Day 16 of My Month of Gratitude

I thought yesterdays post was late?! This one will be barely squeezed in on the 16th!

  1. My Husband
  2. My Children
  3. My Step-Children
  4. My Step-Grandchildren
  5. My Family
  6. My Friends
  7. My Home
  8. Our Utilities
  9. Our Health
  10. Education
  11. Coffee
  12. Technology
  13. Being Alive
  14. Baby Smiles and Laughs
  15. Special Occasions
  16. Healthcare

This one is spurred by the fact that my husband is currently in the hospital with one of his older children, who was in pain all day and realised she had to go to the doctor this evening and they sent her directly to the A+E (Accident and Emergency Department).

This just made me realise how lucky and grateful I am that we live in a country where healthcare is so accessible. Our healthcare system here in Ireland is not perfect in any shape or form, there are huge gaps and holes and failures in the system. But in an emergency situation, you can access emergency treatment pretty much straight away (or within a few hours wait depending on the urgency) and at not a huge cost (I think the cost is €100 to go to A+E to be treated). I know that in a lot of other countries the healthcare system is not up to scratch, or in others if you cannot pay huge fees, you do not get treated. We are very very lucky to live in a country where we have a really good healthcare system, which we take for granted most of the time and focus on the failures of.

I am extremely grateful for our healthcare system, and hope that in general I can be thankful and grateful from afar, as opposed to needing to use it often!

 

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