Hospital

pappyodaniel

I think I may have fractured my foot running to catch a bus yesterday (stupid Converse), it's only painful when I walk on it but my housemate is adamant I go and get an X-ray. It's years since I've been to hospital with an injury. About 10 years ago I fractured my ankle and I was waiting about 10 hours to be seen. I'd rather not go through that again. Have you any ideas on what hospital to use? I'm in Sixmilebridge and Limerick is closer than Ennis. Besides the Mid West Regional I only know of 2 hospitals, St. John's and Barrington's. Which one would you recommend?

swim2

Regional as far as I know.
I think St. Johns only do xrays during certain times and they may end sending you to regional. I dont think Barringtons do anything except private patients, I stand to be corrected.
If you can wait until the morning go out then, it could be quite tonight or could be manic. It could also be busy but with the bad weather there may be a lot of people with broken bones.
can you stand on it without it hurting or is it just when walking. could be a bad sprain, but could also be broken so best bet is to get it xrayed

Vanolder

pappyodaniel wrote: »

I think I may have fractured my foot running to catch a bus yesterday (stupid Converse), it's only painful when I walk on it but my housemate is adamant I go and get an X-ray. It's years since I've been to hospital with an injury. About 10 years ago I fractured my ankle and I was waiting about 10 hours to be seen. I'd rather not go through that again. Have you any ideas on what hospital to use? I'm in Sixmilebridge and Limerick is closer than Ennis. Besides the Mid West Regional I only know of 2 hospitals, St. John's and Barrington's. Which one would you recommend?

Is it instantly sore when you put pressure on it or is it after a short period of walking the pain comes. Any swelling?

phog

Afaik the only A&E open now is the Regional Hospital.

pappyodaniel

I won't be going anywhere until tomorrow, I'm wrecked.

Here's a photo

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I'll just leave a link so. In case anyone has any ideas.

langdang

You'll be FOREVER in the A&E

dollydishmop

Set your alarm clock and go in very early!

Took hubby in with a snapped Achilles Tendon a while back, we went in at 6am (his decision, not mine, I hasten to add!) and we were dealt with straight away. He was in the operating theatre getting stapled before 11am the same day!

phog

langdang wrote: »

You'll be FOREVER in the A&E

That may be so but if he needs medical help for a fraction then he probably needs to go there. You wont jump the queue from home.

BTW, I've been there 3 times recently and the longest wait I had was about 5 hours but then I didnt need a hospital bed.

jakelamotta

Photo looks nasty pal, get to St John's in the morning.

looks the same as mine when i snapped the metatarsal. swollen on the top of the foot, if you went over on your ankle you've probably got ligament damage.

6 weeks of so in a cast - mine was from my toe up to my knee - and physio afterwards for a month.

at least you won't have to get up and go to the bar over xmas!

langdang

phog wrote: »

That may be so but if he needs medical help for a fraction then he probably needs to go there. You wont jump the queue from home.

He wunt be jumping no ques hurhur


Be quicker to go to the VHI Swiftcare clinic in Cork or Dublin!

pappyodaniel

jakelamotta wrote: »

Photo looks nasty pal, get to St John's in the morning.

looks the same as mine when i snapped the metatarsal. swollen on the top of the foot, if you went over on your ankle you've probably got ligament damage.

6 weeks of so in a cast - mine was from my toe up to my knee - and physio afterwards for a month.

at least you won't have to get up and go to the bar over xmas!

Seriously? Feck that, I drive for a living...thanks for the info but I really really really hope you are wrong :eek:

I didn't go over on my ankle though, I was just running to catch a bus at Arthur's Quay and when I stopped running I felt a very slight pain which I thought was a toe cramp...to be followed with getting drunk and hobbling around Dublin at unGodly hours.

Vanolder

pappyodaniel wrote: »

I won't be going anywhere until tomorrow, I'm wrecked.

Here's a photo
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That will have to come off mate. No doubt about it. I just hope you have a name that goes with 'one leg'. Something like Willie or Timmy.

langdang

Vanolder wrote: »

That will have to come off mate. No doubt about it. I just hope you have a name that goes with 'one leg'. Something like Willie or Timmy.

Get a parrot, yarrr :cool:

pappyodaniel

It was bound to happen, 31 and running for a bus?

I'm lucky I didn't put my back out!

Delphi91

Took someone into A&E in St. Johns one Wednesday afternoon about 5-6 weeks ago. He was seen within 20-30 minutes of getting there and by the time I was heading away, about 30 mins after that, he was going for an x-ray. Certainly MUCH faster than A&E at the Regional - last time I was there was St. Stephens Night last. Arrived at around 6pm and left just after midnight. 2 hours before being seen first, then another 2 hour wait to be seen by a doctor. And those 6 hours were probably a lot shorter than some people experience!

chucken1

OP,would you go to your own doctor first?
If he/she sees fit you'll get a letter for AnE,which might make the wait a bit shorter.

pappyodaniel

chucken1 wrote: »

OP,would you go to your own doctor first?
If he/she sees fit you'll get a letter for AnE,which might make the wait a bit shorter.

I'd prefer to save my €50 tbh and go straight in. I'm pretty sure he'll tell me to get it X-rayed but I'd gladly pay the €50 if it meant I'd get seen reasonably quickly.

chucken1

Ah I didnt think of the doctors payment .

I think like someone else said,go in early in the morning (The Regional) and you should get seen to fairly fast. Bring a book.
Good luck with it,it looks very sore.

bullets

pappyodaniel wrote: »

I'd prefer to save my €50 tbh and go straight in. I'm pretty sure he'll tell me to get it X-rayed but I'd gladly pay the €50 if it meant I'd get seen reasonably quickly.

If you go in yourself and are not refereed by a Doctor and they dont keep you in (as in give you a bed) you will get a bill for 100 Euro and the VHI wont cover it as far as I know.

~B

iguana

pappyodaniel wrote: »

I'd prefer to save my €50 tbh and go straight in. I'm pretty sure he'll tell me to get it X-rayed but I'd gladly pay the €50 if it meant I'd get seen reasonably quickly.

What bullets said.

If you get a referral from your doctor it's free in the hospital. If you go in without a referral it's €100. Going to the doctor will actually save you €50.

Charges for accident and emergency/casualty services in public hospitals

If you go to the accident and emergency or casualty department of a public hospital without being referred there by your family doctor (GP), you may be charged €100 (from 1 January 2009).

There is no charge if you are referred by a GP.

The charge of €100 also does not apply to the following groups:

Medical card holders
People who are admitted to hospital as a result of attending the casualty department (you will then be subject to in-patient charges)
People receiving treatment for prescribed infectious diseases
Children up to six weeks of age, children suffering from prescribed diseases and disabilities and children referred for treatment from child health clinics and school health examinations
People who are entitled to hospital services because of EU Regulations
Women receiving maternity services.

If you have to return for further visits to an out-patient clinic in relation to the same illness or accident, you should not have to pay the charge again.

You can be referred by your family doctor to the out-patients department of a public hospital for specialist assessment by a consultant or his or her team or for diagnostic assessments (i.e., x-rays, laboratory tests, physiotherapy, etc.). If you attend this service as a public patient, you will not have to pay for this service. If you wish to attend a consultant in a private capacity, you must pay their fee.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/health/hospital_services/hospital_charges.html

LB6

Like that - I went over on my ankle during the summer, didn't go in same day as was weekend and thought - sat night was going to be manic. Left it till Monday, by this stage it was black and blue and swollen beyond all recognition. Couldn't bear weight, luckily I had the use of a pair of the 3 pairs of crutches that were in the attic (as hospitals won't take them back). Anyway - down to St. Johns, quick hello, triage, x-ray, tg nothing broken but ligaments torn. Out in 2 hrs. Strapped for 2 weeks.

Best bet - go to St. John's early. If you go to the Regional, you'll still have the remants of the queue from the night before and also all the casualties that come in via ambulance will also get in before ya too.

Best of luck with it. Hope it's only a sprain.

caspa307

Delphi91 wrote: »

Took someone into A&E in St. Johns one Wednesday afternoon about 5-6 weeks ago. He was seen within 20-30 minutes of getting there and by the time I was heading away, about 30 mins after that, he was going for an x-ray. Certainly MUCH faster than A&E at the Regional - last time I was there was St. Stephens Night last. Arrived at around 6pm and left just after midnight. 2 hours before being seen first, then another 2 hour wait to be seen by a doctor. And those 6 hours were probably a lot shorter than some people experience!

mate i broke the menascule bone in my foot about 3 weeks ago went into johns about 10 was xrayed bandaged(bones too small to cast) given crutches and out by 20 past 11

flutered

a well know country doc refers his late evening / night patients to mallow, one is seen to immediatly, state of the art rooms and grub, what more could a bad ankle ask for except to have the runners laced firmly.

bazz26

pappyodaniel wrote: »

I'd prefer to save my €50 tbh and go straight in. I'm pretty sure he'll tell me to get it X-rayed but I'd gladly pay the €50 if it meant I'd get seen reasonably quickly.

A&E visit will cost you €100 without a GP's referral.

chucken1

Well OP? How did you get on?

langdang

chucken1 wrote: »

Well OP? How did you get on?

He's still there. Somewhere on the list between the dancing on ice injuries and the dancing on heads injuries.