BoardsieKKV
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Hi Folks,
Probably asking a question that no one may know the answer to here, but figured there'd be no harm asking, as I don't really know much/anything about the HSE or general healthcare system in Ireland as a whole. (I had a medical card growing up, but it was taken off me when I started working and making more than the income limit, about 5 years ago).
Other than swinging into my GP to moan about things once or twice a year, I have no other direct experience with the HSE.
So effectively, I'm very overweight, always have been. I could pad out a paragraph or two with my efforst but i'll leave it as "i've tried the usual stuff". So I'm looking at Bariatric surgery (a surgery called Gastric Sleeve, where they cut a big bit of your belly off, thus reducing the amount you can eat).
It seems the HSE do offer this surgery in St. Collumcilles Hospital in south dublin, and it appears that your GP can refer you to the HSE for it. Alternatively, I can fly to Turkey and have it done for €3k (+ flight costs).
What I'm looking to find out, is, if i were to go to my GP and get referred to this, my reading online says the HSE will want you to attend 10 appointments in the Collumcilles hospital over the course of 12 months, at which point you get referred to surgery (which you'll presumably wait years for, or use the Cross-Border Directive to find somewhere in the EU to do instead and get a HSE refund).
What Im trying to figure out is am i better off paying the 3k + flights and getting on with it and just flying to turkey, or am i better off getting the referral from my GP to the HSE, do the appointments etc. and wait for them to point me in the direction of surgery. My primary concern being "how much will that cost" - I know I pay my GP per visit, but is there a cost to the other 10 appointments in the HSE/collumcilles, is there a charge for surgery etc.? Or is it a case of "you're an irish citizen, in ireland, and even though you've no medical card you qualify for free healthcare"?
For what its worth, my BMI is 45, so im fatter than the HSE "require" me to be, to be considered obese and eligible for surgery.
Sorry for this mess of a thread, I appreciate it's a bit all-over-the-place, but I'm unsure how to better write it as I'm genuinely clueless to the HSE way of doing things.
Cheers.
Probably asking a question that no one may know the answer to here, but figured there'd be no harm asking, as I don't really know much/anything about the HSE or general healthcare system in Ireland as a whole. (I had a medical card growing up, but it was taken off me when I started working and making more than the income limit, about 5 years ago).
Other than swinging into my GP to moan about things once or twice a year, I have no other direct experience with the HSE.
So effectively, I'm very overweight, always have been. I could pad out a paragraph or two with my efforst but i'll leave it as "i've tried the usual stuff". So I'm looking at Bariatric surgery (a surgery called Gastric Sleeve, where they cut a big bit of your belly off, thus reducing the amount you can eat).
It seems the HSE do offer this surgery in St. Collumcilles Hospital in south dublin, and it appears that your GP can refer you to the HSE for it. Alternatively, I can fly to Turkey and have it done for €3k (+ flight costs).
What I'm looking to find out, is, if i were to go to my GP and get referred to this, my reading online says the HSE will want you to attend 10 appointments in the Collumcilles hospital over the course of 12 months, at which point you get referred to surgery (which you'll presumably wait years for, or use the Cross-Border Directive to find somewhere in the EU to do instead and get a HSE refund).
What Im trying to figure out is am i better off paying the 3k + flights and getting on with it and just flying to turkey, or am i better off getting the referral from my GP to the HSE, do the appointments etc. and wait for them to point me in the direction of surgery. My primary concern being "how much will that cost" - I know I pay my GP per visit, but is there a cost to the other 10 appointments in the HSE/collumcilles, is there a charge for surgery etc.? Or is it a case of "you're an irish citizen, in ireland, and even though you've no medical card you qualify for free healthcare"?
For what its worth, my BMI is 45, so im fatter than the HSE "require" me to be, to be considered obese and eligible for surgery.
Sorry for this mess of a thread, I appreciate it's a bit all-over-the-place, but I'm unsure how to better write it as I'm genuinely clueless to the HSE way of doing things.
Cheers.