One of my colleagues there seemed to be having a pretty bad cold so he exited our meeting. One hour later he was back, said he took antibiotics, and felt fine now.
My jaw dropped. Dutch doctors are the opposite, as expats commonly complain about. Our first method of treatment (for various symptoms) is to send you back home and sit it out for a few days. Or just take some aspirins.
The idea being that your body will heal itself over various ills, and that this is the preferred way.
My mind was also blown when I heard that in many countries, people have medical cabinets at home. It being common that the typical non-senior adult has a stock with a wide array of medicines.
I was raised on zero medicines, unless there's something critically wrong. Even taking an aspirin makes you a bit of a wimp.
Cultural differences I guess.