Krakow - Post Report Question and Answers
Are there any particular health concerns? What is the quality of available medical care? What medical conditions typically require medical evacuation?
The air quality in the winter is shocking. You can see the yellow air and it is disgusting. A lot of people wear masks in winter. We had a lot of respiratory illnesses. - Nov 2016
Medical care for us was pretty good. The doctors we saw were great and the care itself was very affordable. That being said, most facilities appeared not to have been updated much from the Communist era. - Mar 2014
You can find English-speaking doctors,. You just need to ask the right people. - Apr 2013
Medical care is not so good, but improving. - Sep 2011
The recently hired Post Medical Advisor has improved the situation, but there is a lack of English-speaking medical professionals, even for relatively routine cases. Many people have had to be medevac'd to London. The dentist here, for example, is very modern and well trained, but he doesn't speak English, and neither does anyone on his staff. Hospitals are well equipped but look like something from the 1950s, and are crowded with long lines. - Aug 2011
