STI Clinics in Ireland (list in first post updated 10/08/2010)

Beruthiel · 11-09-2003 6:13pm

not to mention proper, cheap medicines

Zombrex · 11-09-2003 8:21pm

Originally posted by Johnnymcg
Anyway

There are more STIs than HIV,

I'm surprised noone reacted to my comment about my college

Nearly everyone I met in college knew nothing about STDs .. and they liked it that way ... they didn't want anything to ruin their fun, worry them, or remind them they are in the really world

FFS there is a epidemic happening in the colleges and, like you said, everyone has their heads in the sand

I think every 1st year should be force to attend a 1 hour sex ed instruction course and then be given 50 free condoms (my student union gave us all 1 each .. most people had that gone in afew hours!)

Dakeyras · 12-09-2003 10:00am

Originally posted by Wicknight
my student union gave us all 1 each .. most people had that gone in afew hours!

inflated/ pulled over head/ filled with water and thrown/ i wonder did anyone use them the way durex intended?:)

my friends mum used to work with the health board teaching sex education and she used to give away loads of free condoms so we were all sorted. The only thing was they were of the super-strong - tough mo fo - 'what you can still feel anything' - type. Well, they weren't that bad actually but not as nice as your average durex.

ven0m · 13-09-2003 3:56pm

think the lesson is, if you go fishing with your rod, pack a mack before you get an itchy sack my friends........

Eden · 14-09-2003 4:36pm

feel for me, people... My long-term-we're-getting-married-partner has had herpes for years now, he got it as a v young man on a working holiday in the states.
Even if he doesn't have an outbreak, the virus is still transferable, which means that we must always wear condoms, and even then there is no guarantee that I won't catch it from him.
But what are we gonna do? Stop having sex? And what about having babies?
That's why I get so annoyed when I hear of ****ing morons that won't educate themselves about these things. They are so common in this country, and anyone can get them, business man, student, council estate mum, teenager in love...
When my partner first got herpes he thought his life was over, and was very depressed and hurt for a long time. He had to live through that. And bear in mind, this was almost 20 years ago, so there was nowhere near as much information available so that he could learn about the disease.
If I ever got it from him, I don't know how he would deal with it...

AngelofFire · 14-09-2003 11:45pm

I think everybody should be taught how to use a condom as soon as they reach a certain age. I was never taught how to use one and the clarity of the instructions on the condom pack are often quite poor. Theres nothing about inspecting them for rips or holes.

The drugs that were developed which stop HIV from spreading to the rest of a person`s body are sold at a rediculous price. The majority of people in the third world who are infected are unable to afford. People are dying because of the greediness of a multinational corporation.

Panda · 09-10-2003 5:03pm

couple of things,

sex without a condom is just plain stupid, whether the girl is on the pill or not. its not safe out there these days.

the scariest sti of them all called "life" has not been mentioned yet.

our student union gave us nasty flavoured condoms, i got banana flavour. the stink was brutal....

btw for the girls of the boards goto myvag.net for a plethora of infromation.

smiaras · 09-10-2003 5:40pm

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simu · 09-10-2003 5:56pm

They should have compulsory sessions on sexual health in unis and secondary school every year, all the way up.

In my day the type of sex education we got varied widely from teacher to teacher - some taught us the facts but I remeber one religious teacher who went on about the fact that condoms don't work all the time - i know they're not 100% effective but it's better to havie ppl using them than nothing at all.

We should try to get ppl to be responsible for their sex lives - this is not always the case in Ireland today - this includes making going for a yearly STI check as normal as going to the dentist. Plus, I think an effort should be made to teach teenagers that having a kid at a young age isn't easy - I'm not saying teenage parents should be stigmatised but I think that alot of unplanned pregnancies amongst teenagers in this country are due to ignorance or refusal to face reality rather than genuine accident.

GuanYin · 09-10-2003 6:14pm

Originally posted by simu
They should have compulsory sessions on sexual health in unis and secondary school every year, all the way up.

I agree 100%. I think they should have externals brought in to do it.

Originally posted by simu
In my day the type of sex education we got varied widely from teacher to teacher - some taught us the facts but I remeber one religious teacher who went on about the fact that condoms don't work all the time - i know they're not 100% effective but it's better to havie ppl using them than nothing at all.

I got sex education in a US middle school, from what I remember it was quite good for the age of people there. In Ireland teh school I was at had a sex education class in 5th year. The guys told me it was the only time they had ever had formal sex education and it was a once off one hour class.It basically consisted of a Christian Brother telling us that it was only ok to touch "down there" when you were going to the toilet.

Originally posted by simu
We should try to get ppl to be responsible for their sex lives - this is not always the case in Ireland today - this includes making going for a yearly STI check as normal as going to the dentist. Plus, I think an effort should be made to teach teenagers that having a kid at a young age isn't easy - I'm not saying teenage parents should be stigmatised but I think that alot of unplanned pregnancies amongst teenagers in this country are due to ignorance or refusal to face reality rather than genuine accident.

I have a manditory STI check every 6 months in work. I think if I ever left this job I'd still have to keep it up to that rate. And the young parents issue.... I have to say, I know the statistics show that it doesn't seem to be too effective, but I did the whole "mind an egg" thing that they do in US schools. Its not bloody easy, and it makes you think about how difficult a kid would be.

qwertyphobia · 14-10-2003 7:18pm

Have read the thread on STI awareness and while it's got very good information in it and advice that we could all do with taking on board and is'nt avaible haft as widely as it should be. I do think one of the over all effect is to put a bit of the frighteners on people and I don't think thats particularly usefull for a number of reasons.

* Fear is not a good motivator for behaviour change.
* Yes Condoms do not offer 100% protection from all STI but they do provide the best protection from the more series infections
* Sex can be a wonderful positive powerfull force in peoples lives and that shouldn't be forgotten.
* If people have taken risks making them feel guilty or embrassed doesn't help the problem.
*While some STI's have very series consequences or can be with you for life others aren't really that big of a deal, if you go for regular STI check ups.
* STI's are just infections (usualy of a bacterial nature) not a judgment on your behaviour and we need to demistify them if we are series about getting people to attend for regular STI check ups (like a sexual health MOT)
*If at some stage over your sexual life you pick up a case of NSU or Gonorrhea, if you are getting regular STI check ups it's not the end of the world.

May get my head bitten off for some of this but I though we could do with some perspective on the topic.

just to recap
Yes do use condoms
Yes do get regular sexual health check ups
Yes do have fun and enjoy your sexuality

Annasopra · 14-10-2003 10:38pm

Yes I agree with you, I think the best thing is to promote Safe sex and as you regular sexual health check ups

j0e9o · 20-11-2003 10:21pm

these talks and all the info are somewhat excessive if ppl would just use a condom

yellum · 01-12-2003 4:21pm

http://www.playingsafely.co.uk/12stisofchristmas/12-STIs.html

Beruthiel · 04-12-2003 9:21am

amusing and informative yellum

GuanYin · 04-12-2003 10:33am

Just plain brilliant!

If only I'd seen it last night, we had a Carol Service......

uberwolf · 04-12-2003 12:41pm

had a science teacher in 2nd yr putting a condom on a test tube as part of the biological side of science. There's a confusion over who should be teaching it. I got sex-ed in primary school here and in canada, and in secondary here. They were more open talking to 11 yr olds in cananda then teenagers over here. We got split in to groups, girls went off to chat about their thing, we ours.

Having open parents was a great help as well.

pretty-in-pink · 10-12-2003 6:02pm

I agree with all you have said. People don't know where they have been, and they are blindingly trustful, or even fearful. We need to do some thing about this as a society or we will not make it to the next century in one piece.

Angelic Eyes · 10-12-2003 6:39pm

I have read what everyone has said, I totaly agree with your viewpoints, however to those of you who don't see the harm in f**king aroug, then please GROW UP. This is the real world and bad things happen.

That said, it is worth bearing in mind thatbut please keep in mind that you don't know these people. They could be just lazy, reality deficient idiots who deserve what they get, or they could be going through hell. To see what I mean. read below.

They could be in a abusive relationship, afraid to leave and afraid to stay. When that happens, you lose all choice. Forget contraception, forget consent, its all about THEM and their evil ways.

This has happened to a good few girls I know- and evary one of them is to damn terrifed to see it- you live in denial. Even when (if) you break out of it, you are to afraid, to ashamed to seek help.

The biggest problem we have in relation to Sex Ed, in particular STI Ed, is societys opinions. Its never the mans fault........................always the womens, you know the attitude. "cause she can get pregnant and we can't so its not our job"

Well I ask you this........................how the f**k can a woman force a man into her? there is head and hey thats about it.

For everyone who gets this, and is safe- well done

For anyone in such a relationship, please get out of it. I know how scary it is, I know how bad it feels. I have been there, and left there.

They are the kind of scars that never leave , but they do get better.

GuanYin · 08-04-2004 2:42pm

Dublin
St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8
The Department of Genitourinary Medicine and Infectious Diseases (GUIDE) Clinic
Tel: (01) 4162315 / 4162316
Appointments / Emergency Walk-in Service

STI Clinics General
Monday & Friday 9.30am - 12.30pm
Tuesday & Thursday 1.30pm - 3.00pm (By appointment only)

Young Person's Clinic (appointment)
Thursday 10.30am - 11.30pm

Syphilis Screening & Treatment
Tuesday & Thursday 9.30am - 11.30am

HIV Clinics General
Monday 1.30pm - 4.30pm
Wednesday 8.30am - 11.30pm

New patients (Diagnostic Evaluation Unit)
Wednesday 2.30pm - 4.00pm (By appointment only)

Infectious Diseases Clinic
Friday 2.00pm - 4.00pm (By appointment only)

Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Eccles St., Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 830 1122
Monday - Thursday (STI Clinic) - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Thursday (HIV Testing) - 10.30am - 12.30pm
Tuesday (Follow up medical monitoring for patients with chronic infectious diseases, including HIV) - 9.30am - 1.00pm

Baggot Street Clinic, 19 Haddington Road, Dublin 4
Tel: (01) 6602189/2227.

Gay Men's Health Project
Tuesday 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Wednesday 6.00pm - 7.30pm

Women's Health Project
Wednesday 2.00pm - 4.00pm

Aisling Clinic, Cherry Orchard Hospital, Ballyfermot Road, Dublin 10
Tel: (01) 620 6010
HIV Clinic - Tuesday 2.00pm - 4.00pm
City Clinic, 108 Amiens Street, Dublin 3
Tel: (01) 855 5310
HIV Testing - Monday 2.00pm - 4.00pm

IFPA
5/7 Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1.
Tel: 01 - 872 7088 / 874 2110
Fax: 01 - 872 5734
OPENING HOURS
Monday: 9.30am - 8pm
Tuesday: 9.30am - 7pm
Wednesday: 9.30am - 7pm
Thursday: 9.30am - 8pm
Friday: 9.30am - 7pm
Saturday: 9.30am - 4pm
Sunday: Closed

CLARE
Ennis General Hospital.
Tel: Limerick (061) 482 382
Monday 10.00am - 1.00pm
(by appointment only)

CORK
Victoria Hospital, Old Blackrock Road, Cork.
Tel: (021) 4966 844
Monday/Tuesday/Thursday 9.30am - 11.45am
Wednesday 9.30am - 11.45am & 2.15pm - 4.30pm
All clinics are by appointment only.

GALWAY
University College Hospital, Newcastle Road, Galway
Tel: (091) 525 200 (by appointment only)
Monday 2.00pm - 6.30pm
Friday 10.00am - 12.00pm
First Thursday of the month 2.00pm - 5.00pm

KERRY
Tralee General Hospital, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Tel: (021) 4966844
Friday 2.00pm - 4.30pm
By appointment only.

LIMERICK
Regional Hospital, Dooradoyle, Limerick
Tel: (061) 482 382 (by appointment only)
Tuesday & Friday 10.00am - 1.00pm & 2.00pm - 5.00pm

MAYO
Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Tel (094) 21733
Tuesday 10.00am - 1.00pm

SLIGO
Sligo Regional Hospital, The Mall, Sligo
Tel: (071) 70473
Tuesday 6.00pm - 7.00pm
(walk-in basis)

TIPPERARY
Nenagh General Hospital
Tel: (061) 482 382
Wednesday 2.00pm - 5.00pm
(by appointment only)

WATERFORD
Waterford Regional Hospital, Waterford
Tel: (051) 845149
Monday 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Thursday 9.30am - 11.30am

NORTHERN IRELAND

BELFAST
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Tel: 02890 894777 (048 from ROI)
Monday 8.30am - 11.30am
Wednesday & Friday 1.30pm - 3.00pm
Tuesday & Thursday 8.30am - 11.00am

COLERAINE
Causeway G.U.M. Clinic, Coleraine
Tel: 028703 44177 Ext. 2080 (048 from ROI)
Tuesday 5.30pm - 6.00pm
Friday 2.00pm - 5.00pm

DERRY
Altnagelvin Hospital, Glenshane Rd., Derry
Tel: 02871 611269 (048 from ROI)
GUM Drop-In Clinic
Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9.30am - 11.30am
Monday 5.00pm - 7.30pm
Wednesday 1.30pm - 3.30pm

NEWRY
Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry
Tel: 028308 35000, Ext. 2243
Wednesday 9.00am - 12.30pm

qwertyphobia · 08-04-2004 10:51pm

It should be pointed out that the Women's Health Project in haddington Rd. is strickly for women working in prostitution and not for the general female public

Mocrie14 · 26-08-2004 11:01am

I've just made an appointment to see Dr Freedman in Ranelagh re a small rash - anyone got any experience of him...?

LegacyUser · 01-09-2004 6:00pm

I *used* to think I'd a fairly decent sex ed in school: but I don't remember anybody telling be about f*cking herpes.

Sexual contact (in any/all depts, it ain't fussy) with an infected person will leave you infected for life (cos it's a virus).

Be especially warey of cold-sore sufferers-- even when one is not blatently obvious on their lips.

It's the first question I would new casual partners : do you get coldsores?.

:-( Sadly, it's a bit l8 for me. I now "enjoy" recurring (twice annually) herpetic infections in a very delicate place.

LegacyUser · 01-10-2004 5:20pm

Could someone please tell me how they test for herpes? I've read they use a blood test to test for it. Is this correct information? Do I simply go to a STI clinic and ask to be tested for herpes or what is the procedure.

Thanks, Unreg

LegacyUser · 16-10-2004 1:36pm

Can someone please answer this if you can. I want to get tested when i have a day off this week.

- Does anyone know if there is somewhere free (or doesnt cost an arm and a leg) to get tested in Waterford/Dungarvan/Clonmel areas?

- Can you just get blood/urine sample to test for some of them and tell them to leave any internal examinations to a later date?

- Can your own general doctor check for STD's and if so any idea's of prices.

- If you do have one do they ask for the name of previous partner/s to inform them or can you do that yourself?

- WHAT exactly do they do?

- Can you ask for a female doctor to examine you?

- How long does it take

Sorry if you think i'm ignorant but i've had a scare and want to be tested even though i have no symphoms.

Thanks in advance

plenderj · 22-10-2004 9:31am

I went for some STI tests not too long ago. Broke up with the ex, and found out she was sleeping around, so better safe than sorry. It wasn't an entirely pleasant experience - but I'd do it again if I had to.

I went to a guy recommended by my GP - Dr.Freedman (Friedman ?) in Ranelagh. He's actually very good. Asks loads of very (very) personal questions the minute you walk in the door, but hey what do you expect?
Didn't ask me for any other partner's names.

I had to give him a urine sample, a blood sample... and then. Well. Lets not discuss what I had to do next. But like I said - I would do it again if I had to. I just shut my eyes and looked up to heaven and let him fiddle away.

Cost me €150 for the first visit. €100 for the next visit about something else, and €80 for the next. I needed the results in a hurry because I was going away with someone, and he had them back in about 3 days.

LegacyUser · 29-10-2004 9:48pm

Hello everyone,

I educated myself a long time ago about STIs and the methods for avoidance of contracting them.I go and get checked out at a clinic whenever I become single so I know that I go into a new relationship disease free. I feel its the only way to be responsible about this.

So I take care of myself when it comes to sex, I ALWAYS use a condom and NEVER sleep around.

Guess what?
last time I became single I went to a clinic for STI tests that I was positive would come back negative...

sigh

I was very wrong.

After years of being very aware and subsequently being very careful about who and how I slept with people I found out that I had contracted genital warts. great. Now i have them for life, sure i can get them burnt/frozen off quite quickly and only have a week or so discomfort as they heal but they will always be with me, in my body, just lying dormant, ready to pop up again without warning. There is no cure for genital warts only ways to remove them when they grow on you.

I was in a long term relationship for 5 years before getting tested.
Sadly this means my ex girlfriend must have slept around on me, bad buzz yes but life goes on.

what i am saying is this:

even being educated about the dangers wont protect you from others. if they are infected and you sleep with them you will most likely become infected yourself and in turn pass it on to someone else.

LegacyUser · 11-11-2004 11:38am

"Cost me €150 for the first visit. €100 for the next visit about something else, and €80 for the next. "

Is that how much it costs? I cannot afford that. I've found out someone i was with was also with the town bicycle so i feel "i'm diseased". I've no symptoms but i found out this girl is pregnant by him, she has four kids by four different guys, and has been with a hell of a lot more. He denies it but i know it's true. I also found out that last year he was with a girl who kept a "diary" of all her conquests and put *****'s beside their names. That diary was discovered by her leaving it on a bar (she's a 23 yr old barmaid) and there was a list of guys as long as your arm, lots of them married men. HE was also on that list. (For anyone who's nosey and for the sh*t of it, he got 3 stars - she must of been drunk, he only deserves a 1 or 2

) I've only been with 4 people but i think i should get tested. I do not want to be with anyone until i know i'm clean or cured.

Can anyone tell EXACTLY what is involved in being tested please. I've read all the replies but it is not clear. and is the above price what everyone charges? Can i go to my local doctor for the tests?

gmhp · 12-11-2004 6:21pm

that price is for a private doctor

A couple of posts up the list there is a list of public clinic where all testing and treatment is provided for free

I think most areas have been covered regarding whats involved in the sti testing already in this thread if you re read it and there is something specfic you are looking for still post it and you will get an answer

LegacyUser · 22-12-2004 6:36pm

does anyone have a contact number fro this dude dr. freedman (friedman?).
my gp recommended him also but he had no details.

StandnDeliver · 19-01-2005 3:14am

it doesnt take long everyone should get it done and that nagging feeling at the back of your mind will go.its painless

Mocrie14 · 31-01-2005 10:47am

I went to Dr Freedman 6 months ago - got a full STD test for €150 and was given the all clear. The reason I had gone to him was because I had a small rash on the shaft of my penis - he did'nt know what it was! Suggested I go to a dermatologist or GP. Well I still have the rash - have tried every 'over the counter' cream available, but to no avail. I'm beginning to wonder if Dr Freedman missed something. Can anyone recommend a GP in Dublin (southside preferably) who I could go to re this?

Thanks!

Tha Gopher · 05-03-2005 2:37am

I agree with dammit,not every question has been anwsered

If i go for one of these,what the hell is the procedure? Do I have to give blood?(hate giving blood samples,really do). Or do they send you into a cublcle with some magazines and wait for you to shoot in a cup? Or just a urine sample? Seriously,what is the exact procedure with this?

Also,which one of those clinics are free,all of them?

And wtf cant i log out??!!?

EDIT-was talkin to a mate of mine today who had it done. It sounds like medieval torture. Pokin stuff under your foreskin and everything. Im not going for one without a bottle of vodka beforehand,it was seriously disturbin what they do to ya

Sleepy · 14-03-2005 11:04pm

Is €150 really the cheapest you can get tested for?

LegacyUser · 11-04-2005 9:00am

went to the Baggot street clinic with my girlfriend, met some very nice people, had a blood test, got the results back a week later, cost FREE.

If you have that nagging feeling in the back of your head why not just go to this clinic and find out the truth. Nice friendly quick service.

No need to make a appointment, 5 till 7 on a thursday. It was very quiet the day i went for the results and test, you wont be waiting long in a busy waiting room.

Good health to everyone!

qwertyphobia · 15-04-2005 2:27pm

safe guest

That baggot street clinic only does blood tests so at the most you where only checked for HIV, syphilis, Hep A, B and C. You wheren't tested for any of the more comon STI's

LegacyUser · 18-04-2005 8:30am

qwertyphobia wrote:

safe guest

That baggot street clinic only does blood tests so at the most you where only checked for HIV, syphilis, Hep A, B and C. You wheren't tested for any of the more comon STI's

You are correct, you only get a blood test.

Dreamer 7 · 24-04-2005 8:42am

:eek: Following a well overdue STI test I was diagnosed ith the Silent Killer Clamydia .
Ive been with my fiance for 5 yrs and coz we'd never been tested we can never tell where it came from of when it was contracted

Puts alot of doubt into your mind i can tell you , simple prescription from the doctor clears it up straight away

LegacyUser · 07-06-2005 8:06pm

went through the gruelling ordeal of getting tested today at james'. Booked an appointment 2 months ago, which only allows you to be seen on the day. You take a ticket and wait 3-4 hours to be seen, then once through you get the eye of your penis scraped by a female doctor, blood taken, and urine sample given. Then, wait for it, you only get a phone call in 2-3 weeks if they have bad news. How bloody stupid is that? I'm going to be terrified every time my phone starts ringing in the coming weeks! Shocked at the system!!!!

qwertyphobia · 12-06-2005 10:09pm

I am sure no one including the staff think it's the ideal solution.

But as you saw with your two month waiting for an appointment the clinic is very busy this system allows then to spend more time screening people and dealing with people who need treatment at the expense of telling someone they have no infections.

Where clinics are getting busyer every year with less resources to manage the situation something has to give. This sadly is one of the things that is giving in this clinic.

On a postive note put james hospital number in your phone so at least you will know it's them before you answer

LegacyUser · 15-06-2005 11:10am

How much does the full check up in James cost does anybody know? For a female?

Victor · 15-06-2005 10:54pm

I think they are free, but phone them, I'm sure they'll tell you.

LegacyUser · 22-06-2005 11:24am

How bad are genital warts? From what i have read there is no cure. So once u get them removed they will keep coming back even if u dont sleep with anyone? What is the story with getting them removed. Appointment for doc next tues but jus wondering if anyone has had them or got it done thanks

qwertyphobia · 28-06-2005 1:15pm

While once you have got gential warts you will have the Human paplova virus HPV for life. That does not mean you will kepp getting warts once they clear up.

If you don't get a reacurence of warts within the next 12 months after them being removed you maybe lucky and not get an outbreak of them again.

But you will still have HPV but you can't transmit it unless you have warts. So always keep a check on yourself to see if you develop them again.

Also make sure you get regular smear tests as it can increase your risk of cancer

LegacyUser · 26-07-2005 7:25pm

Could anyone recommend which they feel is the best/helpful/quick to visit STI clinic in the Dublin area?

LegacyUser · 15-08-2005 3:15pm

In response to PSI (the original poster on this board) -- [I admit that I didn't have time to read EVERY post!].. here's my take:

You can offer free condoms, show all the ads about STIs, and put all the AIDS victims in front of a certain contingent of society. They will still not use condoms if offered the chance of having sex. It's in someone's culture/paradigm or it isn't to be safe or not... same goes when it comes to all those ads from the National Safety Council about speeding [has it slowed down fast drivers? Quick answer is no it hasn't].

So basically my point is: There is very little you can do to change those statistics, and they are going to get worse so long as people are having sex with as many people as they are texting each other... if they're all knocking around, they're going to get some wart/rash/soreness/peeing problem of some kind eventually..... sorry for the graphical bluntness here but these are most popular symptoms not in any particular order. The only way nowadays to be sure to avoid such a catasrophe [and it is to get an STI - I see and hear about this all the time], is to either abstain altogether and do things the way our parents did and wait until you get married, or, make sure you know the bloody person first before you hop into the sack with them! [Some thing that a lot of folks skip unfortunately...] And the STI then leads to psychological problems and feelings of low morale, guilt, and in some cases a total loss of confidence.

Criticism from all welcome.....

A confused yet informed City Centre GP...

Ph3n0m · 29-08-2005 11:56am

Major announcement

The STI clinic in James Hospital has started a walk in clinic.

However it is limited to

Thursday :1:30pm onwards
Friday: 9:00am onwards

It is a first come, first served, and there is normally a limit of about 50 - and you must get there early. I was there for a check up (never too careful) and all 50 places were gone on Friday morning by 8:35am

But also get ready to wait, and bring a book - but I have to say they are exceptionally nice people there

theCzar · 16-11-2005 1:36pm

In fact you can no longer make an appointment in St. James, it's walk in only. You have to be there at 8am to get a ticket and then the clinic doesn't start til 1am...

Anybody got experience in the Mater clinic?

LegacyUser · 21-12-2005 2:38am

like_an_animal wrote:

went through the gruelling ordeal of getting tested today at james'. Booked an appointment 2 months ago, which only allows you to be seen on the day. You take a ticket and wait 3-4 hours to be seen, then once through you get the eye of your penis scraped by a female doctor, blood taken, and urine sample given. Then, wait for it, you only get a phone call in 2-3 weeks if they have bad news. How bloody stupid is that? I'm going to be terrified every time my phone starts ringing in the coming weeks! Shocked at the system!!!!

this happened me, and i passed the 2 week mark and was all happy thinking i was grand, and then two days later i got a letter saying that i did have a treatable infection. had to make another appointment just to find out what it was and pick up treatment. then a follow up appointment to make sure it was gone. it was hassle. theres no need for it. use condoms.

theCzar · 22-12-2005 8:34pm

Went for a test to know for sure all was ok. that was 5 weeks ago with no word since so I'd guess all is indeed, ok.

STI Clinics in Ireland (list in first post updated 10/08/2010)

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