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Medical card and bloods

  • 10-05-2018 11:10am
    #1
    Synyster Shadow
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    Sorry if this is the wrong area. I'm asking for a friend, does anyone know if bloods are free on medical card if someone has multiple sclerosis?
    My friend is on disability and sometimes twice or 3 times a month she has to get bloods done. This is €30 each time which she simply can not afford it.
    If anyone has a link to any info on it I would greatly appreciate it.


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  • #2
    splinter65
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    Synyster Shadow wrote: »
    Sorry if this is the wrong area. I'm asking for a friend, does anyone know if bloods are free on medical card if someone has multiple sclerosis?
    My friend is on disability and sometimes twice or 3 times a month she has to get bloods done. This is €30 each time which she simply can not afford it.
    If anyone has a link to any info on it I would greatly appreciate it.

    Are you sure your friend gets bloods done 3 times a month?
    Seems like a lot even with MS.
    That’s almost every week or at least once a fortnight.
    There is an ongoing issue between GPs and the HSE regarding the cost of bloods so the GPs are charging even people with medical cards.
    I think you might be better off to go to the long term illness forum with this as other MS sufferers will be able to advise.


  • #3
    Synyster Shadow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,773 ✭✭✭Synyster Shadow


    Yeah there's months where the bloods need repeating so she ends up paying a few times..
    Her bloods in general should be every 3 months. I will try long term illness forum thank you


  • #4
    wifey28
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    my gp charges 20 euro, even tho i am an oncology patient and need mine done semi often, its to charge for courriers etc mostly as you could bethe only person that day ahaving bloods done.

    If they need bloods that often and are under a consultants care they could request getting them done in their local hospital which is free.


  • #5
    Squatter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,841 ✭✭✭Squatter


    wifey28 wrote: »

    my gp charges 20 euro, even tho i am an oncology patient and need mine done semi often, its to charge for courriers etc mostly as you could be the only person that day a having bloods done.

    If they need bloods that often and are under a consultants care they could request getting them done in their local hospital which is free.

    You beat me to it! That's the solution that I (a diabetic) use.

    Although I can recall having to wait for quite a long period in St James's Hospital on many occasions - often because most of the phlebotomists seemed to go on their tea break at the same time!


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