#6 - Peace of Mind and BJU
There are many scary scenarios one can imagine living in a foreign country like China. Now that we have substantial language skills we have crossed many of those situations off the scary list. However, no matter how well we speak the language there will always be a list. Many (actually, most) of the situations on the scary list are medical related. We actually encountered one of those scary scenarios in 2005 before we even lived in China. We were here with the family to adopt our sister-in-law and our not-quite-two year old Keegan pulled a glass table onto his face. Blood was everywhere. We grabbed our passports and wallet and rushed out the door. The hospital we were taken too was...well...scary. Once we got past triage and into the place where they actually stitched him up it was less scary. They used sterile equipment to stitch him up and did a good job.
The acquisition of the language has reduced the scary list significantly, and the discovery of Beijing United Family Hospital has further reduced that list. BJU, # 6 on my Top Ten Things I Am Thankful For As A Foreigner Living In Beijing, is a hospital which is focused on treating foreigners. All of the nurses and administrative staff speak English and most of the Doctors are foreigners. The bad news is that the prices are also foreign, but as I mentioned earlier, there are some things that you cannot put a price tag on.
There are many areas where the Chinese practice medicine very well. There are many medical situations where communication between doctor and patient are essential. Giving birth is one of those instances. Our third son was born at BJU (as a bonus, he gets 15% off every visit at BJU for the rest of his life). The facilities probably even nicer at BJU than at the hospital where are first 2 sons were born in Ohio. As a bonus, they gave us a candlelight steak dinner our last night there.
Peace of mind is priceless. BJU gives us peace of mind living in China. We are thankful for peace of mind, we are thankful for BJU.
The acquisition of the language has reduced the scary list significantly, and the discovery of Beijing United Family Hospital has further reduced that list. BJU, # 6 on my Top Ten Things I Am Thankful For As A Foreigner Living In Beijing, is a hospital which is focused on treating foreigners. All of the nurses and administrative staff speak English and most of the Doctors are foreigners. The bad news is that the prices are also foreign, but as I mentioned earlier, there are some things that you cannot put a price tag on.
There are many areas where the Chinese practice medicine very well. There are many medical situations where communication between doctor and patient are essential. Giving birth is one of those instances. Our third son was born at BJU (as a bonus, he gets 15% off every visit at BJU for the rest of his life). The facilities probably even nicer at BJU than at the hospital where are first 2 sons were born in Ohio. As a bonus, they gave us a candlelight steak dinner our last night there.
Peace of mind is priceless. BJU gives us peace of mind living in China. We are thankful for peace of mind, we are thankful for BJU.
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