[Yizahi]

Blood test yes, MRI - no. In the Ukraine I can go to the M24 center, and yes, 24 means it is literally working 24/7/365. And I don't need doctor's referral to do it. In EU I had to wait 2 months and have doctors referral, and that was lucky window I caught by chance. Other people report waiting much longer.

To get to the specialist doctors is also hard in EU, compared to the Ukraine. Here I had to wait between 1 to 3 months to a lot of specialists. And if any mistake in the referral is made, then wait need to be repeated.

Example - I got a referral for the retinal diag. But to do it 15 mins before the test eye drops are administered (atropine) to dilate pupils. Apparently I have needed to have two referrals - one for the drops, and another for the diag itself, and I got only the second one (made by an eye doctor in the same clinic, so regular staff). So I have waited months, and was denied the procedure, then a spend a week on a phone and visiting clinics in person to sort this out. Then I got proper referral (haha, actually not even then, they simply caved and allowed me to do it with what I had) and had to wait a month again to do a simple check which would take me a hour at any arbitrary day in Ukraine.

[aguaviva]

And in the middle of a full-scale war, in a country not exactly wealthy, no less.