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
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.
I am Portuguese/Danish and always been proud and happy about the Danish healthcare system. However I recently visited Portugal and my brother had bicycle accident, I was actually surprised how good the whole process worked in terms of getting him to the hospital and taken care off. So, it makes me happy to state that Europe seems to be catching up when it comes to general healthcare. Denmark is still exceptional though.
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.
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❤
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
I love the health care system in Denmark. A couple of years ago I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and I get the treatment for free, scans for free, consultations for free etc and I have the best doctor and nurse you could wish for
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.
Nurse here: Glad you had a positive experience with the Danish health care system. It usually goes pretty smoothly, but some days things just go nuts, and there can be a lot of waiting. I work both ER and Urgent Care, and boy let me tell you, some of the people with a twisted ankle or a laceration can sit in the waiting room for hours. We work as hard as we can, but there isn't just always enough time. Anyway, thank you for an outside view of the healthcare system here. I know I'm biased, but I do believe it is one of the better ones in the world, both in terms of service and quality of care. Stay safe.
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
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 🙂
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.
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!!!
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❤❤❤😊
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.
We were surprised too. We moved to Denmark last year and within a few weeks of us moving our youngest son came out in a rash, we didn't have his CPR number yet so my husband had to book the appointment and the GP put our son as a temporary bit on my husband's account. The GP was lovely and spoke really good english (although he apologised a few times too lol). It was really efficient and we were out again quite quickly. Then fast forward to March and we'd been out as a family in the day, then he was really unsettled at night - he'd roll over and wake himself up. He'd been really grumpy at dinner time but we'd figured he was just tired from the day. When we all got up the next morning, he was holding his arm funny and not using it when he did try to play (which was only a tiny bit, he wasn't right at all). So my husband rings 1813 as you do and we're given an appointment at Bispebjerg. We don't want to jog his arm any more than it might have already been messed about with so we get him into his buggy and we walk the 10-15 minutes to the hospital. Because of restrictions that the hospital still had in place, it was one parent to one child so I sent in my husband (I'm just about to start Module 3 Danish classes and back then I'd literally done Module 1!). Turned out that when he'd been walking along with my husband, his arm had got pulled as he tried to stop R (our son) from sitting down in the middle of the road - as he'd done it there was a popping noise and it was basically one of the bones in his elbow had dislocated. It's apparently quite a common injury in kids around that age. We felt so bad that we hadn't got him seen to the night before but we just didn't know that was what was going on. I've recently been to see the GP for some treatment and was offered an appointment with a specialist they have in the surgery and I expected it to be weeks away and she was like "do you want to come next week?" It doesn't always seem to be like that but we've had no issues with our GP surgery here in Copenhagen they are so lovely and so helpful. (Sorry essay of a comment!!)
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.
Wish you all the best. I've often been thinking, being a parent in the USA, with a partner staying at home taking care of children (which still seems quite normal in the USA), it must be SO scary and stressful 24/7 knowing any healthcare of any member of his/her household is on this one person's shoulder alone! Especially for a person in a job with no healthcare, very low wages, many work hours, and perhaps more than one full-time job. Plus paying/saving for childrens' education!! No one in such a family benefits from that level of uncertainty, and besides, it's "normal", I think, many Americans don't know there are other ways to live, that could be better for them, regarding healthcare, education, etc. based on facts, good as bad facts!
In Denmark your partner would be on maternal leave being payed by doing so first for 4 weeks after birth and after that there is 48 weeks of payed leave where both parents get 24 weeks each.
Glad you are on the mend. I’m with pernille, I listen to a lot of audiobooks and you definitely have a very pleasant voice. And might I ad a great story teller. Speaking of audiobooks here’s a random recommendation for every one reading this. I just listened to “The great Gatsby” read by Tim Robbins it was awesome, can’t recommend it enough.
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!!
@@camilaingrao3559no, it’s all covered. Once released from the hospital you do have to pay for subscription medicines but financial aid is available for that depending on your income. I believe there are special rules for lifesaving medicines such as insulin.
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
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
You blew a bloodvesel by chaughing. I once pulled a muscle or something in my back by chaughing. The plop it gave and pain afterwards was insane. I could barely walk afterwards because it was so painful. I got pneumonia from it because I couldn't breathe properly. I'm glad to see you feeling better now.
Sounds like you had a pretty good experience. There can sometimes be an extended wait period when coming to the emergency room in DK. It's gotten better after the impliment of 1813 though. You can always insist on seeing a doctor if you're feeling too sick to just be using pain meds. That is your right in Denmark. Stay safe and keep on keeping on!
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.
Happy you are getting better. Did you know there is an app where you can get in contact with your doctor and the blood results automatic show in the app. Also there is a medicin app where you can keep track of you prescribtion (sorry for the spelling).
Oh, dang.. well, I think I might've ran the PCR tests on the samples they collected from you, not that I want any credit for it, it's "just work" y'know, and coincidences do happen all of the time, we just only notice sometimes :) At least the timing, and your story of visiting and being diagnosed sounds exactly like one sample I remember having run with 'something' in it that is of the more important and thankfully infrequent type of something where I had to make sure our resident microbiology specialized doctor had a look at assisting the clinical doctors with ensuring the right type and dosage of antibiotic is given. If it was you, the results were unmistakable, clear as day and fit for a textbook, in which case I'd certainly believe you felt like heck, and regardless of whether it was you or not, I'm glad you sought help and got helped. Anyhow, hope you have a good recovery, and better luck with catching milder stuff in the future ;D
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
Happy to hear you're doing better, and also to see that despite the constant debates and issues facing the healthcare system, it's still working for the masses. The few times I've needed it myself it has always been there for me, and I wouldn't want to do without it.
Glad you're doing better! We are exploring options to move abroad, at least temporarily. Your family's experiences have enlightened and entertained us as we have planned our European vacations and consider our exit strategies. Thank you!
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.
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?
Hello. I’m new to your channel, found you just a few days ago… I really enjoy your content, even though watching from Germany, not Denmark. Anyway, a warm welcome to Europe, I’d say. You put so much effort into your uploads, I randomly scanned your videos and soon got hooked, so I thought you deserve a more detailed comment. First of all, the way you convey what you want to say is amazing, and this goes for the three of you. From my humble perspective, I’d say you make great Europeans. How do I know? Just look at Maya. Rarely seen such a tough, intelligent, self-confident teenager (at the age she was you started this YT thing). And this means, she does have very caring, open-minded, great, great parents. The way you handled the alcohol situation while she was under 18 seemed very European to me… Well done. Let me tell you about my experience with parenting in a small town in Germany with about 60000 residents. I have two kids, they are in their twenties now. During their difficult years we always let them try out their limits regarding alcohol, soft drugs like weed and dating, as it’s really safe in Germany as well. We just setup crash barriers, sort of, to create a safety net. Guess what? They both partied like hell from like 14 to 18, they had tons of fun, as far as I can tell. At 18, 19 it was time for them to graduate, they did take that seriously and succeeded. After that they both spent a year on their own in New Zealand. (one after another, they are 3 years apart). My son, (first born child) went completely on his own, he was 18 then. After a year working at different farms in NZ (we paid for the flight ONLY!), having a great time, meeting so many different (ex-) students from all over the world there, travelling all over the place, he decided to visit Thailand for another 6 months. Coming home now? No. Another 3 months in Mexico. Yes, Mexico. He went to Guatemala by hiking and spent a week outside in the bush. He managed everything by himself. Sometimes he would end up singing in the streets for money, but he NEVER asked us for money, telling us it would only make him lazy. My daughter basically did the same thing, except she went with a friend and they did plan ahead a bit more, benefitting from her brother’s experience. She also skipped the Thailand/Mexico part, for which I was very glad. They both came back completely changed in all kinds of things, but the most important part is: They came back as adults. So, you can tell, I’m really proud of my kids, I really am. Now Joshua, my son (yes, really!!) lives in the south of Germany, like 700 km away. He’s finished his computer science master successfully and lives together with around 8-10 other people his age. My daughter Mia studies gender science now. A cannot tell you how far away she lives, as that…varies. She lives in an old, big van, that she bought and restored herself. She’s made that her home. She even learned how to weld! Now, I know this sounds like a very extreme experience. And it was. So often, people told us we were crazy for not stopping them, but we put a lot of trust in our kids, and it paid off. So much for my story. But, wasn’t this supposed to be a comment? Yes. So, again, welcome to Europe. Josh, try to embrace things the way they are when it comes to food. Many of the dishes do have a long history. Too sad you don’t like fish, especially when living in Denmark. Maybe you should just keep trying, eventually it will get better. Consider it part of the happiness in Denmark: When you finished a fishy dish, just be happy you’re done with it. We can’t truly appreciate the good things in life (desert), when there are no bad thing coming with it (fish). It’s the contrast that keeps the tension, and this really is one of the keys to happiness. Also, when I scanned through your older videos, comparing them to the ‘fresh’ ones, I all of a sudden thought to myself: Josh looks more and more like a Scandinavian… especially when he is without his hat. This was meant to be a compliment, just in case… Must be body language, I guess. I can’t say why that came to my mind. Maya, all the best to you in school and university. I’m sure you’re going to have a fantastic time living through your university years in Denmark and/or all over Europe. You’ve got the correct mindset to succeed in anything you want to do, I believe. Miranda, you often said you like the slower pace of life in Denmark. I think, appreciating the simple things in life is another important key to happiness (this mysterious thing with so many locks) and our lives should be a path on which we find one key after another until we’ve got them all together. Who needs 234 different flavours of cereals on the store shelf, when they all sort of taste the same, right? When it’s strawberry time, you eat strawberries. When strawberry time is over, you look forward to next year, when it’s strawberry time again. Of course, you can have them shipped over to your place any time, but should we really do that? I don’t think so. At least, each and every one of us can do something good on a smaller scale. Now, I can’t wait to watch more of your stuff. Have a hygge winter time, all the best you the three of you. Holger, a great fan of Denmark! Uh, oh, I nearly forgot: A (not-so-serious) tip for Try it on Tuesday: Surströmming, although from Sweden, not Denmark. You can actually order it online. I sincerely wish you guys all the best. That’s why I’d strongly advise you to do some … research before. But maybe this would actually be a fun thing for your viewers, just make sure, you open that can somewhere outside…
Thanks so much for writing this. I am glad you found us! We appreciate all of your kind words. One note - we are very aware of Surströmming and there is no chance I will ever try it - or even be physically close to an open jar/can :). Thanks again and have a hygge winter also!
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!
I always wonder if in the US how much the stress of knowing each test etc. has a bill attached can affect recovery. How much longer do people wait for treatment because of cost when earlier treatment can produce better outcomes. I'm glad you're feeling better. I live in Canada where emergency treatment is similar to what you experienced but specialist and non-emergent (but necessary procedures) can have wait lists.
There are other examples of overloaded, understaffed hospitals. I recently spent 5-6 hours before anyone was able to see me, and I had been brought in from my local doctor in an ambulance sweating profusely and with a blood pressure close to chock. The pain experience was indescribeable. Happy for you, that it went this smoothely.
Hi from Denmark. I was sick for like 3 weeks, from 5 weeks ago. I started with a really sore throat for like 2-3 day. Actually, I had probably had that for some weeks already, just not a lot. Then I lost my voice on a Wednesday, and in the evening I started to cough a lot when even I would try to lay down to sleep. In the next days, it got a lot worse and I hardly sleep at all for days. I was really sick for the following week as well. No fever but felt a lot more sick then when I had COVID-19 or influenza. The week after I started to work again, as I felt bad about staying home so long and I probably didn't pass it on anymore. But I was still coughing a lot, and could not sleep, and had no energy. The last week I have felt better.
I had a blood test and it came out with lightly increased infection numbers, so some kind of virus but not pneumonia. BTW I did have a test for SARS-CoV-2, and it was negative. But I did talk to a few people before and after the PRC test at the test center, and they had exactly the same symptoms as me.
Strange, this honestly felt no different than normal allergies or mild cold. But sleeping in a hotel in Italy made it hard to get rest combined with coughing through the night just made it all worse.
@@TravelinYoung I also thought it was allergies at first, as I have a few, but there was not really any of the pollen I react on, and it got for worse.
Glad you got it looked at and it's getting better, it doesn't take much blood in internal bleeding before it can look like a catastrophe, and it takes some time before it disappears.
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
I've only had cause to use the Danish emergency healthcare once so far and it chimes very much with your story. I fell off my mountain bike and broke my helmet when it hit a rock, so needed to get a concussion check, along with a tetanus booster and getting the grazes cleaned properly (stupid sandy soil!) We called the number (although I didn't know about the short number, that's handy), got triaged, headed to the hospital and I was seen within a few minutes and back out before we'd even needed to drink any of the water we took with us. In the UK, I had a similar thing 10 years ago (fell off my bike etc.) and was waiting in A&E for 5 hours before being stitched up and sent home.
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 TH-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? :)
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
So glad to see you recovering and doing better, and to hear that you had a good experience with the healthcare system here. It can certainly get better by getting more staff so they are not as overworked and pressured, but all in all I have also only ever had good experiences whenever I needed help of any kind.
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! :)
This makes me so grateful for the Scandinavian healthcare system. I'm Norwegian and last year I went to the emergency room because of a heavy fever. In the span of two days they had figured out that I had pneumonia and immediately started treating me for that. In the course of figuring this out they threw all sorts of tests and the kitchen sink at me. After CT scans, x-rays, loads of blood work and more, they we're also able to diagnose me with a pretty serious heart condition that I'm currently getting treatment for. Boy am I glad I pay taxes!
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.
Hello. I am an US expat that has been living in Denmark for the last, close to 30 years. I would love to talk with you sometime if you get the time. On the topic of this video, I have had good and bad experiences in DK ERs. The system here is far from perfect but I will take it over the US solution any day. I have had multiple operations on shoulders since I have been here that have been good experiences. So overall I love the system here.
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 💯🤗
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. :)
Mr Animal in the Wild. Great to hear you are recovering. And yes you do have a great speaker voice. A bear voice. Well in your case probably also a beer voice ;)
The interessting thing you mentioned and what is the essential point of free healthcare. It's not the Free aspect of it, but it's the "I should have gone to the doctor earlier" that you mentioned in the last part of the video. The earlier you go, the easier it is to treat, the less time it will take from the doctors and the cheaper it is for the society as a whole. And that is the best part of the free aspect, besides it being free.
The repeating of the CPR number has a secondary purpose, if someone suddenly is have trouble remembering this can mean they are having non obvious symptoms and that their state is worsening.
I'd say, even if you don't announce going to the emergency room it's super easy to deal with. You just talk to the cashier or lobby lady, tell her your problem and if not in a hurry, scan ur healthcare card (which u can have on ur phone aswell as a physical form)
God bedring! I am a half Dane and I am a bit more skeptical on the Danish health care system from a handful of bad experiences. Danish healthcare is passable but does not compare at all to what I had in NYC with a company plan or what some other European countries have to offer. What I learned from the "pure" Danes is that they do their homework before seeking medical help and are able to push for additional treatment. Given the overwhelming amount of liability exposure in the US, treatment and especially testing may exceed what may be required. The Danish medical system, on the other hand, purposely try to "bottle-neck" referrals.
Still - the US does not come out any better on international hospital and health rankings. E.g: Mortality 30 days after (lower is better) Heart Attack #1 Denmark 2.9 #7 USA 5.5 Hemorrhagic stroke #9 Denmark 17.9 #16 USA 22.3 Survival rate after 5 years (lower is better) Colorectal cancer #5 USA 64.7% #19 Denmark 55.5% Cervical cancer #10 Denmark 66.4% #19 USA 62.2% There are of course many other factors playing into this. Also - I suspect you will find greater variation in care in the US based on your location. Of course, in the major cities - especially very attractive cities such as NYC - you will find some of the very best care. You may be less fortunate out in the sticks. This is of course true for any country - but Denmark is a small country under one and the same health system so a patient may be moved to any other hospital as needed (without that causing trouble with insurance covering this or that hospital). PS! I'm not a Dane...I'm Norwegian =)
@@jarls5890 Indeed many areas are not as good as NYC on healthcare and indeed in NYC many people forego treatment because of asinine bureaucracy around employer plans and high cost due to liability. Could you provide the source for the data? I am curious to see how they adjusted for prior conditions such as obesity.
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.
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)
I am Portuguese/Danish and always been proud and happy about the Danish healthcare system. However I recently visited Portugal and my brother had bicycle accident, I was actually surprised how good the whole process worked in terms of getting him to the hospital and taken care off. So, it makes me happy to state that Europe seems to be catching up when it comes to general healthcare. Denmark is still exceptional though.
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.
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❤
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?
I love the health care system in Denmark. A couple of years ago I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and I get the treatment for free, scans for free, consultations for free etc and I have the best doctor and nurse you could wish for
Danmark har reddet mit liv tre gange. Jeg har boet her siden 1983. Jeg er glade at betale SKAT!
Week 42 :) You truly are danish now! Oh and good to hear that you ok ❤️
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.
Nurse here: Glad you had a positive experience with the Danish health care system. It usually goes pretty smoothly, but some days things just go nuts, and there can be a lot of waiting. I work both ER and Urgent Care, and boy let me tell you, some of the people with a twisted ankle or a laceration can sit in the waiting room for hours. We work as hard as we can, but there isn't just always enough time. Anyway, thank you for an outside view of the healthcare system here. I know I'm biased, but I do believe it is one of the better ones in the world, both in terms of service and quality of care. Stay safe.
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
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 🙂
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.
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 😊
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.
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.
We were surprised too. We moved to Denmark last year and within a few weeks of us moving our youngest son came out in a rash, we didn't have his CPR number yet so my husband had to book the appointment and the GP put our son as a temporary bit on my husband's account. The GP was lovely and spoke really good english (although he apologised a few times too lol). It was really efficient and we were out again quite quickly.
Then fast forward to March and we'd been out as a family in the day, then he was really unsettled at night - he'd roll over and wake himself up. He'd been really grumpy at dinner time but we'd figured he was just tired from the day.
When we all got up the next morning, he was holding his arm funny and not using it when he did try to play (which was only a tiny bit, he wasn't right at all). So my husband rings 1813 as you do and we're given an appointment at Bispebjerg. We don't want to jog his arm any more than it might have already been messed about with so we get him into his buggy and we walk the 10-15 minutes to the hospital. Because of restrictions that the hospital still had in place, it was one parent to one child so I sent in my husband (I'm just about to start Module 3 Danish classes and back then I'd literally done Module 1!). Turned out that when he'd been walking along with my husband, his arm had got pulled as he tried to stop R (our son) from sitting down in the middle of the road - as he'd done it there was a popping noise and it was basically one of the bones in his elbow had dislocated. It's apparently quite a common injury in kids around that age. We felt so bad that we hadn't got him seen to the night before but we just didn't know that was what was going on.
I've recently been to see the GP for some treatment and was offered an appointment with a specialist they have in the surgery and I expected it to be weeks away and she was like "do you want to come next week?" It doesn't always seem to be like that but we've had no issues with our GP surgery here in Copenhagen they are so lovely and so helpful.
(Sorry essay of a comment!!)
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.
Wish you all the best.
I've often been thinking, being a parent in the USA, with a partner staying at home taking care of children (which still seems quite normal in the USA), it must be SO scary and stressful 24/7 knowing any healthcare of any member of his/her household is on this one person's shoulder alone!
Especially for a person in a job with no healthcare, very low wages, many work hours, and perhaps more than one full-time job. Plus paying/saving for childrens' education!!
No one in such a family benefits from that level of uncertainty, and besides, it's "normal",
I think, many Americans don't know there are other ways to live, that could be better for them, regarding healthcare, education, etc. based on facts, good as bad facts!
In Denmark your partner would be on maternal leave being payed by doing so first for 4 weeks after birth and after that there is 48 weeks of payed leave where both parents get 24 weeks each.
Both parents work normally in USA.
Glad you are on the mend. I’m with pernille, I listen to a lot of audiobooks and you definitely have a very pleasant voice. And might I ad a great story teller.
Speaking of audiobooks here’s a random recommendation for every one reading this. I just listened to “The great Gatsby” read by Tim Robbins it was awesome, can’t recommend it enough.
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 ;)
@@camilaingrao3559no, it’s all covered. Once released from the hospital you do have to pay for subscription medicines but financial aid is available for that depending on your income. I believe there are special rules for lifesaving medicines such as insulin.
Nice to have you back. Still look good & Still SOUND GREAT ! I'm also happy here in little Dk. YOU do also sound GLAD. 👍🇩🇰🍺
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
Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Tak!
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
You blew a bloodvesel by chaughing. I once pulled a muscle or something in my back by chaughing. The plop it gave and pain afterwards was insane. I could barely walk afterwards because it was so painful. I got pneumonia from it because I couldn't breathe properly.
I'm glad to see you feeling better now.
*Coughing"
Sounds like you had a pretty good experience. There can sometimes be an extended wait period when coming to the emergency room in DK. It's gotten better after the impliment of 1813 though. You can always insist on seeing a doctor if you're feeling too sick to just be using pain meds. That is your right in Denmark. Stay safe and keep on keeping on!
Insist how, on the phone? I doubt it!
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.
Happy you are getting better. Did you know there is an app where you can get in contact with your doctor and the blood results automatic show in the app.
Also there is a medicin app where you can keep track of you prescribtion (sorry for the spelling).
Thanks. And yep, I've already taken a look at the notes from the doctors from all the tests/etc.
Glad you're doing well!
Jeg er glad for du har det bedre, og det gik godt med syghuset. (Håber du kan læse det)👍
Oh, dang.. well, I think I might've ran the PCR tests on the samples they collected from you, not that I want any credit for it, it's "just work" y'know, and coincidences do happen all of the time, we just only notice sometimes :)
At least the timing, and your story of visiting and being diagnosed sounds exactly like one sample I remember having run with 'something' in it that is of the more important and thankfully infrequent type of something where I had to make sure our resident microbiology specialized doctor had a look at assisting the clinical doctors with ensuring the right type and dosage of antibiotic is given.
If it was you, the results were unmistakable, clear as day and fit for a textbook, in which case I'd certainly believe you felt like heck, and regardless of whether it was you or not, I'm glad you sought help and got helped.
Anyhow, hope you have a good recovery, and better luck with catching milder stuff in the future ;D
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
You do have a great voice.. I like your singing as well
Happy to hear you're doing better, and also to see that despite the constant debates and issues facing the healthcare system, it's still working for the masses. The few times I've needed it myself it has always been there for me, and I wouldn't want to do without it.
I hope you feel better :-) I've been sick with coughing lately (still am,) but not to the same extent as you at all. Big hug!
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 you're doing better!
We are exploring options to move abroad, at least temporarily. Your family's experiences have enlightened and entertained us as we have planned our European vacations and consider our exit strategies. Thank you!
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.
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.
@@louiseharpth1267
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?
I hope you get better and I am glad you had a good experience with the hospital
Glad you had a good experience with the hospital system. Also get well soon.
So happy to hear your okay!!!
Glad you're better by the day ;) Would love to see a video from you guys about your perspective on the danish election ;)
Great to hear you are doing better. 😊❤️
So glad to hear you’re feeling better!
Hello.
I’m new to your channel, found you just a few days ago… I really enjoy your content, even though watching from Germany, not Denmark.
Anyway, a warm welcome to Europe, I’d say. You put so much effort into your uploads, I randomly scanned your videos and soon got hooked, so I thought you deserve a more detailed comment.
First of all, the way you convey what you want to say is amazing, and this goes for the three of you. From my humble perspective, I’d say you make great Europeans. How do I know? Just look at Maya. Rarely seen such a tough, intelligent, self-confident teenager (at the age she was you started this YT thing). And this means, she does have very caring, open-minded, great, great parents. The way you handled the alcohol situation while she was under 18 seemed very European to me… Well done.
Let me tell you about my experience with parenting in a small town in Germany with about 60000 residents.
I have two kids, they are in their twenties now. During their difficult years we always let them try out their limits regarding alcohol, soft drugs like weed and dating, as it’s really safe in Germany as well. We just setup crash barriers, sort of, to create a safety net. Guess what? They both partied like hell from like 14 to 18, they had tons of fun, as far as I can tell. At 18, 19 it was time for them to graduate, they did take that seriously and succeeded.
After that they both spent a year on their own in New Zealand. (one after another, they are 3 years apart). My son, (first born child) went completely on his own, he was 18 then. After a year working at different farms in NZ (we paid for the flight ONLY!), having a great time, meeting so many different (ex-) students from all over the world there, travelling all over the place, he decided to visit Thailand for another 6 months. Coming home now? No. Another 3 months in Mexico. Yes, Mexico. He went to Guatemala by hiking and spent a week outside in the bush. He managed everything by himself. Sometimes he would end up singing in the streets for money, but he NEVER asked us for money, telling us it would only make him lazy.
My daughter basically did the same thing, except she went with a friend and they did plan ahead a bit more, benefitting from her brother’s experience. She also skipped the Thailand/Mexico part, for which I was very glad.
They both came back completely changed in all kinds of things, but the most important part is: They came back as adults.
So, you can tell, I’m really proud of my kids, I really am.
Now Joshua, my son (yes, really!!) lives in the south of Germany, like 700 km away. He’s finished his computer science master successfully and lives together with around 8-10 other people his age.
My daughter Mia studies gender science now. A cannot tell you how far away she lives, as that…varies. She lives in an old, big van, that she bought and restored herself. She’s made that her home. She even learned how to weld!
Now, I know this sounds like a very extreme experience. And it was. So often, people told us we were crazy for not stopping them, but we put a lot of trust in our kids, and it paid off.
So much for my story.
But, wasn’t this supposed to be a comment? Yes. So, again, welcome to Europe.
Josh, try to embrace things the way they are when it comes to food. Many of the dishes do have a long history. Too sad you don’t like fish, especially when living in Denmark. Maybe you should just keep trying, eventually it will get better. Consider it part of the happiness in Denmark: When you finished a fishy dish, just be happy you’re done with it. We can’t truly appreciate the good things in life (desert), when there are no bad thing coming with it (fish). It’s the contrast that keeps the tension, and this really is one of the keys to happiness.
Also, when I scanned through your older videos, comparing them to the ‘fresh’ ones, I all of a sudden thought to myself: Josh looks more and more like a Scandinavian… especially when he is without his hat. This was meant to be a compliment, just in case… Must be body language, I guess. I can’t say why that came to my mind.
Maya, all the best to you in school and university. I’m sure you’re going to have a fantastic time living through your university years in Denmark and/or all over Europe. You’ve got the correct mindset to succeed in anything you want to do, I believe.
Miranda, you often said you like the slower pace of life in Denmark. I think, appreciating the simple things in life is another important key to happiness (this mysterious thing with so many locks) and our lives should be a path on which we find one key after another until we’ve got them all together. Who needs 234 different flavours of cereals on the store shelf, when they all sort of taste the same, right? When it’s strawberry time, you eat strawberries. When strawberry time is over, you look forward to next year, when it’s strawberry time again. Of course, you can have them shipped over to your place any time, but should we really do that? I don’t think so. At least, each and every one of us can do something good on a smaller scale.
Now, I can’t wait to watch more of your stuff. Have a hygge winter time, all the best you the three of you.
Holger, a great fan of Denmark!
Uh, oh, I nearly forgot: A (not-so-serious) tip for Try it on Tuesday: Surströmming, although from Sweden, not Denmark. You can actually order it online. I sincerely wish you guys all the best. That’s why I’d strongly advise you to do some … research before. But maybe this would actually be a fun thing for your viewers, just make sure, you open that can somewhere outside…
Thanks so much for writing this. I am glad you found us! We appreciate all of your kind words. One note - we are very aware of Surströmming and there is no chance I will ever try it - or even be physically close to an open jar/can :). Thanks again and have a hygge winter also!
I learned somewhere that you actually should open the surströmming can under water. That helps. 😊
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!
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.
I live in Denmark and i 'm glad for our system . Hope you feel better . Take care
I always wonder if in the US how much the stress of knowing each test etc. has a bill attached can affect recovery. How much longer do people wait for treatment because of cost when earlier treatment can produce better outcomes. I'm glad you're feeling better. I live in Canada where emergency treatment is similar to what you experienced but specialist and non-emergent (but necessary procedures) can have wait lists.
About half of Americans skip healtcare treatment due to costs any given year.
There are other examples of overloaded, understaffed hospitals. I recently spent 5-6 hours before anyone was able to see me, and I had been brought in from my local doctor in an ambulance sweating profusely and with a blood pressure close to chock. The pain experience was indescribeable. Happy for you, that it went this smoothely.
Hi from Denmark.
I was sick for like 3 weeks, from 5 weeks ago. I started with a really sore throat for like 2-3 day. Actually, I had probably had that for some weeks already, just not a lot. Then I lost my voice on a Wednesday, and in the evening I started to cough a lot when even I would try to lay down to sleep.
In the next days, it got a lot worse and I hardly sleep at all for days. I was really sick for the following week as well. No fever but felt a lot more sick then when I had COVID-19 or influenza.
The week after I started to work again, as I felt bad about staying home so long and I probably didn't pass it on anymore. But I was still coughing a lot, and could not sleep, and had no energy.
The last week I have felt better.
I had a blood test and it came out with lightly increased infection numbers, so some kind of virus but not pneumonia.
BTW I did have a test for SARS-CoV-2, and it was negative. But I did talk to a few people before and after the PRC test at the test center, and they had exactly the same symptoms as me.
Strange, this honestly felt no different than normal allergies or mild cold. But sleeping in a hotel in Italy made it hard to get rest combined with coughing through the night just made it all worse.
Sounds like what I had, but more severe, I was in bed for a week after first only having a sore throat, and sick for over two weeks. I still cough.
@@TravelinYoung Seems like there's just something about travelin' in the EU. Once when I went to Spain on vacation, I got pneumonia.
@@TravelinYoung I also thought it was allergies at first, as I have a few, but there was not really any of the pollen I react on, and it got for worse.
Glad you got it looked at and it's getting better, it doesn't take much blood in internal bleeding before it can look like a catastrophe, and it takes some time before it disappears.
get well soon Joshua
Thanks!
Good to hear your are OK now 🙂
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
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?
I've only had cause to use the Danish emergency healthcare once so far and it chimes very much with your story. I fell off my mountain bike and broke my helmet when it hit a rock, so needed to get a concussion check, along with a tetanus booster and getting the grazes cleaned properly (stupid sandy soil!) We called the number (although I didn't know about the short number, that's handy), got triaged, headed to the hospital and I was seen within a few minutes and back out before we'd even needed to drink any of the water we took with us. In the UK, I had a similar thing 10 years ago (fell off my bike etc.) and was waiting in A&E for 5 hours before being stitched up and sent home.
I am glad to see you back. I hope you get better soon.
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 TH-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? :)
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
So glad to see you recovering and doing better, and to hear that you had a good experience with the healthcare system here. It can certainly get better by getting more staff so they are not as overworked and pressured, but all in all I have also only ever had good experiences whenever I needed help of any kind.
Glad you had a good experience and hope you feel better soon :D
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.
i am glad you are doing better. and good you felt comfortable the way trough it all, since the whole system was new to you.
Thanks, it was all good.
glad you are okay. looking forward to more videos :)
Good that you are okay.
Thanks!
Nice to hear your better now. Best regads Jesper from Danmark
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
This makes me so grateful for the Scandinavian healthcare system. I'm Norwegian and last year I went to the emergency room because of a heavy fever.
In the span of two days they had figured out that I had pneumonia and immediately started treating me for that. In the course of figuring this out they threw all sorts of tests and the kitchen sink at me. After CT scans, x-rays, loads of blood work and more, they we're also able to diagnose me with a pretty serious heart condition that I'm currently getting treatment for. Boy am I glad I pay taxes!
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.
what a cool video very well told!
Hello. I am an US expat that has been living in Denmark for the last, close to 30 years. I would love to talk with you sometime if you get the time.
On the topic of this video, I have had good and bad experiences in DK ERs. The system here is far from perfect but I will take it over the US solution any day. I have had multiple operations on shoulders since I have been here that have been good experiences. So overall I love the system here.
Nice to hear that! I am a Social & Healthcare Assistant & works in one of the hospital here in Copenhagen.
i'd love to hear about the food!
20/20 hindsight Josh! 😉
I'm glad it was a positive experiance for you, and that you're on the mend! 👍👍
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 to hear you're doing better Josh. I just had the flu and coughed so hard it caused me to puke twice.
Good to hear that you are on the mend. And good to hear that the system works and, as it seems, quite swiftly.
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. :)
Jeg syndes at i gør det så godt kan godt lide jeres video😍så tak for jeres input ❤️
I hope you are ok now. Take care
Stay safe and in good condition.
im happy you are better
Mr Animal in the Wild. Great to hear you are recovering. And yes you do have a great speaker voice. A bear voice. Well in your case probably also a beer voice ;)
The interessting thing you mentioned and what is the essential point of free healthcare. It's not the Free aspect of it, but it's the "I should have gone to the doctor earlier" that you mentioned in the last part of the video. The earlier you go, the easier it is to treat, the less time it will take from the doctors and the cheaper it is for the society as a whole. And that is the best part of the free aspect, besides it being free.
Glad your okay joshua
The repeating of the CPR number has a secondary purpose, if someone suddenly is have trouble remembering this can mean they are having non obvious symptoms and that their state is worsening.
I'd say, even if you don't announce going to the emergency room it's super easy to deal with. You just talk to the cashier or lobby lady, tell her your problem and if not in a hurry, scan ur healthcare card (which u can have on ur phone aswell as a physical form)
Our healthcare is slowly collapsing though. Mostly due to staffing issues and overpopulation in generel
Glad to hear you are feeling better 🌻
Great news man.
get well sir and im looking forward to see much more from you guys :)
So good to hear your feeling better 😃💪
God bedring! I am a half Dane and I am a bit more skeptical on the Danish health care system from a handful of bad experiences. Danish healthcare is passable but does not compare at all to what I had in NYC with a company plan or what some other European countries have to offer. What I learned from the "pure" Danes is that they do their homework before seeking medical help and are able to push for additional treatment. Given the overwhelming amount of liability exposure in the US, treatment and especially testing may exceed what may be required. The Danish medical system, on the other hand, purposely try to "bottle-neck" referrals.
Seeing as hospitals charge like $50 for paper tissue, I understand why they would do truckloads of tests.
Still - the US does not come out any better on international hospital and health rankings. E.g:
Mortality 30 days after (lower is better)
Heart Attack
#1 Denmark 2.9
#7 USA 5.5
Hemorrhagic stroke
#9 Denmark 17.9
#16 USA 22.3
Survival rate after 5 years (lower is better)
Colorectal cancer
#5 USA 64.7%
#19 Denmark 55.5%
Cervical cancer
#10 Denmark 66.4%
#19 USA 62.2%
There are of course many other factors playing into this.
Also - I suspect you will find greater variation in care in the US based on your location. Of course, in the major cities - especially very attractive cities such as NYC - you will find some of the very best care. You may be less fortunate out in the sticks.
This is of course true for any country - but Denmark is a small country under one and the same health system so a patient may be moved to any other hospital as needed (without that causing trouble with insurance covering this or that hospital).
PS! I'm not a Dane...I'm Norwegian =)
@@jarls5890 Indeed many areas are not as good as NYC on healthcare and indeed in NYC many people forego treatment because of asinine bureaucracy around employer plans and high cost due to liability. Could you provide the source for the data? I am curious to see how they adjusted for prior conditions such as obesity.
Happy that you get better Josh!