I booked an appointment only after the receptionist confirmed to me on the phone that the doctor…read morespeaks English. However, at the time of the appointment, the doctor told me rather haughtily that we can't communicate in English in Germany. I had written down symptoms of my problem and he asked to see the paper I was holding. I told him that I want to get checked for diabetes to which he said no you don't have it after taking a perfunctory glance at my symptoms. He said they would do an examination for fever?! I want to get checked for diabetes. I DON'T have fever. He was really dismissive and without giving me a chance to explain the purpose of my visit, symptoms or problem, he went outside and asked the receptionist to set up an appointment for a fever examination. Really upset and disappointed.

If you are new in hamburg and need a GP, here is the place to go…read more I can only talk about Dr. Bernhardt but they share the room with two gps. Dr. Bernhardt is friendly and he explains everything, he always take patients first. He is no body who would give you a medicine even when this would be the easiest solution without discussion an alternative way that would be better for you. Don't get me wrong he is not the one who wouldn't prescribe hard drugs (he really do that) but if there is a better alternative and time to try that first he will suggest that. I like him and i recommend him to everyone, even my parents. *** Nun, wenn Du Deinen Eltern einen Arzt empfiehlst dann kann man wohl sicher sein das er gut ist. Dr. Bernhardt ist genau das und bevor er Dir harte Medikament verschreibt bespricht er mit Dir lieber auch mal eine Alternative. Aber eben nicht auf die esoterhische Ökoart, sondern wenn es wirklich Sinn macht. Ich vertraue ihm 100% und deshalb kann ich ihn nur empfehlen!

Went to see Dr. Bernhardt today, taking Phil's review as a recommendation, and he seems a…read morethoroughly nice chap. His English is good (much better than my German) but not quite as fluent as I had been expecting. He recommended that I stop the medications that I'd been prescribed in a walk-in weekend clinic, and just rest my injured elbow as much as possible. I was offered a few days off work, which was nice, but after a discussion as to whether it would help my healing (not really), I decided to come to work. The only slightly negative part of the experience was that the receptionist had a slightly terse phone manner. She in fact turned out to be really nice in person, so I guess it was a language thing. I should learn better German.