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The positive side of Covid-19; from “ILLNESScare to HEALTHcare”

Celina Tamagnini

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About 20 years ago I wrote an article about my vision on modern healthcare with the title “What if dinosaurs would still be alive”. Basically it came down to three observations:

  1. In modern society human beings are on top of the food chain and do not have any predators above them. Therefore there is no direct life threat if we walk out the door.

  2. As we don’t have to be physically and mentally strong to fight or flight from any predators to survive, our health status is of minor importance. This results in a sedentary life where poor alimentary choices are possible without consequences.

  3. Our healthcare system is completely in line with the above observations: we receive medical care when we have problems in health. I believe the term “illnesscare” would be a proper name for the way our system works.

Over the last 20 years I can’t say things improved; with most countries spending only a very small amount of their healthcare budget on prevention and great medical advances on diverse treatments like cancer, we are even more focussed on “cure” than ever. Simultaneously, the widespread use of computers and mobile devices have made sedentary life even worse. 

Nowadays it’s perfectly possible to get out of bed, walk to a desk or sofa and spend your entire day without the need to move. Work can be done digitally from home and even your shopping and dinner can be delivered to your door. So why am I talking about this article again? It might be that Covid-19 and possible other viruses can be our new dinosaurs. What if we really see COVID as a constant threat to our lives? What if we really start focussing on the factors of why people have more risk of getting severe complaints or even die? 

Several research projects showed that people with overweight and a lower self defense auto immune system (e.j. elderly, smokers, heavy drinkers and chronic depressions) have a higher risk. Probably the same group of people that would be dinosaurs pray if they would still be chairing us...and these risk groups are more and more present in Europe. 

For more in-depth information you can read the following presentation: https://www.oecd.org/health/health-systems/Health-at-a-Glance-Europe-2018-CHARTSET.pdf

Wouldn’t it be logical to learn something from this and start focusing more on real HEALTH care; putting CARE over CURE?? At Healthcare Barcelona, we believe in this. Obviously we are very happy to help you in case of need with existing complaints and injuries but we love to put your current health as our priority. Helping you to take care of your physical and mental health by screening (done by an English speaking doctor who knows you and your way of life), positive advice on alimentation and movement, coaching to reduce stress and more.

With a better health and immune system you will be better prepared when a virus comes along to attack you...just imagine it being a dinosaur…

Koen Willems

Director of Healthcare Barcelona

Physiotherapist, trainer & mental coach

New concept health care centre for the international community in Barcelona

Celina Tamagnini

 

Healthcare Barcelona will offer family medicine, physiotherapy, manual therapy, dry needling, rehabilitation and performance training, coaching, nutrition and more...

Our professionals possess international qualifications obtained in the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK and the USA.

Ready for a new concept of primary health care? We are especially dedicated to the international and expatriate community in Barcelona and Catalonia.

The consulting specialists at Healthcare Barcelona are top-level and internationally renowned, with certifications obtained in the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK and the USA, and with experience in multiple countries and regions around the world. General Practitioners, physiotherapists, coaches and nutritionists speaking English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Arabic, Greek...

Thanks to the experience of the professionals at Healthcare Barcelona as expats themselves, who have a wide cultural background and speak different languages, they understand the patients’ needs firsthand as expats or being part of the international community, both as residents and temporary visitors.

All of them share the same philosophy: to work as a team to offer the best health care and well-being service, with personalised attention and dedicating the time necessary to understand the problems of the international community based in Barcelona and Catalonia (30 or 60-minute sessions as a minimum), preferably in their own language or in English, with a holistic and multidisciplinary approach, as if they were in their country of origin.

The new centre, located at Carrer Puig-Reig 10 in Barcelona (between Balmes and Ronda General Mitre), has specially designed spaces to make the visitor feel comfortable, with individual examination rooms for all the medical and health care services offered at the centre such as General Medicine, Physiotherapy, Manual Therapy, Performance Training and Rehabilitation, as well as yoga sessions.

The centre will be open from 13th June at Carrer Puig-Reig, 10 in Barcelona (08006), between Balmes and Ronda General Mitre.  Discounts are available to cover car parking costs.

We are more than happy to get to know you better. Contact us!