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Any idea about private clinic vs. public clinic?

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    #32
    Rodin
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    Multipass wrote: »
    Galway - is it known for crowding?

    Hell yeah.


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    Rodin
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    mfceiling wrote: »
    My example today.

    Appointment with specialist in Santry sports clinic at 10.30 a.m

    I get there at 9.50. I'm seen within 5 minutes of sitting down.

    I'm out the door at 10.10 after paying €190 ( I can claim 80% back on my health insurance policy).

    His secretary calls me 1 hour later with an appointment for surgery on the 28th of this month.

    Health insurance covers the entire cost.

    Did you already have your imaging with you?


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    #34
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    I know when I was seeing my GI surgeon in Beacon I could be delayed up to 2 hours, in fact was never seen on time. Didn't bother me, but going private certainly didn't mean "efficient"appointments. Simply put, that surgeon never knew how long he would be detained in theatre as he did very complex procedures. Just the nature of it. Planned orthopaedic procedures are generally quite predictable and surgeons doing elective private work can give more precise appointments.


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    mfceiling
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    Rodin wrote: »
    Did you already have your imaging with you?

    It was sent to him from the vhi swiftcare clinic a few weeks ago.


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    Rodin
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    mfceiling wrote: »
    It was sent to him from the vhi swiftcare clinic a few weeks ago.

    That's why it only took 20 minutes. Add in imaging review and it'd be longer
    Is it something straight forward like k-wiring a non-union of a fracture?


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    If you need immediate emergency treatment it's going to be public. Always.

    It's only if it can be deferred that it would ever go to private.


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    #38
    farmerval
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    In my experience the public versus private is more complex. With health insurance the consultant is much more likely to refer you for tests and these will be carried out in a timely fashion. Waiting for these on the public system can be brutally slow.
    Also on health insurance the consultant is probably much more likely to refer you for tests, rule out all the possibilities before committing to the diagnosis.


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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    If you need immediate emergency treatment it's going to be public. Always.

    It's only if it can be deferred that it would ever go to private.

    I've had emergency treatment several times in a private hospital, but I have been able to arrive in a taxi on those occasions, one being when I had a fairly critical cardiac issue and rightly ought to have gone to a public place although the cardiologist was able to do an immediate cath lab procedure. To be safe, in the event, I should have phoned for an ambulance with it's on-board paramedics. On one occasion when I had bowel obstruction with highly unpleasant form of vomiting I was in no position to arrive in a friend's car, so I had to call an ambulance and go public, which was fine except that the beds weren't electronically adjustable (as they are in the private) which is infinitely more comfortable after the mesh surgery (or indeed any surgery or illness) to repair the strangulated hernia. However I actually recovered quicker as I had to actually use muscles to get myself up and out of bed!

    But it's overall better to be in a public hospital if you're pretty ill, as during unexpected complications in the course of your illness it can be difficult to get immediate ICU care if you are depending on the care of a single consultant in a private place. During my last admission in a private hospital a patient in my room developed sepsis and needed to be put on a ventilator (out of the blue) in the middle of the night, but her elderly medical consultant needed to be summonsed to authorise this and was not contactable for a few hours. A very distressing scenario to witness, took tons of staff trying to figure out how to keep them alive pending arrival of said consultant.


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    mfceiling
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    Rodin wrote: »
    That's why it only took 20 minutes. Add in imaging review and it'd be longer
    Is it something straight forward like k-wiring a non-union of a fracture?

    Damaged knee. Bone bruising, torn meniscus, damaged ligaments. Keyhole surgery and out the same day.


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    #41
    Rodin
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    mfceiling wrote: »
    Damaged knee. Bone bruising, torn meniscus, damaged ligaments. Keyhole surgery and out the same day.

    Case of they'll know what they're dealing with once in there...
    Arthroscopy +/- proceed


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