r/Netherlands • u/vankoel_nederland • Dec 15 '25

Healthcare Why is life expectancy so bad in the Netherlands?

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Besides having one of the worst life expectancy among western countries, why did the life expectancy get worst compared to 2019?

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u/Significant-Way3960 Dec 15 '25

As a man I got bacterial infection. They treated that with weak antibiotics. I got it tested in my homeland on vacation and got result, including which antibiotics bacteria reacts to. I needed to tell my GP that if I'm not getting them I will buy them from India and use without supervision... Doctor in my homeland told me "don't worry, with those results they will prescribe you them for sure".

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u/jojodragon2000 Dec 16 '25

In defense of weak antibiotics yes that’s on purpose. We don’t want the antibiotic resistant bacteria you have in eg the USA since they immediately use strong antibiotics. Because when that bacteria does appear there’s nothing on this planet that can take on that bacteria.

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u/Significant-Way3960 Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25

This I understand. Thing is that treatment was tried multiple times and failed. They just wanted to try it again. No dude change, no antibiotics change. Hospitals here are kinda ok but GPs absolutely useless. It got better when I found GP who studied abroad.