A&E is split into two parts here. When you arrive, the nurses triage you and decide whether you are ill enough to need a stay or treatment here, in which case you'll go to the ER side, or if its a minor problem that will just need a review and prescription, in which case you go to the Primary Health Centre. The Primary Health Centre is just another room in A&E with an examination bed. I spent the day there, which was actually quite fun. All of the problems were minor, and things you'd see at a GP in England. I saw UTIs, ingrown toenails, heart palpatations, etc. Although they were simple problems, it meant I could do the full history and examination, and I knew the diagnosis and the sort of management they'd need and
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