ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a case study of J.B. The hospital is one of the famous medical centers, located in the pleasant Buda hills with a bed count of 2,000. The hospital is situated within a great park and composed of numerous individual pavilions. The medications relieved pain for about six months with occasional relapses. Medications were prescribed along with a course of balneotherapy at a nearby spa. His condition worsened: apparently, he developed phlebitis as a result of the hydrotherapy. The general practitioner is called and the patient referred to the medical ward of the local hospital with a probable diagnosis of myocardial infarction. This hospital is one of the older institutions in the Pest section. The Hungarian health care system is characterized by the paradox of a large number of well-trained physicians practicing in a system where local practitioners are dissociated from hospital care. Hospital physical plant and diagnostic and therapeutic facilities suffered from a lack of investment.
