>>>>Went to the nearest GP, by directions of the hotel receptionist, and got the expensive bundle prescribed by his US doctor replaced with simple Lassix and one more OTC med, and went back to normal by the time they got home. Cost? About the cost of one lunch.
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>>Yes but he didn't get a CT scan by the next day so that proves that the Japanese system is lousy. That's exactly what you'd expect from socialists, fobbing people off with cheap old drugs like Frusemide because that's all the Death Panels will permit.
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>Did you have troubles getting your tongue dislodged from your cheek? (grin)

He is still in line for ER - but due to his state one of the more silent ones ;-)