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Consultant charges

LegacyUser · 2009-12-10 19:24:20

Is it normal for a Consulatant to charge for a post surgical check up? My son had surgery recently as a private patient. He hasn't seen the surgeon since. I got a letter yesterday for his check up. It says the visit will cost €100!!! I can't believe that someone would operate on a child and not want to check that…

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10-12-2009 8:24pm

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Is it normal for a Consulatant to charge for a post surgical check up?
My son had surgery recently as a private patient. He hasn't seen the surgeon since.
I got a letter yesterday for his check up. It says the visit will cost €100!!! I can't believe that someone would operate on a child and not want to check that everything was ok without the patient stumping up €100.

Is this normal?

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#2 11-12-2009 6:28pm
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you have to pay for all private visits

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