My friend stepped on a nail today, so we went to the hospital to get him a tetanus shot, and we’re in a part of outer Cairo at the time.

I usually think of things in “1990s movie” terms, so if you picture it, this hospital was basically where Antonio Banderas would go after he got shot in Desperado.

Like we wandered up to the hospital in the desert, it looks barely occupied, various street dogs barking outside, and it’s unclear where the main entrance is since it kind of looks like a loading dock on all sides to begin with. There was a blind guy sitting at a desk under an umbrella out front so we asked him if that’s the right way, he said “aye”, so we wandered into some dark hallway that eventually emerged into the hospital proper.

No air conditioning despite being 111 degrees outside, everyone is sweaty, the doors are all open for decent ventilation, and the manager has stacks of papers cartoonishly piled up to the ceiling in his office.

A nurse comes out, looks at the wound, says he sees this all the time, gives him the tetanus shot, and says to come back in a month for a second shot. Friend plops a small wad of cash down on the counter. We’re out in five minutes.


Doxy


Love your stories

Love your stories


That’s how efficient healthcare everywhere could be if there wasn’t health insurance. The middle man fucks everything up.


Stepped on a nail in 1983. Almost the exact same experience you described except it was in Libya. 😁


It's quite humbling to live in an "advanced" Western nation, in the main, we just take it for granted.


90s action movie music was playing in my head while reading this through. 😂


Onward 🫡

Onward 🫡


Did you take pictures ? Take pictures when you go back next month.


:whatthefuck:


eye..


Cool story


Coffee on me ☕

Coffee on me ☕


Would only be better if they served piss warm Chango.


Still a better wait time and outcome than any New Zealand hospital though.


thanks for sharing

thanks for sharing


and we call these countries backwards ....
hope your friend is ok
GM 🙃


Gotta love that Desperado reference. Classy writing and cool story.
#siamstr


Thanks for sharing! 💜


ZAP OR DIE🫡

ZAP OR DIE🫡


Wait, return for a booster? Isn’t it a one and done every 10 years in the USA? And every 30 in European countries?


The normal shot procedure is different than the one you get when you are directly exposed to a rusty puncture wound.


Great post 👍

Great post 👍


LOL


Huh. In the USA I’ve only had 1 shot after having a potential rusty nail. Maybe I was under dosed? I always thought it was just one!


You're a great storyteller, Lynn


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sounds like an adventure from @codedshadows NGL. haha.

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