[armymarinemom]

And having to deliver a child in a German hospital is not the end of the world.

This made me chuckle. My sons girlfriend ended up having an appendectomy in a German Hospital instead of on base. The Army had her transferred to Landstuhl 48 hours post op.

My son said the staff was great and her surgeon also spoke English when he walked in the room. They did look at her like she had two heads when she asked if she could have a copy of the scope video.

[superfries]

Funny you mention this, I was stationed at Katterbach AAF in 93-94 and had an emergency appendectomy at a local German hospital. I had no idea what was wrong with me and they admitted me after an ultrasound. The next morning a German doctor who spoke little English comes into me room and pulls back my covers. He pushes on my stomach and says, "oh yes, we operate today". I had no idea what they were going to operate on and had to get out of bed and call the Red Cross to get an interpreter to find out what they thought they were going to do to me. lol

[xzins]

I think I remember labor and delivery in a German hospital being sort of like a throw back to the 60's. Mom's stayed in the hospital after delivery for 4 or 5 days.....lounging around and eating bonbons....:>)

[Welsh Rabbit]

When I was young army brat in Germany, it wasn't uncommon for Americans to go to German hospitals for serious emergency procedures. Our tiny post only had a small clinic (we usually had to go to bigger posts in other cities for appointments). I remember when a friend broke his femur in a football tackle, he was laid out in a German hospital for weeks.