I was just replying to state it wasn't the only hospital to cancel operations. That's simply not the case.UHL is seen as the biggest basket case.
This video sums up the country:
UHL is seen as the biggest basket case.
This video sums up the country:
As leya are raising their fees again by approx 6.5% after all their other increases and I pay for 3 policies, it’s going to be nearly impossible to continue to fund private health insurance, on a fixed income in the future. I have had health insurance with Vhi etc for 40 years but will struggle to keep paying. Personally I abhor that particular hospital which is having its elective procedures cancelled. which l believe has the worst history of care and infection control in the state. Appalling lack of care. I have relatives who work in their dysfunctional systems and try their best, but they are swimming against a tide of mismanagement. Personally I have have a life limiting disability due to their treatment or lack thereof. I have seen MRSA run rampant and been covered up in relation to another close family member. Public or private you are often shuttled into that hospital by some GPs even after requesting that you never set foot in there again due to lack of choice and Consultants only being available at those public hospitals for procedures or operations.What is the point of having private health insurance when all of the hospitals, bar one, in the UHL group cancel their elective surgeries hours before the patients are due to attend? A number of patients, both public and private, had already travelled some distance because of the lack of notice.
This hospital group continually has the highest trolley figures in Ireland without any real solution on the horizon. One purported reason for the cancellation of elective surgeries was that there was not enough staff to cover summer holidays, if you don’t believe the official version.
Can the patients with private health insurance claim any expenses for these cancelled procedures? Can patients claim for the health implications caused by these cancelled procedures?
Would this cancellation be allowed in any other hospital group in Ireland? If not, why is the whole of the UHL hospital group singled out for this unjust special treatment?
So much for levelling up in Ireland.
Yes in Limerick there isn't a private hospital with full surgery. I read they are moving to a new facility soon, so possibly an extended range of surgery will be available.I’ve seen relatives able to get elective surgeries on demand and those not able to. Life can be a pure misery waiting on elective surgery.
Likewise if you live near one the small injury clinics are a much better experience than A&E.
I have private health insurance and am lucky enough in that it’s 3% of net income but I’d keep it even if it was up to 10%.
As leya are raising their fees again by approx 6.5% after all their other increases and I pay for 3 policies, it’s going to be nearly impossible to continue to fund private health insurance, on a fixed income in the future. I have had health insurance with Vhi etc for 40 years but will struggle to keep paying. Personally I abhor that particular hospital which is having its elective procedures cancelled. which l believe has the worst history of care and infection control in the state. Appalling lack of care. I have relatives who work in their dysfunctional systems and try their best, but they are swimming against a tide of mismanagement. Personally I have have a life limiting disability due to their treatment or lack thereof. I have seen MRSA run rampant and been covered up in relation to another close family member. Public or private you are often shuttled into that hospital by some GPs even after requesting that you never set foot in there again due to lack of choice and Consultants only being available at those public hospitals for procedures or operations.
Oh enlighten me then oh wise one.Fascinating to learn that UHL's problems are all due to mismanagement. God bless your innocence!
Oh enlighten me then oh wise one.
Its not their opinion. Its mine and by golly everyone who has had the misfortune to have to use the services. Entitled to my opinion as you are you yours. Opinions like noses everyone has one and as you are possibly either management or HR yours might be a bit biased. Good luckNot a chance; you have relatives working there who evidently know everything. And who am I to question such an unimpeachable source?
There is Bon Secours on the old Barrington site. They are moving soon and I assume they will be providing more services. At the moment it's only non invasive or minor surgery stuff.Is there no private hosp in Co. Limerick?
I don't have VHI to get a private room, just access to care. This is the case in lots of public hospitals.Apparently, private patients in the UHL group were asked, while they were waiting on trolleys, for their insurance details but they did not receive private care including private room etc.
What is the point of having private health insurance if the UHL group cannot provide private health care. UHL group should be prevented from charging private patients until and unless they can provide private health care to the same standard as other private care hospitals, after all, the customers pay the same premiums as private patients in the rest of the country.
A private hospital with full medical services is required in the UHL group area because of the ongoing political failure, first the government close 2 emergency departments in the UHL group in 2009 and then wonder why the trolley figures are consistently so high since then.
Bog standard question in any public hospital, one of the first questions they ask in my experience, regardless of whether it is in Limerick, Cork or Dublin. I've been asked for it in CUH, St Lukes and Tallaght in the past. In effect, the state recovers some of the expense from your insurers and you normally get very little extra in return.Apparently, private patients in the UHL group were asked, while they were waiting on trolleys, for their insurance details but they did not receive private care including private room etc.
What is the point of having private health insurance if the UHL group cannot provide private health care. UHL group should be prevented from charging private patients until and unless they can provide private health care to the same standard as other private care hospitals, after all, the customers pay the same premiums as private patients in the rest of the country.
A private hospital with full medical services is required in the UHL group area because of the ongoing political failure, first the government close 2 emergency departments in the UHL group in 2009 and then wonder why the trolley figures are consistently so high since then.
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