Mom, I know the Jugoslav hospitals were shit, but if you can believe it, the ex-Soviet ones are even worse. Here are some sample pictures. Mind you, all of the inmates (patients) were extatic to be in 'the best hospital in Moscow'. If you break your leg, it's really a better idea to hobble over the border to Finland. Marina's dad broke his leg a month ago, nothing too major, but he's been in the hospital a month, and expects to be there a month more. That, of course, is nothing compared to the patient who broke his leg last January and just decided that he liked the hospital so much he was going to move in. So far, no-one has stopped him. This first picture is the only light fixture in the six bed, 12 foot by 15 foot room where Marina's dad, Sergei, and this hospital-settler live in.
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Ah! Your poor father! That is not broken - it is a mess with that many pins! Hope he does not want to take up skiing or jogging as a hobby!
Hope all is well - my prayers are with you.
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Chris, thank you for your prayers. That XRay pic actually is not Sergey's, but somebody else's. He's doing much better now. The hospital wasn't the best, alas, just the closest second rate one that the ambulance took him. You can see it from some pics taken at the hospital's basement.
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