Getting Immunizations in Korea

As I begin to plan the next part of journey to South East Asia and Australia, I must first get my immunizations.

So I had a co-worker find a place in the Bundang area that offers immunizations. After some research, I found a place and planned to go their this morning.

If there is one thing that foreigners can agree in Korea, is that Korean health centers and hospitals can be very strange.

When I walked in the clinic today, all I could hear the the nurses and workers saying, "Waygookin" which means foreigner in Korean. I knew at this point, it may be more difficult than I thought to get these immunizations. The whole time, the staff just continued to giggle at me. But they were extremely helpful!

To make a long story short, I found out that this clinic only offers Typhoid needles and Hepatitis B. BUT, before getting these needles, they required me to do blood work first...I don't know if this is common practice, but I did it anyways. Once my blood was taken, the lovely nurse took me to the second floor where I was able to get my Typhoid needle.

I had to fill out a form saying I have no major health risks and so on. It was fairly simple to get this needle... She even showed me it said Typhoid on the needle.

Once the needle was done, I sat for 2 minutes to make sure I wasn't going to get dizzy. I was putting my jacket on ready to go, and the last thing the nurse said was, " NO ALCOHOL!"

I replied with, "Today? Tomorrow? When?"

She said, "Just today!"

Fewph! That's a close call! Happy Friday!

-Anthony

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