The latter as far as I know. Private health insurance cover for semi-private or private accommodation does not automatically guarantee that you will get this even if such accommodation is available at the time of admission/stay. I think it also depends on other issues such as hospital resource planning/allocation, you explicitly asking if such accommodation is available etc. A family member was once in hospital with such cover and only got a private room when we explicitly asked about it.Are you entitled to a private or semi-private room based on the VHI plan paying for it, or does this simply cover you if you happen to be assigned to one?
...Are you entitled to a private or semi-private room based on the VHI plan paying for it, or does this simply cover you if you happen to be assigned to one?
Excuse my ignorance, but what is 'private care from the consultant'?
Would all of the children on the ward not see the same consultant on his/her rounds? Or are they seen by the junior doctor (who introduced herself to me as 'the paediatrician' on her visit)?
Did she explain why? Unless there was a sound medical/care reason for this then you should have stood your ground. Hospitals generally have patient charter/complaint processes and officers for dealing with problems like this.the nurse on duty wouldn't even allow us to have the curtains drawn a little way around when we were on the ward; i'd pull them, she'd push them back, it was like a mexican standoff in the end.
Did she explain why? Unless there was a sound medical/ care reason for this then you should have stood your ground. Hospitals generally have patient charter/complaint processes and officers for dealing with problems like this.
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