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embedded splinter/infection in thumb

  • 18-02-2020 8:35pm
    #1
    LeinsterJC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭


    Apologies if this isn't posted in the appropriate forum. I work as a bartender and pricked my thumb around the joint when picking up a bottle skip a couple of days ago. Didn't think anything of it but the next day my thumb had swollen to double it's size and I don't have much movement in it. There may be a very small fragment of glass embedded in it or it might just be infected. I don't really have money to go to a doctor and I'm a bit worried I might have to take time off work if it doesn't sort itself out. Anyone know if I could get free medical treatment anywhere in Dublin?
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  • #2
    echo beach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭echo beach


    If you got injured at work your employer should arrange medical treatment. Have you asked them?


  • #3
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,286 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    echo beach wrote: »
    If you got injured at work your employer should arrange medical treatment. Have you asked them?

    Nope. Some will refuse, because doing so could be seen as admitting liability. Others will pay. Very few will organise the appointment for you.

    OP, I'd guess that by now you're either dead or have seen a doctor.

    Having a medical card is the only way to get cheap or free medical care here.


  • #4
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Feel free to offer a good slagging but do not offer medical advice !
    Rob
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