Peru Clinic

I wasn´t planning on spending my last night in Peru in a hospital bed, but it was more comfortable than the bed at my hostel, i´ll tell you that. I actually fit in it. After spending one night vomiting I decided I would do what it takes to get actual assitance and everyone I had talked to said the hospitals were great, ¨A real good experience¨, so I firgured I would give it a shot. A doctor came to my hostel and diagnosed me with travellers diarrhea and said I would have to spend the night at a clinic. I agreed on one condition, that I could leave early to catch my bus the next day to Puno. I was escorted to the private, expensive clinic, probably where they bring all the tourists. I was given a room, catered to by 4 or 5 nurses, given television and good food. When I asked for internet they brought me in a personal netbook. They said I would be feeling 90 percent better the next morning. I believed them. It all felt a bit redundant but I just laid back and enjoyed it. I had an IV of hydration salts and antibiotics. I spent the evening chatting with friends and watching clint eastwood movies. It was a good time to say the least. I woke early in the morning and was given antibiotics and probiotics to take for the next week or so. I left on-time for the bus to Puno, feeling 90 percent better.