How great then to discover that our own lovely doctor in Los Cancajos has recently begun offering this service.
Apart from a standard eyesight, hearing, blood pressure and heart check, there is also a reflex test. That's the best bit! It's rather like a computer game, the idea being that you have to keep two white circles within their own two red ribbons. The ribbons are only just wider than the circles i.e. like keeping a car within the width of your side of the road. The ribbons wiggle and wave about - a bit like the winding roads of La Palma! You move the white circles to keep them within, or bring them back into, the ribbons with the use of two T-shaped handles. Yes - right and left hands working separately! If your circles get left behind as the ribbon moves away, there is a beeping sound. That's OK as what it is measuring is your response time to get it back in order.
Happily, I passed and am already looking forward to the next one in five years time.
I can highly recommend the Medical Centre in Los Cancajos who also do all the paperwork for you, including digital photo, so you don't have to go elsewhere to get your photo taken and then take everything along to the Trafico. The doctor (apart from being something of an entrepreneur) also speaks excellent English, should you require. Apparently, he left mainland Spain to set up practice in Ireland. Unfortunately, he couldn't understand anything people said, so decided that La Palma was his next best paradise. Sensible man!
| Centro Médico Cancajos | ||
| Address: Centro Comercial Cancajos, locales 307-308, 38712 - Breña Baja | ||
| Tel.: 922 43 42 11 | ||
| Fax.: 922 43 59 70 | ||
| Movil: 653 813 158 For more info on the driving licence system for ex-pats in Spain and medical test requirements go to the .Canary Forum |
No comments:
Post a Comment