Women's Health in Harbin

[vkim67]

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[anonymoose]

I'm sure Roddy will know. He's had experience. In Harbin, I mean.

[roddy]

Ho Ho.

Not much advice from me I'm afraid, although Kdavid (or more likely his wife) may be along shortly. All I could say is either ask around for what the best hospital is, or do a search for 妇科医院 / 女子医院. Pregnancy test I'd imagine you can just buy at a pharmacy?

[abcdefg]

Even though not a specific answer to your main query about where to go in Harbin, you may still find something useful on these two old threads:

1. http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/1413-womens-sexual-health/page__p__11994__hl__morning+after+pill__fromsearch__1#comment-11994

2. http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/15485-urgent-how-do-you-say-morning-after-pill-in-chinese/page__p__121512__hl__morning+after+pill__fromsearch__1#comment-121512

Pregnancy test kits can be bought without prescription in most pharmacies.

[vkim67]

I could do a search with those terms but I wouldn't really be able to weed through and thoroughly read up on the info to pick a good one... it would probably take me months haha. Thanks though I think I will try the campus hospital because it is most convenient... I'll check out the facilities first

That post with the terms was definitely useful!

Also, I should add

消毒 (xiao1du2) - sterile (in case we just want to make sure something is sterilized.. 消毒的)

& I don't know why I didn't think of just getting a test at the store because I remember seeing tests at 家乐福!

Thanks all!

[abcdefg]

I'm not female, but I'm a physician who has lived in China. Apologies in advance for possibly being too explicit in my reply. I mean no discourtesy and I understand your concern.

If you ask whether the instruments are sterile, you will probably get a "yes" whether they really are or not. A better question, especially in the case of the speculum, might be whether or not it's a modern single-use disposable, instead of one of the old re-useable metal ones.

That would be 一次用阴道窺器 or 一次性阴道窺器 -- I have heard both terms used. Same wording as for single-use disposable chopsticks, or single-use disposable shoe covers. You can plug these into MDBG on-line dictionary (http://www.mdbg.com) for pronunciation and then into Google image search for a picture.

[Matty]

I can't answer that question, but I know a lot of medical students and now graduates working in the medical industry. If you would like I could maybe try and find one with good English who you could talk to and maybe help you find the answers you're looking for.

[kdavid]

My wife has gone in for check-ups before. Each time she's just gone to the Gynecology ward at 医大 on 南通大街.

I second abcdegf's advice in regards to asking about sterilization. This is really the best way to go about getting the information you want.

[vkim67]

Abcdefg, Thank you that's exactly what I need~ to be informed and prepared for my first trip to the doctor's in a foreign country!!

I appreciate it.

Also, thank you Matty, I will check out my campus hospital to see if they have sterile single-use tools or try the place Davidk's wife went to (if its not too far from where I am), if I have too much difficulty communicating, i may come back to 麻烦你 for help finding English-speakers! But I think I will be OK. I can also try to get some help from more advanced classmates.

Does anyone know how much it will cost?

I would think doctors would hav better hygiene but if they don't seem to brush their teeth as a lot of the people here dont... (I know this is too much but) I don't know if I can trust them to examine me. It's just that feeling....

[Meng Lelan]

Your concerns about the use of clean instruments are understandable. As for using any kind of online dictionary to find Chinese medical terms ---make sure you understand and use the correct Chinese term of sterilization - 消毒 other wise if you ask for the other kind of sterilization then you can't have kids anymore.

[vkim67]

good point. 必须注意！