Delhi’s nominal per capita income is north of $6k. Even if you’re plain average, a $60-80 one time scan is within reach.
2. You typically don't need MRI scams all that often
Government rate is $120 per imaging session, with standard 1/3 deductible. Minimum wage in Tokyo at this moment is $1336, so more like 3-5% after additional diagnosis and fees.
Just the scanner install, service contract and chilling is 6 figures, and the staffing is a significant sum. Maybe the throughout is very high (scan quality low)?
It’s more that I’m aware of MR equipment costs, and I can’t see the equipment being discounted.
Salary of medical assistent around 3 dollars per hour.
A few k per month would definitely make the purchase worthwhile.
The image quality is going to be unlike what you get from a higher spec machine, but does that matter most the time?
A crappy picture can be diagnostic.
Do you know the model or make of what they are using? I’d be interested to see what they are like.
I struggle with the idea that 10 MRs a day would support a business anywhere, so seeing numbers is really interesting.
Hmmm, might be generalising a bit too much there.
As a generalisation (too, heh) people in Japan seem to be fairly careful with hygiene.
In Australia (where I initially moved from), the term "Asian" does indeed refer to people from East or Southeast Asia.
But it turns out for people in the UK, the term "Asian" refers to people from India (and immediate area I guess).
(!) For East/Southeast Asia, they use the term "Oriental".
It sure surprised the heck out of me.
You're totally right to call me on that generalization. I meant the parts of Asia I've personally spent time in: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Philippines, and to a lesser extent Malaysia and Thailand.
Other Asian countries like Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Singapore don't deserve this shade thrown at them and I apologize.
I know people would say "adapt to the place you're in". But I draw the line in a few places. Burning trash and mistreatment of dogs are what push me past that line and turn me into a shouting maniac.
> Tons of hospitals in India are spanking clean
Private hospitals. Lots of commercial places are kept spanking clean. It's weird though, it rarely extends to the neighborhood. I'll never stop finding it weird to see a stylish hotel with manicured grounds next door to a literal dumping ground that they don't seem bothered by.
Now it costs around $300: https://www.tokyomidtown-mc.jp/en/pdf/optional_menu.pdf
How can it ever be bad to have more objective data? Having a test result to ignore is still strictly better than not testing at all. You still have the option to ignore or discount the test results if you want to. If you’re forced to do otherwise that’s entirely a human problem, not a technological one.
That’s why you base healthcare on data. And that’s what the data shows.
If MRIs lead to unnecessary biopsies, then don’t do the biopsy. What exactly does the data show? If doing a test leads to an unnecessary biopsy, how can it be the test’s fault? Tests aren’t moral agents. The MRI machine can’t make any healthcare decisions for anyone.
Well the exception being Singapore. That was expensive but covered by insurance so it still cost $0.
Edit: another thing. What is with the west more or less forcing natural birth and kicking you out of the hospital the next day? I would have to give birth in a western country. Thankfully my kids were born in Asia. Hospital took care of baby and mum for 6 days then we left the hospital. Cost was 2 weeks salary.
... If you're rich relative to the general population, then you can go to an expensive private clinic and be seen quickly, yes.
I doubt that's the case for public hospitals and in any case, I've been inside public hospitals in Indonesia, Cambodia, and Vietnam (all for other people's needs, nothing major thankfully). Trust me, you do not want to get treated in one of those and as a westerner you'll never even see them unless you friend gets bitten by a monkey in the Cambodian jungle (for example) and there's no private clinics nearby. I always assumed the casual attitude towards hygiene that Asian people have wouldn't extend to hospitals. I was wrong. There were literally blood stains on the wall in the corridor. The toilet was a hole in the ground with a bucket of water and a scoop to wash your hands and ass with. There was no soap. This wasn't a small hospital, it was the main hospital for a city of about 200k people.