What are emergency services like in Colombia?
When we asked members about emergency services in Colombia, they wrote...
"Emergency services are pretty good. Better before COVID, of course. Before COVID the only Hospital that I would go to was private, MEDILASER is the nicest and is about 5 minutes from my house.All 3 Hospitals are within 12 minutes from any part of town. We call an ambulance the old fashioned way, with a telephone," said another in Florencia, Colombia.
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"I live within 10 minutes to 30 minutes depending on the hospital. The hospital connected to SaludTotal is Clinica de Bucaramanga/ Private. It is old, 2 people to a room, typically no soap in the public bathrooms and I have caught them using water to clean my arm for needle insertion. With AXAColpatria, International Hospital Colombia. New hospital equipped with the latest technology and loaded with specialists doctors. Private large rooms. Very nice, Fast attention with my insurance. I am treated as a VIP. ," explained one expat who made the move to Bucaramanga, Colombia.
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What are emergency services like in Colombia?
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