Stomach bug in Leon

[Echard]

Hello, I’ll be in Leon tomorrow and need to know what’s the best way to get a stomach bug treated. I’m an American btw. Thanks!

 

[ivar]

I don’t know Leon, there is a private hospital in Santiago HM Hospitals… and I see they have one in Leon:

Hospital HM San Francisco · 2.8★(473) · General hospital

C. Marqueses de San Isidro, 11, 24004 León, Spain

maps.app.goo.gl

Maybe go to the emergency room (Urgencias), and ask for some help.

 

[SabsP]

Hello, I’ll be in Leon tomorrow and need to know what’s the best way to get a stomach bug treated. I’m an American btw. Thanks!

Sorry to hear. Hope it improves and that you are able to have a private room for some comfort.
My first advise would be a pharmacy. Highly educated staff. They can provide you some medication or can send you to a clinic.
Then it will be best to go to a private clinic seeing they are better equipped dealing with the paperwork/ payments for non EU citizens.

 

[henrythedog]

Well, you’re going to have to make a decision here.

If you want a definitive diagnosis, and you suspect it’s more than a transient digestive issue it’s likely to require a sample which will have to be cultured, reported on and prescribed. A centro de salud or any of the private hospitals will sort that. Expect four days.

Assuming you’re still walking thus far and you’ve just got the sh*ts, go to a farmacia - the bigger the better. There are lots in Leon. The trained staff there will give suitable advice which may include ‘go to a doctor’. Expect five minutes.

 

[Rebekah Scott]

Ask your hospitalero or host where the nearest Centro de Salud is. They have an "Urgencias" department that can help you. If you prefer a private hospital, Nuestra Senora de la Regla is right around the corner from the cathedral, and is highly regarded.

 

[J Willhaus]

If you are an American and not an EU citizen, a private hospital can bill you. A public one can't. Some people have reported they were sent away from the public Centro de Salud.

 

[dick bird]

The tourist office will have a list of English speaking doctors.

 

[alexwalker]

If you are an American and not an EU citizen, a private hospital can bill you. A public one can't. Some people have reported they were sent away from the public Centro de Salud.

One of the few blessings of being a citizen of the EU: Health care is public and cheap and similar to at home. However, I always go with a travel insurance.

 

[Echard]

Thanks everyone for your advice. I found a Farmacia and they got some fast acting meds and I seem to on the mend. Fingers crossed.

 

[SabsP]

Good news!

 

[Robo]

Thanks everyone for your advice. I found a Farmacia and they got some fast acting meds and I seem to on the mend. Fingers crossed.

Great News. Buen Camino.

 

[Treskelion]

Happy days, I have a similar response when I forget to take my morphine & pregabaline … for me it can be a blessing (apart from the withdrawals & my wife texting me that I’m still an idiot)