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Fallen Syrian Dictator’s ‘Dying’ Wife Blocked From Cancer Treatment
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After reading the article, she is in Russia. I'm sure she will receive the best care moscow has to offer, which is still better than a lot of people.
That's true. Russia does have really good doctors - if you have money. And you have to be able to withstand yelling and belittling but as a Russian you get used to that.
A friend of mine is truggling with that. I wouldn't have thought that Moscow's health care was so shitty. I was for some reason expecting the opposite.
I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope they find some qualified care soon. Is the problem the access (money, status) or can't they find proper treatment for other reasons?
How many Blyats does the average Russian medical chart contain?
what was it..138billion dollars that assad transferred to russia on the day he fled? should do.
That's a perverted amount of money. But yeah that should do.
So it's not like she is being denied treatment. She is being denied a specific treatment in a specific prestigious clinic in Britain. But honestly, Russians can cure cancer just as well ( - provided you have the money to pay them). Moscow has prestigious clinics and great resources. I'd much rather get treatment there than in some rural British hospital to be honest.
If he had that much money then surely he'd have been able to pay for a military to defend his position in Syria.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=BxuqQHC6TU8
The source on that is sketchy at best. Logically it doesn't make sense.
you surely know how to find a better source. wsj? LOL.
There was a great show about Russian healthcare a while back. Can't recall the name, but it had Jon Hamm and Harry Potter in it.
A young doctor's notebook - based on a Russian novel from Michael Bulgakov. I'm so sad they discontinued it 😭 I think about it once a week at least!
But it takes place around WWI, so... Not exactly a 1:1 portrayal of Russian medicine today