Just curious; IF there is a medical emergency, who do you call? I assume there is no 000 (Oz) or 911 (USA) type number to call here from a mobile phone? I daily hear the Ambulances screaming up the highway towards Dumaguete, but from what I understand, these are privately run and you need to call a particular cell phone number to get one to come to your aid, so what if they are asleep or already on their way to the Hospital with an emergency case, what do you do then? Signal strength here is woeful at best and calling anyone results in an unintelligible conversation IF it connects to begin with. Either way I think I will be a goner!
Good question Brian. You may as well your priest, rabbi, Iman, Grand Wizard, or Duterte. Seriously, those of us at risk should have a plan. In my case, my F-I-L took my scooter to the Bacong fire department where the municipal ambulance parks and got the drive to follow him to my place in his p.o.s. ambulance about 3 minutes away. Ambulalance arrived with only a driver, in-laws had to load me in in a stretcher, no IV. I thought they would just drop me off as we passed St. Peter's mortuary and save a trip. Every town in Negros has an ambulance service. You should go to your town hall and get the phone number.
So basically we need to rely on someone who may or may not be awake/ available/ on roster/ able to take a call to cater to an emergency? d*mn; maybe I should invest in a Car and teach the wife to drive, sounds like I have a better chance of survival there than the other... But weighing in at 120+Kg's I think I would be signing out regardless, as our right of way to the highway here is like a goat track, without the climb to the main road! if I cannot 'walk it' I am as good as urgh!!
Welcome to the Philippines. Thailand is a much better option for retired folk with medical concerns. However, if you decide on Thailand avoid living in a tall building....the "suicide" rate for expats seems to increase exponentially with every floor above the 4th floor for some odd reason. Don't know why that is but I would just play it safe and live on the ground floor. Disabled Elderly Brit Jumps to His Death From Sattahip Condo http://www.farang-deaths.com/statistics/ Quite a large percentage of deaths caused by suicide and "falling".
I remember in 1970 when my Father was admitted to a local Hospital that specialised in cancer patients, the balconies were all covered in chain wire, he told me many who were diagnosed threw themselves overboard soon after being told of their condition so the hospital fitted all balconies with chain wire to stop patients climbing over the railings... While there, my Father was diagnosed with cancer and had his right lung removed, then 42 years later he was diagnosed again with cancer and died 16 days after being diagnosed quietly at home. You never know just how long you have and he lived a long and healthy life after his first diagnosis and died at the age of 73... Not sure if I could go that far to throw myself off of a building, having died 4 times after an operation went wrong when I had my bike accident back in 1984, 33 years later I am still here despite having a broken leg with no steel holding the break together 32 years later, I plan to be here for the long run...
