CoVid-19 Part IX - 785 cases ROI (3 deaths) 108 in NI (1 death) (20 March) Read OP

pH · 21-03-2020 01:40PM

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

If you get hospitalized and require treatment for the virus, is it....free? Would i need to be insured for it to be "free"? Anyone have any insight?

Where? Here in Ireland?

Presuming you don't have a medical card, normally an A&E fee of €100 is charged for attending without a GP referral and from then on there's an €80 per night charge (capped at €800)

People who are not entitled to a Medical Card (i.e. 68.1% of the population) must pay fees for certain health care services. There is a €100 A&E charge for those who attend an accident and emergency department without a referral letter from a family doctor (a visit to which usually costs €45–75, though some practices offer rates as low as €25-35 for over-65s and students[7]). Hospital charges (for inpatients) are a flat fee of €80 per day up to a maximum of €800 in any twelve-month period, irrespective of the actual care received. Specialist assessments and diagnostic assessments (such as X-rays, laboratory tests, physiotherapy, etc.) are provided free of charge. If a person cannot afford to pay hospital charges, the HSE will provide the services free of charge. Under the Drugs Payment Scheme, prescription drugs, individuals and families are eligible for subsidies for approved prescription drugs, medicines, and certain appliances, and pay only a maximum of €124 per month per household. To qualify a patient must hold a Drugs Payment Scheme Card, for which everyone who does not hold a Medical Card is eligible.[8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland

Macdarack · 21-03-2020 01:40PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Yes.

Treble it Mr President.

mikeoc85 · 21-03-2020 01:41PM

Jizique wrote: »

She was a bit of an attention seeker

100%...doing an expose directly afterward, I’m sure she’ll claim she was trying to raise awareness.

Widdensushi · 21-03-2020 01:41PM

Gods Gift wrote: »

Ireland took a measured approach and can play the long game.
Uk have gone all in on it been over quick. No eu money for them.

One of the reasons for Brexit was they didn't want to be subsidizing others, it's more likely we will be giving money to the others, Italy etc

Wombatman · 21-03-2020 01:42PM

Gael23 wrote: »

America is rightly screwed. Aside from Trump bring in charge

Got any numbers to back this up?

I think some people would like the see the US and UK 'rightly screwed' so as to fully expose Trump and Boris as the gee bags they are.

Not a healthy mindset.

capefear · 21-03-2020 01:42PM

mikeoc85 wrote: »

100%...doing an expose directly afterward, I’m sure she’ll claim she was trying to raise awareness.

https://m.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/the-cruellest-goodbye-how-virus-took-our-mum-39063273.html

Renjit · 21-03-2020 01:45PM

Gods Gift wrote: »

This virus likes those type of people.
Hence America is in trouble.

I bet we don't have to worry about smokers here.

mikeoc85 · 21-03-2020 01:46PM

capefear wrote: »

https://m.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/the-cruellest-goodbye-how-virus-took-our-mum-39063273.html

That headline is a bit disingenuous. Covid didn’t take your mum. She was terminally ill. This part is scaremongering imo. It’s fudging the numbers. A horrible way to go but saying Covid took her like makes people believe she was fit and healthy with a reasonable life expectancy and then she got it

weisses · 21-03-2020 01:51PM

pH wrote: »

Yes and 17% of Irish people still smoke, alcohol puts tremendous pressure on our health services, thousands fry in the sun or on sunbeds, it took years and threats of penalty points and fines to make us wear seatbelts ...

And yet when elections come around surprisingly 'the state of the health service' is our number one priority, and if the nasty HSE won't spend €100,000 on an experimental drug that might extend the life of one woman by 6 months Joe Duffy doesn't hear the end of it for weeks.

Public attitudes to health are not exactly logical or consistent most of the time.

Dont forget the 17000 children dying every single day mostly from preventable causes .... I guess once something doesn't affect the economy to much not a fukc is given

mikeoc85 · 21-03-2020 01:51PM

If the economy is going to be ground to a hault. If half the country is going to lose their jobs. If people are to give up most of the things they enjoy in life, then it needs to be for people who have a reasonable life expectancy and are cruelly taken.

I know that sounds harsh, but this can’t all be for people that the next flu was going to kill anyway. The numbers need to be more specific, maybe Germany are reporting correctly

rob316 · 21-03-2020 01:53PM

Jizique wrote: »

She was a bit of an attention seeker

Incredibly narcacistic behaviour I thought, I find it uneasy this woman built a following by live tweeting about her mothers death.
She was 88, had COPD and asthma, immobile and needed 2 carers. If anything covid put an end to that woman's suffering.

Thelonious Monk · 21-03-2020 01:54PM

mikeoc85 wrote: »

If the economy is going to be ground to a hault. If half the country is going to lose their jobs. Of people are to give up most of the things they enjoy in life, then it needs to be for people who have a reasonable life expectancy and are cruelly taken.

I know that sounds harsh, but this can’t all be for people that the next fly was going to kill anyway. The numbers need to be more specific, maybe Germany are reporting correctly

We'll lose jobs we'll have less money but no one is going to starve to death. The absolutely ridiculous standard of living the first world has had for a long time now is unsustainable anyway. We can still enjoy our lives, maybe with less 4 euro flat whites and 6 foreign holidays a year.

AmberGold · 21-03-2020 01:54PM

mikeoc85 wrote: »

That headline is a bit disingenuous. Covid didn’t take your mum. She was terminally ill. This part is scaremongering imo. It’s fudging the numbers. A horrible way to go but saying Covid took her like makes people believe she was fit and healthy with a reasonable life expectancy and then she got it

With all due respect to the woman she tweeted about how contagious the disease was as her mother was immobile. Anyone with a half a brain cell can understand the relevance in posting information like this.

COPD is not necessarily terminal and asthma certainly isn’t. Her mother could have had a few years left.
I’m certain journalists were looking for a comment and I don’t see how she can be labelled an attention seeker.

One thing is certain, if it wasn’t for COVID in this instance her mother would be still alive. RIP

weisses · 21-03-2020 01:54PM

Gods Gift wrote: »

This virus likes those type of people.
Hence America is in trouble.

Yeah ... If you look at those 4 deaths in new jersey, the US is screwed

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51978164

niallo27 · 21-03-2020 01:55PM

mikeoc85 wrote: »

If the economy is going to be ground to a hault. If half the country is going to lose their jobs. If people are to give up most of the things they enjoy in life, then it needs to be for people who have a reasonable life expectancy and are cruelly taken.

I know that sounds harsh, but this can’t all be for people that the next flu was going to kill anyway. The numbers need to be more specific, maybe Germany are reporting correctly

Harsh very harsh. That wont go down well in here.

Thelonious Monk · 21-03-2020 01:55PM

weisses wrote: »

Dont forget the 17000 children dying every single day mostly from preventable causes .... I guess once something doesn't affect the economy to much not a fukc is given

Yes. As I said, there was a "female pedestrian" killed by a car yesterday in Offaly. She was in fact a teenage girl who died in a most horrific way. And no one cares, it barely gets a mention on the news.

Wombatman · 21-03-2020 01:57PM

Excellent resource from Google

https://www.google.com/covid19/

rob316 · 21-03-2020 01:58PM

AmberGold wrote: »

With all due respect to the woman she tweeted about how contagious the disease was as her mother was immobile. Anyone with a half a brain cell can understand the relevance in posting information like this.

COPD is not necessarily terminal and asthma certainly isn’t. Her mother could have had a few years left.
I’m certain journalists were looking for a comment and I don’t see how she can be labelled an attention seeker.

One thing is certain, if it wasn’t for COVID in this instance her mother would be still alive. RIP

She was 88 completely immobile, respiratory problems and needed 2 carers. Another few years of suffering? That's a really poor quality of life.

Rob A. Bank · 21-03-2020 01:58PM

rob316 wrote: »

Incredibly narcacistic behaviour I thought, I find it uneasy this woman built a following by live tweeting about her mothers death.
She was 88, had COPD and asthma, immobile and needed 2 carers. If anything covid put an end to that woman's suffering.

Incredibly insensitive post.

YUCK !!!

Thelonious Monk · 21-03-2020 01:59PM

rob316 wrote: »

She was 88 completely immobile, respiratory problems and needed 2 carers. Another few years of suffering? That's a really poor quality of life.

2 more carers available too

Rob A. Bank · 21-03-2020 01:59PM

rob316 wrote: »

She was 88 completely immobile, respiratory problems and needed 2 carers. Another few years of suffering? That's a really poor quality of life.

And another YUCK !

Thelonious Monk · 21-03-2020 02:00PM

Rob A. Bank wrote: »

Incredibly insensitive post.

YUCK !!!

Oh get over it. Do you think anyone will give a sh*t if you or I die at 88?

Tony H · 21-03-2020 02:00PM

Akrasia wrote: »

Where exactly are you getting hand sanitizer from? I haven’t seen a bottle of the stuff in weeks The Aldi in Ennis had a bottle of shower spray at the door to ‘disinfect’ people on the way in. (I don’t think heavily diluted vinegar is a proven disinfectant) and there wasn’t a single bottle of anti bacterial spray left anywhere in the shop, or any shop I’ve been in recently

https://cosmeticsireland.com/product/airmedica/

they have some on this Irish site now , but it goes really quickly

rob316 · 21-03-2020 02:00PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Yes. As I said, there was a "female pedestrian" killed by a car yesterday in Offaly. She was in fact a teenage girl who died in a most horrific way. And no one cares, it barely gets a mention on the news.

7 people died on our roads in one weekend recently. Young people, who had alot of life left in them. Completely forgotten

weisses · 21-03-2020 02:01PM

Blueshoe wrote: »

I smoked a couple of joints last night. I think that made it feel worse. Went for a walk/ jog to clear the head. Not too bad now. Might chance a bag of crisps with a cheese toasty

Try sticking your head in a bucket of water for about 5 minutes ... takes the edge right of your symptoms

Blueshoe · 21-03-2020 02:01PM

Government will have to cover ip to 70% of peoples wages who have been made redundant or else the economy may collapse apparently.

Covid19 to cost the country at least 34 billion all in.

Rickytumtum · 21-03-2020 02:04PM

Any update on testing waiting times? My brother is waiting since last Saturday...gp has tried every day to get him a test. 7 days waiting, now is this not being reported? Does the HSE think the testing delays are less than that? Even if he does get a call for a test, In how many days time will that be? Plus waiting for results? That’s a turnaround time of about 2 weeks from first asking for a test.

21-03-2020 02:05PM

Blueshoe wrote: »

Government will have to cover ip to 70% of peoples wages who have been made redundant or else the economy may collapse apparently.

Covid19 to cost the country at least 34 billion all in.

Nice pipe dream. That's not realistic.

21-03-2020 02:05PM

well played Indo, this mornings headline is about some poor woman who died 'terrified' and 'alone'.

Its not the first time the Indo is guilty of this low level of reportage. A few weeks ago the headline was about the 80k - 100k of people who would contract this, and a week later on the front page was how there would be no funerals.

In a time where people need comforting and reassurance, and the country is going to pull together to help people try and get through this, the Indo is busy reminding us that there is no hope.

The Indo is for lighting the fire, and also if there is a toilet roll shortage.

MurDawg · 21-03-2020 02:05PM

Thank God for the rainy day fund eh....

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