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Parents discussing when to visit an MUCC – audio case study – Cantonese

An in-language audio case study of parents choosing to visit a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic instead of seeing a doctor or going to the emergency department.

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Mum:  爸爸,嚟睇下家明,佢隻耳仔好似發炎喎。我諗佢要睇醫生。
Dad: 等我睇吓 …,係喎,我哋要帶佢去睇醫生。
Mum: 但係醫療中心禮拜日唔開喎。我哋係咪要帶佢去醫院急症室呢?
Dad: 嗯,咁又唔算真係急病。我前幾日揸車經過一間新嘅Medicare 緊急護理診所,可能佢哋可以幫到手。等我查吓先。
Mum: 好呀。
Dad: 搵到啦!喺呢度揸車過去都係10分鐘,一星期七日長時間開放。
Mum: 家明可以喺嗰度睇醫生?
Dad: 根據呢度介紹,Medicare 緊急護理診所有訓練有素嘅醫護專業人員駐診,為所有人提供文化安全,公平同無障礙嘅醫護服務。佢哋治理嘅傷病包括:
•    輕微感染
•    輕微嘅眼耳問題
•    輕微骨折、扭傷同運動受傷
•    性傳染感染
•    輕微割傷、蚊叮蟲咬同出疹
•    呼吸疾病
•    腸胃問題,同埋
•    輕度燒傷
Mum: 咁就好啦!呀,係喎,我哋使唔使預約?
Dad: 唔使,呢到話無需預約。我哋淨係要帶佢嘅Medicare卡, 而且服務係免費嘅。
Mum: 太好啦,我哋而家就去啦。

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