Medical fraternity you say?
Was there nobody here could have expressed an opinion before you went shelling out that kind of brads. We have experts on many things here ranging from gout to ageing. Fire up a brief synopsis of the problem and weāll see what we can all agree upon before incurring further costs.
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He the lad that nearly killed his own child with a barbecued pheasant breast. To be avoidedā¦
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Iām waiting on a cardiology appointment with the HSE.
I got one of those āvalidate your place on the waiting listā letters this morning. Grand, says you, but itās the third one Iāve received. Youād think after the first one theyād say, this fellow wants his appointment. They must be under serious pressure in there.
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Itās only a scam in the hope youāll miss the letter and they can knock you off the list.
Or hoping I might have dropped dead in the mean timeā¦
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How long are you waiting for the appointment?
Itās the 3rd one heās received so Iām guessing somewhere between 4-6 weeks. Right! 
Can you not go private?
I know of someone lately waiting a year for an appointment, got the scan, bad news and the time lost in the meantime may/will ultimately kill him
Iād say three or four years at this stage.
No details on the letter, other than the cardiology department, but I THINK itās for a scan of the valves in the neck. Nothing too serious, says you, but that can lead to stroke.
I had a google there. Iām a bit nauseous after itā¦
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Early September is a grand old time for a spot of golf.
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Thatās possibly a little bit harsh. He might have been sick or off that day. Surely there should be more consultants, working less hours, with responsibility for less patients and they should work a 24/7 rota. Probably a simplistic solution.
200k seems very little
Was thinking that when you consider some of the awards for personal injury claims.
Killing somebody is less damages.
No long term care required
My old English teacher from school died after a botched bypass operation in the Blackrock Clinic.
Family got around 250k. Strange things came into consideration such as his now non existent pension,
āNew procedures have been put in placeā what were the old ones? First one to the operating theatre with a knife gets a go?
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