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Cost of Cancer

outnumbered82 · 2013-04-08 22:08:44

Sorry if this is in the wrong place. My friend is South African working on a student visa. He has just been told he has testicular cancer. A lump was found during a medical. He was told he was not entitled to any medical care for free as he is not from Europe and it will cost a few thousand to get treatment. Is this…

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08-04-2013 11:08pm

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outnumbered82

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Sorry if this is in the wrong place. My friend is South African working on a student visa. He has just been told he has testicular cancer. A lump was found during a medical. He was told he was not entitled to any medical care for free as he is not from Europe and it will cost a few thousand to get treatment. Is this correct?

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#2 09-04-2013 8:46am
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get your friend to look at www.citizensinformation.ie, I am no expert and maybe someone more knowledgeable will come along, but from my reading of it, it does look like your friend is liable for his treatment here, I assume he has no private medical insurance in South Africa ?

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