I have been living in Brussels for last 10 years and have had no such issues.

Au contraire, I go to the doctor and get medication so easily prescribed that I'm afraid the doctor is to nonchalant ... (and always without an appointment, maybe sometimes 20 min wait)

Edit: regarding Sinus infections, quick google search shows that the "apotheek" carries and sells medicine for this.. so maybe you just had bad luck/was misunderstood?

Let's just say that Belgium, collectively as a nation, needs a hug.

I hail from a country with the lowest number of practicing physicians per 1000 inhabitants in the EU and I still can get an appointment with a general practitioner on the same day.

Specialists are of course a different matter but again - lowest number of doctors in the EU. They're all in Norway now.

Lmao. I'm in the US, and I'm waiting to see a doctor because the earliest someone could see me was 2 months is away (and that was checking across several nearby towns, not being picky about one particular doctor's schedule).

I thought that was pretty good, because scheduling our last an annual check up was much further out.

> Did you have to schedule a visit 2 weeks out just to get some medicine for a minor sinus infection?

I've definitely had to wait 2 weeks to schedule an appointment with a specialist in the US.

The "best" healthcare in the world, according to some talking heads.