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Vasectomy on the medical card?

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  • 28-05-2007 7:07am
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    ZOLTAN28
    Registered Users Posts: 515 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    Does anyone know whether this procedure is available anywhere in Dublin on the medical card - the family planning clinics no longer offer this procedure for medical card holders.


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    eth0_
    Registered Users Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    AFAIK it's not available and why should it be? Few vasectomies are done because of a danger to a mans health. It only costs €400, can't you get an overdraft/loan?


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    Pataman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,534 ✭✭✭Pataman


    eth0_ wrote:
    AFAIK it's not available and why should it be? Few vasectomies are done because of a danger to a mans health. It only costs €400, can't you get an overdraft/loan?

    It cost me €500 last October. By the way what dangers(too late now)?


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    ZOLTAN28
    Registered Users Posts: 515 ✭✭✭ZOLTAN28


    eth0_ wrote:
    AFAIK it's not available and why should it be? Few vasectomies are done because of a danger to a mans health. It only costs €400, can't you get an overdraft/loan?


    It is available on the medical card - through the well woman centre.

    Why should it be? Can I not get a loan/overdraft?

    Wow - Are you a PD?

    A - I have four kids and a wife and a low income - hence the medical card.
    B - I have loans coming out of my ass

    Maybe 400 (actually more like 500) is not a lot for you it certainly is for me - maybe you don't live in a rented council house with two bedrooms and four children.

    For non progressive democrats who may have need of a vasectomy - contact the well woman centre, northside shopping centre - as far as i know they are the only ones who offer the service free of charge for medical card holders.

    For rich people - I guess you can afford to pay.


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    delw
    Registered Users Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭delw


    yes it is on the medical card,number of clinics offer it,morhampton clinic& clune road clinic to name two


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