Some of them were so bad that I couldn't fully stand up straight, so when I got home, I went in the bed to lay down. My girlfriend then called 1813 and we talked about what I experienced, and they told us to go to Glostrup Hospital(Lived in Albertslund at the time). When we arrived, we talked to the person behind the counter annoucing my arrival, almost the same time as me getting my blood taken.
I was immedietly led into a room with a bed to lay in, the chest pains still going strong. I got hooked up to EKG and EEG and got some painkillers. Did help a little. They were worried that it was something with my heart, since it was in the left side of the chest. All the tests they gave me didn't show anything, so they couldn't really figure out what the pain was or what was causing it.
After a few hours, they pain in my chest subsided, and when I tried to get up, my stomach area and all around the back was cramping up BAD. Since I always kinda curled up whenever the chest sent a pulse of pain through my body, I guess I spasmed.
In the end, I got better, all the pain subsided, and to this day, I still don't know what the hell happened...
But another time I was in the hospital with a kinda bad broken arm/wrist. One bone was broken and the other was shifted upwards, so my arm and hand was almost in a Z. I waited for at least 3-4 hours before getting called into examination.. They prioritize after the severity of the injury and/or emergency.
Hi Morten! I understand that going to the hospital and see a doctor is free of charge, but do you have to pay for the blood tests and other examinations they do at the hospital or is it all covered by state insurance?
@@camilaingrao3559 To my understanding, almost all medical treatments and whatnot is paid for by our collective taxes. I think there's some super specialized treatments and visits to a private hospital costs some money, no idea how much though.
But Denmark is one of the countries with the highest taxes, precisely so we don't have to pay for doctor/hospital visits :)
School is also free all the way through university, except the books :) We even get money to go to highschool and University :)
@@24Shigeru24 Amazing! I just moved to Denmark and I wasn't sure about the exams. I did receive a letter offering free tests to prevent cancer but I thought I would have to pay for the rest of usual control tests. Thank you for the information!!
@@camilaingrao3559Glad I could help ;)
Hello from Germany. glad you are feeling better. I've just been on sick leave since last Wednesday and also for this week with a flu infection.
I focus on getting better again without having to worry about anything else
Thankee for sharing!..and yeps..Denmark is quite wonderful..moved here from Canada in '89...feels like Im still living in a dream... kinda like..' Cinder-Fella' 🤩........'Go'bedring!!!
And …… Canada is already a dream in It self 😊 glad you are enjoying this little country 😊
Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Tak!
One of the keys about Denmark and most Western countries (aside from the US) is that you don't have this fear about getting healthcare with bills piling up. If you are sick you go see the doctor. If you have a chronic medical condition, you see a specialist regularly so you stay out of the hospital. Way better system if you ask me!
I agree! I works in one of the Hodpital here in Copenhagen as aSocial & Healthcare Assistant.
Nope because when the state and taxes pay for treatment they chose the cheapest options for care and the waiting lines pile up
@@louiseharpth1267 Depends on what needs treating, any serious or life-threatening medical problems, will be handled with priority and the waiting lines cut to a minimum. The cracks in our healthcare system become much more evident when it's anything that isn't life-threatening, because the waiting lines on those treatments are atrocious.
Source: Work in the healthcare system.
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Sagt af en "ægte" anarkokapitalist, som dog alligevel nyder godt af at vi har et velfærdssamfund
@@louiseharpth1267Lol... Cheapest... No likely... A doctor can loss his licensen to practice medicine on Poor , cheap treatments😂
Where did you get that info from?
Nice to have you back. Still look good & Still SOUND GREAT ! I'm also happy here in little Dk. YOU do also sound GLAD. 👍🇩🇰🍺
Always, Always go to the hospital when you have stomack pains. Almost nobody knows that if flouid get into your stomack like blood then you will get severe pain and also request a scan this is the only way they can see it .
So happy to hear you good again
Hi :)
I am happy on your behalf that you are feeling better and that you and your family chose to live in Denmark.
I follow quite a few UA-camrs who play Minecraft, and the ones I follow the most are the players from Hermitcraft. They had a member who was my age. His playing name was TFC (Tinfoilchef, born in 1959 in Massachusetts, and died in Tulsa, Oklahoma in August of this year). He had a number of health problems, which he got after a traffic accident, among other things. with a broken arm that the doctors couldn't put back together properly, which made it difficult for him to do daily activities. And a few years later he was hospitalized due to pain in one leg, which had to be amputated just below the knee. But he had the energy to play the game he loved so much until he fell ill again and ended up in hospital, where he unfortunately died shortly afterwards. I wished he had lived in Denmark, then maybe he would have been alive today. The US has an unjust healthcare system which is responsible for the tragedies of many families. I know everything takes time, but I am sure that one day the US is ready to change those things for the health and safety of their people.
A possible topic that you can take up in a future video. How did it affect you with the difference from 120 V in the US and 220 V in Denmark? :)
Recently had my lung collapse twice in less than 3 months. First time I ever had to stay in a hospital, second time an ambulance came to take me to aabenraa. Good experience considered things. Glad you are ok!
US healthcare is one of the best in the world. But it is SUPER expensive compared to Europe. In Denmark there are waiting lists for the hospital. Of course if you have cancer you will get treated or some kind of emergency you will get treated right away. But for other stuff you need to wait.
Sorry to hear about your illness. It is good that you had a good experience at the hospital. That matches my personal experiences in several EU countries. Generally the hospitals are good and treat you well. You do hear some horror stories, though. Also in Denmark.
So glad to hear you’re feeling better!
Glad you had a good experience and hope you feel better soon :D
I hope I'll never need it but this has been super helpful as I only recently moved to Denmark. Glad you're feeling better!
Glad your experience in the Danish hectare system where a positive experience, I’ve only have positive experience’s whit the hectare system here as well, another positive thing are you don’t pay out of pocket when there, so thats a thing you don’t worry about
I live in Denmark and i 'm glad for our system . Hope you feel better . Take care
get well soon Joshua
Thanks!
So glad it turned out well, and that you're on the mends! I just wanted to give you a friendly reminder to do the full course of penicillin, even though you're feeling better. It is unfortunately a somewhat regular issue here, that people decide to stop taking it prematurely due to feeling well again. Fortsat god bedring! :)
Thanks, and no worries I am prepared to go the course :).
@@TravelinYoung Great! I'm glad to hear that :D
So happy to hear your okay!!!
I am glad to see you back. I hope you get better soon.
Joshua, I am really glad to hear that you are ok, and that you felt like you were well taken care of by the health care system. But, I just want to take a moment and complement you on your alcohol cabinet. That stock is a thing of beauty!
No, but seriously, really happy that you seem to be doing ok and are on the mend. :)
Great to hear, that you are okay...
Denmark is a great little pond... In many ways 🙂
Hope You will have a great and fast recovery.
Best wishes from Søborg!
glad ur doing better. the 118 thing is relatively new. and meant to make it quicker and sort out if it really needs an ER visit.
As a Dane- and a nurse- i am glad to hear what you experienced - I have tried the excellent care here as well. And the reminder that it is free is great. However, with certain problems - not acute- you wait and wait and wait- I was nearly not breathing and had to wait 9 months for a neurological exam. Way too long. Waiting lists for operations have increased significantly. Also- anything rare? NOT Denmark's strong point. We are only 6 million people and anything out of the box is either downplayed, ignored or not treated.
❤ Thank you so much for your kind words❤I am glad you feelt that the hospital helped you❤
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Jeg syndes at i gør det så godt kan godt lide jeres video😍så tak for jeres input ❤️
Well Denmark isn't always like this. I think you are lucky to live in Copenhagen. In the north west of Jutland things are very different. The severe shortage of nurses and doctors is actually a major point of discussion in our general election that ends on tuesday. If you are having a baby, Copenhagen can be awful too. Lots of scary stories going around. Get well soon.
week 42!! You are hereby integrated 😅😅
Glad to hear you are feeling better 🌻
You can just walk right in from the streets to the emergency room. The wheeling you around in your bed is just normal. You are, as some mention, processed according to how severe they think your injuries are.
Some years back I was in an accident, my lorry turned over after a carthief hit my rear axle, on the highway, and even though I was standing up, my lorry was totalled, upside down and pointing the way I came from, the rescue service (Falck) still treated me as if I had neck or back injuries, lights and sirenes, police to ask what happened and so on, I escaped with a scratch on my back and a sprained left ankle, but my lorry was a writeoff
Sounds quite scary with bruising and abdominal pain, glad you're doing better now. God bedring :)
So good to hear your feeling better 😃💪
Thank you to our intrepid reporter 😉
And best wishes for a speedy recovery, Josh 😊
Glad to hear you are feeling better , Posetive feedback , Take good care of your self and your nice family , I am looking forward to more great videoes 💯🤗
Glad your okay joshua
Nice to hear your better now. Best regads Jesper from Danmark
get well sir and im looking forward to see much more from you guys :)
Funny about your voice!
I recognized you on your voice a few months ago when you visited some colleagues of mine at Holmen…
At first I didn’t remember where I had heard the voice before - until I remembered it being from here! 😊😊
Haha, yep, I was at Holmen not long ago :). I don’t think you said hello that day, next time please do. I find myself that way every couple months.
@@TravelinYoung Cool I will! I didn’t say hi cause it took me hours that day to figure out where I knew you from… Just to realize I don’t know you! 🥴🤭🤭 Hahaha. But will def say hi next time you drop by
Glad to hear that you did get better fast, and had a good experience here in Denmark. Also was it a mindblowing experience that you did not have to pay anything for the hospital and tests?
im happy you are better
thank gods for the danish healthesystem. it have its problems sure, but i am so happy about it.
good to see your doing well and all is well?
Glad you are ok!
This must sound like heaven for US citizens, living in USA. I have never ever, even had the thought of what the actual cost would be, when sitting in such a situation. But when one is brought up with a healthcare system like in USA, then I fully understand that the thought of cost, would cross ones mind during this. Even though it is a thought that should never be, when one is sick and need a hospital. When in such situation, the one and only thing on ones mind, should only be about getting well again, from start to finish.
Glad to hear you are doing better 🤗
Josh there was a very high amount of Ambrosia polle around Rome in week 42. They are as far as I know know, highly irritating.
Glad to hear you survived ;-)
Glad to hear that you are doing better, and comming from a person who has been using the health care in denmark a lot, over the last 20 years, having a kid born with anal atresia and been in surgery for more than 50 times, and a wife going through cancer treatment at the moment , plus another kid who we just found out maybe has to have a liver transplant, you only have to be greatfull to live in a country as denmark, yes it's not perfect, and yes I know all about the debate in the current election, but still it works can't even imagine what the bills would have been living in for instance the US
Good to see you are well again 😊
Welcome home, and glad that you're ok.
"You can stay the night, or come back in the morning."
"Let's just stay the night."
Would that be the same reply in the States ? I mean, it would cost extra, to spend the night, right ?
It would for sure cost more money, so most - including myself - would elect to go home and come back.
@@TravelinYoung Yea. As a Dane, who grew up in this welfare state, it's hard to wrap my mind around how Americans can justify living in such a system, considering America is one of the wealthiest nations in the world. To me, it feels like Americans aren't that concerned about health, and welfare ?! -. But that's just a danes perspective. Cultural differences i guess. ;)
I don't know how much you follow danish politics, but the state of the healthcare system is a big issue in it as our waiting lists get longer and longer.
Glad you are feeling better.
The thing is that the health care system in Denmark is free for all with cpr numbers. What finances this is our tax system. Which is high, but we also have relatively high wages so most people are middle class. I would rather have a healthy population than a big car or fancy house. The perspective of most Danish citizens is "what am I contributing to" and not "how much do I have".
That's one of the great things about our tax. You don't have wait for the bill to come. It's already been paid for. They could have keept you for a week, give you a new heart, and you will never recieve an invoice.
Maybe, you could tell why americans are so much against such a system.
Nothing like a man flu :P .., all the best to you.
Experiences like these are the ones that make you feel less annoyed by higher taxes.
Lungs take about 6 weeks to recover from an infection so don't beat yourself to much for not having your usual stamina. Just let them heal a bit, before committing fully again
Like a wild animal it's time to hide a bit, rest a little more then go get 'em
This sound like the health care in Switzerland
i am from Denmark
What kind of DJ, nightclubs, wedding or radio?
radio
Good thing you're on the mend Josh, btw why didn't you tell us that Chicago is most most Danish place in America.? Inised to think that was somewhere inCali because we had danish family there. But no, Chicago has the biggest danish population in America it says.. So you could already be danish before even coming here.. 😁
Can you talk Danish? Or is it just American or a bit of Danish?
We all have different levels of Danish proficiency -
Maya is basically fluent as she has been in public school since moving to DK in 2018
Miranda is a few months away from being capable of passing the PD3 language exam and has always been good at language learning
Joshua is the furthest behind and still needs 6-9 months to be prepared for his PD3 language exam
Our content is always in English as it is our more comfortable language and allows our content to be inclusive of those living outside of DK or don't know or understand Danish. We have occasional videos where we speak Danish for a few just to show our progress in learning the language.
Harpy u getting better Cheers from a dane 😊
i guess a get well soon kinda feels better when you know there isn't a 35k bill for one night at the hospital on its way
Rigtig god bedring 🌹
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You never get the full prescription at the hospital. You always have to go to the Pharmacy for all tablets.
Yeah, they gave the wrong dose with the first prescription in this case and I had to get a second filled after calling 1813 to resolve.
Did they do the covid test AFTER they have put you together in a room with that other guy? If so, thats not very smart. In germany they do a covid test right at the beginning of the very first diagnostics and you stay isolated until it is sure there is no covid involved. Only exception of course if you are in a lifethreatening situation wich requires immediate care, then a covid test is not first priority.
So Pneumonia? And a sleepover! Lucky Bastard! Yes! From a Dane in Jutland!
Is this a joke?! No waiting time at the ER?! I dont think i have ever been in the ER without waiting atleast 2 hours in Denmark. (I have also been in the ER in Herlev just like you btw)
It depends on how you enter the system. If you are admitted through 112 you usually go straight in.
If you go through lægevagten you never know the waiting hours....
I love this country❤❤❤ I pay my taxes with joy.
i had knee surgery when i was 10. i could ramble off my cpr# in my sleep after that xD
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ja en CT scan koster så vit jeg ved 75000 kroner
Good to hear your getting better. Glad you loved our healthcare system here in Denmark, we love it too. Of course some danish hospitals is better than others and of course the time of the day can make a huge difference, and of course it all depends of the situation your in and the importance of your illness. Some days of the week is always a bit more tight, due to the party’s in the town, bars, disco’s etc…people funny enough all ways have to get into a fight and the of to the hospital with miner injuries, but guess that’s the same all over the world 😂.
Guess there’s a reason why we, the Dane’s have been called the world’s happiest people, many years in a row.
..is horrendous
Good to hear you are well again DJ Young ;) Saving thousands of dollars is not so bad either!
And thats why we pay taxes. Sometimes it's a little hard with all taxes, but when the society contract works, and the system got your back in hard times, you know where the money go.
Bro u gotta be better at going to the hospital. I read a recent studying which indicated that half of the discrepancy in life expectancy between men and women in Denmark is a result of men not going to the doctors.
You can get to wait, if you have minor injuries.
God bedring 🥰
Glad you doing better, I think you just made an argument for paying a lot in taxes :0)
Good to hear you're on the mend, fortsat go' bedring. Your experience echoes mine, excellent care professionally delivered. Ha' det godt 🍀
You could maybe have emphazised a little more, that in Denmark it's all for free, even as a foreigner that has never paied 1$ in tax.
The treatment you have described would have cost thousands and thousands of dollars in the US, I think. Anyway may taxpay is very welcome to you, since you were seriously ill.
Just to be clear, we are residents of Denmark and pay a ton in taxes here, fully tax liable. So my tax dollars also contribute to my own care and for others.
For that reason I didn’t discuss what would have happened to someone on holiday in DK as that does not apply to me.
@@TravelinYoung Totally reasonable point.
What would have happened though, if you were merely on vacation from the United States (or in Denmark for any other reason), is pretty much the same thing entirely. Including the drugs. If a doctor prescribes you anything, or calls for any kind of hospital stay and testing or treatment - and you fly home two days later - we will pick up the bill.
It is out of a fundamental philosophy - in line with the Hippocratic Oath - called basic human decency :-)
Neither the doctor nor the patient should be influenced by any other interests or incentives than the wellbeing of the patient.
As opposed to the doctor being ever so slightly influenced by insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry. Let alone their employer the hospital, if it's a private one.
And equally as opposed to the patient being reluctant to even seek treatment in the first place because of the medical bills, as well as the risk of losing their livelihood.
Which in turn means that people don't turn up at the hospital until their condition is so severe that it will be eight times as costly, and thus eight times as profitable for the whole industry. Meanwhile, it might have become too late to actually save the patient, who then loses both life and livelihood.
That was perhaps put a little harshly I admit, but for the sake of trying to cut to the crux, those are the issues at play.
God bedring 🤒☺
I found your "CT lady" Pernille and sent her the link to this video 😆 The power of being a small healthcare craft in a small country (no, we don't ALL know eachother!) 🤣 Glad you feel better and had a good experience in the hospital!
You really should send Pernille the link to the great video, where Josh & Maya are singing beautifully together, so that she can hear what he normally sounds like, when he is not using his deep "scary" Halloween voice 😂
Hold nu. We all know each other. Don't let this Dane fool you.
@@SporkRevolution can’t Wait for our fishing trip in week 3!
@@SporkRevolution No, Zealand and Jutland are very much separated.
@@MachivelianBear me too man
This is one of those things that reminds me of why I pay high taxes, and why I’m grateful to be in Denmark, where it’s available for everyone
🤣🤣🤣🤣 you are happy to pay 50% taxes? I grew up in Denmark, mother is Danish. ALL my relatives complain about taxes all the time. They do not need to take 50% of your taxes!
@@randomvintagefilm273 You poor thing, growing up in Denmark must have been such a trauma for you, what with all that tax revenue paying for your various childhood expenses, and all. Hopefully, you have since managed to escape to a country with lower taxes where you can finally feel at ease and not feel persecuted. Good luck growing old.
@@randomvintagefilm273 sure they do. I have no problem with paying 50% (and 65% of everything above 500K) for what we get in return.
@@randomvintagefilm273 In Romania people pay around the same taxes and get nothing in return. Incompetent and nasty medical staff treat the ill like garbage. Not to mention the hospitals are dirty and people have a high chance of getting nosocomial infections.
@@randomvintagefilm273 It's actually cheaper to pay for services through taxes rather than to pay for it whenever you need it (like in the US)
This reminds me of a colleague who wanted nothing more than to move to the US, because if you work hard you can earn more there, less taxes, bigger cars, etc. Then his baby was born way too early and they needed a lot of health care for the earlyborn. That made him think a bit different about US vs Denmark. You sort of take it for granted in Denmark, but free health care is really special.
Bigger cars make a bigger carbon footprint. I WISH I LIVED IN DENMARK bc USA has gotten politicians that want Fascism & r crooked.
i hate the term free health care, sry got nothing to do with your commment. but bécause it aint free we pay so much in taxes for it
@@frederikmangor5527 Be as that may, grosso modo Americans pay roughly the same amount of taxes but multiples of monthly healthcare premiums as compared to those in many European countries only to find out they have incredibly poor coverage which in the end may still bankrupt them.
@@forkless the normal taxxes in Denmark is 43%, and only the top people in america pay 37% in taxes. Plus if your income is over 73.000 dollars per year, your taxes will esaly get up to 55-60%, plus you still have to pay for an insurance on the side, and pay for you own medicine mostly, dentist and whatsoever. imagne making 100 dollars, and you have to just give 55-60 of them away. and yet people still say free healthcare.i dont think you can find many americans that are willing to do that. but yes, i do think our system is still better. because these hospital checks can be wild
@@frederikmangor5527 When you take the US median (not average) income which is around $51k you will find compared to say the Netherlands (I am Dutch) who have similar tax brackets to the Danish from the looks of it, still pay the same amount of taxes as those Americans. This has largely to do with how tax exemptions and deductions come in to play. But obviously nothing is indeed free. All-in-all most if not all European countries have their basics (healthcare, education, vacation, maternal leave, unemployment, homelessness et al) covered far better than the United States has.
Glad to hear you're doing better! And also that you had a good experience with the health care in DK. It is not always that great (I was kept in a storage room when I had appendix problems because they had run out of free rooms), but I do feel that the nightmare stories are few and far between, and that most people come back with stories like yours 🙂