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Choosing surgeon?

  • 25-04-2012 5:39pm
    #1
    Curly Watts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭


    If I spoke to a surgeon who normally works in private hospitals, and he agreed to consult me in a public hospital, would my medical card cover the procedure if he would carry out the surgery for me? Or am I appointed a surgeon through the health board?


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  • #2
    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    Ask your GP to refer you to him (the surgeon)that way your medical card will cover the chop.


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


    Even if it's in a private hospital?


  • #4
    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    Curly Watts wrote: »
    Even if it's in a private hospital?
    No idea proceed with caution,I know that if you see a surgeon privately you will not be able to get the medical card to cover any further treatment.


  • #5
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    By their very nature, Private Hospitals are Private Hospitals and consequently you have to pay or have Private Health Insurance. The only people that would give you a definate answer would be the Accounts office of the actual hospital you are talking about, I would very much doubt that they would allow you to have treatment by medical card - because if they did, then everyone who have medical cards would be flooding into all the Private Hospitals to have treatments. There are cases if Patients on the public waiting lists are waiting for over 3 months they can avail of the National Treatment Purchase fund which can result in them being able to have treatment in Private Hospitals. Tread very carefully


  • #6
    Curly Watts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭Curly Watts


    what do you mean by "proceed with caution" and "tread very carefully.." :o


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  • #7
    NeoRox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 606 ✭✭✭NeoRox


    Curly Watts wrote: »
    what do you mean by "proceed with caution" and "tread very carefully.." :o


    They mean that if you proceed about this in the wrong manner i.e. see the consultant privately, your medical card will not cover any of your medical expenses and you will have to pay.

    You should consult your GP about this and see what they recommend.


  • #8
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    NeoRox wrote: »
    They mean that if you proceed about this in the wrong manner i.e. see the consultant privately, your medical card will not cover any of your medical expenses and you will have to pay.

    You should consult your GP about this and see what they recommend.

    Thats exactly what I mean NeoRox ! If you see a Consultant in a Private capacity, you will be liable for treatment costs. I have seen it on a number of occasions where a patient would see a Consultant in a private consultants room which is attached to a public hospital, consultant orders say ..... an x-ray, patient toddles off to the main hospital thinking I'm in the Public Hospital part = no charge, and then they are horrified when they are asked for payment for their x-ray. So, as I said, tread carefully and do all your research.


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