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Operational costs

  • 10-04-2012 10:01pm
    #1
    Curly Watts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭


    Is there anywhere I could get help on funding an operation?


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  • #2
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,574 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Do you mean a medical procedure or a social programme?


  • #3
    Curly Watts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭Curly Watts


    Sorry. Yes a medical procedure.


  • #4
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,574 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Do you have or are you entitled to a medical card?

    Through the public system, most charges are absorbed.


  • #5
    Curly Watts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭Curly Watts


    Is there ways and means of getting private funding or even operations out of the country type funding for serious cases? Who could I contact about this.


  • #6
    saa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭saa


    Curly Watts wrote: »
    Is there ways and means of getting private funding or even operations out of the country type funding for serious cases? Who could I contact about this.

    It depends what it is, Your community welfare officer (cwo) is a good start, I really doubt it will be make a payment to private healthcare service if its to avoid a wait and if you can get it done here then they will not send you abroad, but if you can bring in your proof of income and anything proving expenditure oh and a doctors letter proving the need for this and show that you do not have the funds to pay for this operation and its urgent you might be entitled to a once off payment at the discretion of the officer but ive never heard of it. You might just be able to get something if it is an exceptional need maybe?
    You may be told to apply for a medical card and wait, I have heard of a lot of people fundraising for private/urgent operations and to travel abroad before so it may be something cwo cannot provide for. Good luck.


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  • #7
    Curly Watts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭Curly Watts


    Thanks for the replies. Would health insurance be an option? To take out a policy and go that way? At the moment, the cause is a serious burden on the quality of life and health.


  • #8
    saa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭saa


    Curly Watts wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies. Would health insurance be an option? To take out a policy and go that way? At the moment, the cause is a serious burden on the quality of life and health.

    Didn't think they covered pre existing conditions fully I dunno I just thought that if you don't have health insurance you can't just sign up after you find out you need an operation then wouldn't everyone without HI basically do that when they need an op?


  • #9
    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    http://www.ntpf.ie/home/


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