Korean Healthcare

Joseph and I have had our first experience with Korean Healthcare 3 weeks in. 

On our way to dinner one night with a few friends Joseph was coming down the stairs and slipped on the last few injuring his foot.  We were unsure where to go so we waited until the next day (Monday) and talked with our boss about it.  He said he was going to take Joseph to the hospital and if I would mind teaching one of his classes if they were not back in time.



After they came back I asked how the hospital was.  I got a smile and the question:  What hospital?  Our boss took Joseph to the acpuncturist across the street and for 5,000W (less than 5 USD) he got about an hours worth of treatment.  Really?  Apparently an acupuncture doctor is similar to a hospital?

So 5 days worth of acpuncture and 20,000W (less than 20USD) later his foot still hurts and we are a bit concerned so we are thinking X-Rays sound like a good thing.  Our boss again was kind enough to take Joseph to a real clinic/hospital and had X-Rays.  Nothing is broken, just a bad sprain.  The cost of the X-Rays were........wait for it........approximately 9,000W (less than 10USD).

The doctor at the clinic said it would take about 2 weeks to finish healing which is easier said than done because we walk everywhere.

I will post a few pictures later of our experience with acupuncture.  How much would this be in the United States?  X-Rays alone would be a few hundred dollars and I'm not sure about the acupuncture (minus all insurance payments of course). 

We asked how much would these services normally be without insurance.  You are going to love this part:
Acupuncture with no insurance: 20,000W per treatment (less than 20USD) and the X-Ray/exam about 20,000W (again, less than 20 USD). 

You want to come to Korea now don't you?