Following an early delivery my baby has been in Neo Natal intensive care for nearly 3 months. As I was a semi private patient he was automatically treated as a private patient (I was too traumatised to think about this at the time). He is on my VHI cover and as far as I am aware his care is totally covered while in neonatal intensive and special care. Hopefully someone will correct me if I am wrong about this. That's my first query.
Hopefully he will be discharged soon but will have many appointments to attend in the future, most likely in the baby clinic of the hospital or a childrens hospital. My second question is can I then ask for him to be treated as a public patient? There is no way I would be able to afford private consultants fees, even if VHI would cover some of the costs, and these appointments will probably be every week or two for the first while anyway.
Any replies appreciated.
Hopefully he will be discharged soon but will have many appointments to attend in the future, most likely in the baby clinic of the hospital or a childrens hospital. My second question is can I then ask for him to be treated as a public patient? There is no way I would be able to afford private consultants fees, even if VHI would cover some of the costs, and these appointments will probably be every week or two for the first while anyway.
Any replies appreciated.