Doctors in Cala D'Or or Spain generally

[PEJ]

I am off to Cala D'Or for a couple of weeks soon and yesterday I needed see my GP for something not very serious but a case of better safe than sorry - go and see the doctor.

Had this happened next week I would find myself needing to see a doctor in Cala D'Or and it occurs to me that I have no idea where to go or how the spanish medical service works for a non-urgent but "I'd like a doctor to have a look at it" kind of situation.

Does anyone have any experience of visiting the doctor in Cala D'Or or how the system works generally in Spain?

 

[rubberduck]

Ask Nick at Boats.co.uk, he should know I would imagine.

 

[petem]

Why, what's wrong with him !

I don't know the answer to the question but needless to say you should have an EHIC card (don't pay to apply online) and a travel insurance policy that doesn't have daft exclusion that relates to staying on boats.

 

[julians]

If it's an accident and emergency type problem ,just take yourself off to you nearest a+e department with your passport and ehic card, the process works very similarly to the UK.

If it's a normal doctor you need, there will be a clinic somewhere in calador, head down there with passport and ehic card and make an appointment, again very similar to UK.

We had to take my dad to a+e in Palma earlier this year, we just rolled up at a+e at son espases hospital in Palma and got it all sorted. Took about 4 hours to get his hand stitched up after he fell.

 

[markc]

We had a house in Spain for about 12 years - quite a few visits to the doc with the kids. Was easier to go to a private clinic and pay 50 euros to be seen immediately. Very good service. Local pharmacy should be able to point you in the right direction.

 

[petem]

How can you tell the difference between a public and private clinic?

 

[markc]

They'll tell you! Where we were the public ones were busy and private ones quiet. The private one did house calls too.

 

[Grubble]

Private clinics will look like this:-

Public clinics will look like hospitals. In Mallorca they are called Unitat Bàsica de Salut.

 

[AIDY]

Saw a private quack in Spain once... handed over dosh.. him was in the local restaurant 10 mins after.

 

[PEJ]

Thanks for all the responses. Really helpful.

There is a Unitat Bàsica de Salut just up from the marina. When I first saw the sign I miss read Bàsica as basílica and thought it was a church! Funny looking church!