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Implications for 'long-term sick' e.g. dialysis patients?

emptybladder · 2010-11-28 17:25:05

I was listening to the Latvian Ambassador in Ireland, Peteris Elferts, on Radio 1 this morning and he mentioned how under their bail-out, something like 17 of their 60 hospitals were closed, and it got me thinking: Our health service is already a disaster. However, it does arguably offer a very good standard of care for…

28-11-2010 5:25pm

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I was listening to the Latvian Ambassador in Ireland, Peteris Elferts, on Radio 1 this morning and he mentioned how under their bail-out, something like 17 of their 60 hospitals were closed, and it got me thinking:

Our health service is already a disaster. However, it does arguably offer a very good standard of care for dialysis patients (my 26 year-old cousin is awaiting a kidney transplant).

Is this standard of care likely to reduce because of bail-out/budgetary cutbacks? Obviously, personnel numbers in hospitals will be cut, but what about provision of services.

Will those on home dialysis (which I'd imagine is probably more expensive than going into hospital three times a week) be told the HSE can't afford their machines any more and will then be expected to be treated in hospital?

Any thoughts?

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