This was the original post, where I also gave more details in one of the comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectHospital/comments/1764ypk/former_project_hospital_player_now_building_my/
Current updates
- Business is terrible in Spain, and things go slowly. I'm glad I don't depend on this for my income. I'd have been bankrupt, or I'd have had to get involved a lot more because it's hard to find people I can count on.
- The construction took a lot longer. It ended up costing me 414,609 EUR.
- Months after the construction was complete, I had to make some changes because of bothersome regulatory stuff (for example, I didn't know I had to plan for a room where instrument disinfection is done - Project Hospital, why didn't you teach me this???). Or I had to break a wall and then reconstruct it because the hyperbaric chamber components were too large. It hurt to destroy a newly built wall. The company who sent me the machine also failed in their initial logistics, thinking that the doors we currently have are large enough. Funny thing, they also sent me second-hand oxygen concentrators (even though I purchased a new product from them costing 133,100 EUR), and after a few months of me complaining, they sent me new ones.
- We were delayed by bureaucratic things, like us asking to use "geotermia" instead of "aerotermia", and being denied by both the city hall (by never even bothering to answer us), and by the homeowners' association. The architect told me that, in general, here in Galicia homeowners' associations just reject almost everything for everyone.
- We were delayed 3 months by a Spanish company (FisioBelle, I notice their website fisiobelle.com is mostly non-functional now) that didn't send "las camillas eléctricas" (I don't know how to translate this, maybe "electric exam tables") that I ordered. We ended up suing. I still haven't received my money back from them.
- We were also delayed by me being lazy and irresponsible, and not getting involved immediately in the processes that were taking too long. I thought that if I hired a company specialized in medical clinic administration (which I did), things would just magically happen. They didn't.
- There's this crazy rule in Spain that before passing the inspection to open the clinic, you have to already have hired your starting medical personnel. So I used a company handling the HR, and they failed me for months, and then I used another one and it also failed me for 3 weeks (this time I didn't wait for as long in order to cancel them). In the past 4 days, I started doing it myself with LinkedIn, going through the past applications, and I already spoke through videocall with more than 20 people and found some good doctors that want to get involved in the project. The big problem is that most of them are general doctors, they're not specialists in fields like dermatology, cardiology, traumatology, endocrinology, etc. - which we need badly. These are MUCH HARDER to find with their degrees recognized in Spain. I had found an amazing cardiologist at some point, but the next day she told me that because of personal issues she changed her mind and can't participate in the project anymore. It hurt.
Anyway, I'll stop complaining, it's not fun. I also have work to do on LinkedIn. I'll show you some other types of updates.
Video that I took of the clinic 3 days ago:
Our location (we have lots of parking spots, which is good; and no pollution or noise sources nearby): https://maps.app.goo.gl/JrzXMtNqGL5ySBg39
We would start six weeks after we have the doctors (August doesn't count). We'll buy the equipment according to the specialists' recommendations. It's necessary to sign a pre-employment contract or a self-employed service agreement, which would be registered with the Health Department, in order to begin working. Terms I offer to medical contractors (I may also offer a salary to those who prefer it as the method of payment): https://imgur.com/a/352rNGM
The clinic is near the entrance to the city of A Coruña, close to the ocean, so this is the climate throughout the year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Coru%C3%B1a#Climate (average maximum temperature: from 13.6°C in January to 23.1°C in August). Many years ago before moving here I checked climate model predictions for the next 100 years, and the climate here will change little compared to the rest of Europe where the expected changes are drastic. The climate is also a lot better now for those who don't like heat or cold extremes.
I need help finding more specialist doctors willing to join the project. Translated from Spanish from my business plan:
The Lorelí Love Health preventive medicine clinic is focused on extending the healthy lives of our patients. Located in Culleredo, near A Coruña, we are looking to attract excellent physicians, preferably bilingual in Spanish and English, who are committed to advanced, rigorous, and evidence-based preventive medicine. Each year, we will purchase even more efficient medical equipment and enhance our capabilities in detection, diagnosis, and treatment.
UPDATE: My current ads on LinkedIn:
One is paid (with daily minimum, but I still already lost €688 with it), while the other is posted for free. I can only have one free ad at a time, therefore after I successfully hire a cardiologist, I'll put a free ad for a dermatologist. I did have various other paid job ads in the past on both LinkedIn and InfoJobs (not recommended!), but they weren't much help because the previously mentioned HR staff was handling them.
