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cost of operation..please advise

  • 06-09-2012 7:31pm
    #1
    question time
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    I have no insurance and no medical care. I was referred by my doctor to an consultant in Beaumont hospital, I've now been told i need to get an MRI and an operation. I worried about what all this will cost me. Can anyone advise


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  • #2
    subway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭subway


    An operation, eh? That's fairly vague.


  • #3
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,637 ✭✭✭TheBody


    question time wrote: »
    I have no insurance and no medical care. I was referred by my doctor to an consultant in Beaumont hospital, I've now been told i need to get an MRI and an operation. I worried about what all this will cost me. Can anyone advise

    I had an mri in Beaumont about a year ago on the public health system. Didn't cost me a cent. Thank god I didn't need an operation.


  • #4
    question time
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭question time


    hopefully i'll be the same...thanks for replying


  • #5
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,637 ✭✭✭TheBody


    question time wrote: »
    hopefully i'll be the same...thanks for replying

    Hope it works out well for you.


  • #6
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    did you see the consultant as a public or a private patient ? public it should be free but obviously not if you saw him privately.........


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  • #7
    question time
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭question time


    i seen him on the public system and the MRI and operation will be on the public system too


  • #8
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,637 ✭✭✭TheBody


    Spook_ie wrote: »
    did you see the consultant as a public or a private patient ? public it should be free but obviously not if you saw him privately.........

    You can still request to go public for the MRI even if you paid privately to meet the consultant. That's what I did.


  • #9
    lonestargirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭lonestargirl


    In the public system your doctor's visits and tests etc. will be free. There is a charge of €75 per night to stay in a public hospital, this is capped at €750 per year. They will not look for money upfront and will allow you pay this bill off over a period of time.


  • #10
    question time
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭question time


    thanks for replying....this has certainly put my mind at ease


  • #11
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    ok, so you saw him as a public patient, then the only possible charge is 75 euros per night up to a maximum of 750 per year, however, I do believe that if you have a medical card this charge is waived.


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  • #12
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    TheBody wrote: »
    You can still request to go public for the MRI even if you paid privately to meet the consultant. That's what I did.

    This used to be common place, however over the last year public hospitals have tightened up on this.


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