Lucky u didn't slip on the spit on ur way out and bust your other hand.

Welcome to China.

looks like someone was trying to make a baseball out of your forearm

dont hurt urself in china.
yes,that is chinese hospital.

last summer when i was cooking, i cut my finger tip by accident. so i have to went to emergency room, i bleed a lot, but instead of heal my finger, i had to pay money first and went to another window and stand in line to get my medicine, after 20min, finally the doctor started do sth for me.
and it cost 1200rmb!

btw if ur elbow got hurts, dont waste ur time and money go to hospital, cause when u told doctor "doctor, i cant move my arm ,it hurts a lot,is that ok, what should i do?" then the doctor may answer u "well, then dont do it! "

that'll be a cool scar

gotta make up a cover story though

karate chopping a toilet in China will not impress the chicks (nor the grandchildren)

Perhaps you could tell people you rescued an infant girl that had been abandoned in the first floor of the burning CCTV tower by ramming your arm through one of the glass panels

The 'army/government' hospitals are even worse. They had one of the filthiest bathrooms I've seen in Beijing.

It's crazy to see people with blood gushing out having to get in line for everything..cashier, medicine, supplies, bandages, IVs and then have to carry and hold all the crap while waiting in the halls. If you don't have money you're fooked.

Christ, what does that doctor do for a day job? Repair fishing nets? Yikes.

Glad you're OK. That's a refresher on why you should hop on a plane if you have any serious medical problem in this sh*t hole. The hospitals and medical facilities here (unless you're a government crony) are VERY third world. It would be even worse if you were 50 klicks outside of a major city.

I went to visit a friend who was having a baby last year and there were literally people bleeding in the hallways while they were sorting out their cash. Sad.

i was in the sino japanese hospital recently in the foreigner department. i trust them with treatment most of the time (there was a separate incident where the doctor aksed me to read the literature for a vaccine before she administred, that rattled me a bit) but not so much for money. they started talking about the treatment being 15,000 when in the end i only paid just over 2,000. they were also trying to get me to stay over night when i didn't need to.

i hate hospital stays, i mean no one likes them but i have a hospital phobia or something. brings back those days in nam.

i was suffering pretty bad and i got the impression they were holding on giving me the meds i needed, seeing if they could juice me for more money, could be wrong though. i would say sino japanes hospital is good aslong as you are firm with them about the money. if they know you have insurance they will go to town on you and that could leave you temporarily out of pocket.

they have comfy seats and oil paintings and pretty nurses, the
service is mostly western just watch for the foreigner tax.i would recommend it if you cant afford the sos hospital or your insurance doesn;t cover your malady, as mine didn't.

When I was in Taipei, I got burned really bad by my hot water heater. It was 2 am and I went to the hostpital by my house. While on the way I was nervous and left my wallet in the car. I had no money and no health insurance card (in Taiwan all foreigners that work there are required to buy the national health insurance) So I went in the hospital anyway. I waited for 30 minutes, because someone in a motorcycle accident came in. And then I saw the doctor and he prescribed me medicine and they gave it to me right there. They told me to write down my address and phone number and I can pay later. The bill including medicine was 1100 NTD or about 300 RMB. Stories like that just make me want to say 中華民國萬歲!

That's outstanding advice V. The next time I have a sucking chest wound, I'll book some air tickets on C-trip. Should I go 1st class or business?

I had a strange growth on my thumb a couple years back - like a wart or blister gone horribly wrong. When I went to the hospital I was told, after a very brief glance at the growth, that it was a malignant tumor and that I should seriously consider returning to my home country for treatment. Persevering I sought out a second opinion at another hospital, was prescribed an antibiotic cream salve, which subsequently healed the growth (more like dried it up...it fell off of it's own accord a couple weeks later).

Chinese hospitals can be an adventure during times when you're least up for one.

Remmy, I suggest a huge dose of a broad-spectrum antibiotic.

yep, you did some bleeding for sure.
I hope it never happens to you again.
you probably know this already,
keep a jar of vasaline in the house
for such an accident like that.
you can jam the vasaline in the cut
then rap it.This will really slow
blood loss.
The stitching ,
really looks like some frankenstien stuff.
well if all goes well you will be playing
the guitar soon.
speedy recovery to ya.
saline solution is for rehydration, it's
possible they added antibiotics to it.
hopefully they did.