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Anomaly scan waiting list Mayo 2017

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  • 20-03-2017 12:18pm
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    lisaleesah
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭


    Hey there,
    Just wondering if anyone has ever been placed on a waiting list for the 20 weeks scan and never received it?
    I'm currently 20 weeks and have heard nothing about it. Can't find any answers either.


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    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Call them and ask what's going on.


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    lisaleesah
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭lisaleesah


    January wrote: »
    Call them and ask what's going on.

    I've called multiple numbers, and even made a complaint. They say I'm
    On a waiting list and will receive a call, spoke to another lady in the outpatient clinic in Ballina who said she never heard of women receiving a call that they usually receive a letter. I feel like I'm getting the run around from everyone.


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    Kristopherus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    lisaleesah wrote: »
    I've called multiple numbers, and even made a complaint. They say I'm
    On a waiting list and will receive a call, spoke to another lady in the outpatient clinic in Ballina who said she never heard of women receiving a call that they usually receive a letter. I feel like I'm getting the run around from everyone.

    Ask you GP's secretary to make the call for you. She's probably on first name terms with the relevant staff in MUH.


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    January
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    Is there a patient advocacy service in the hospital you are attending? Get on to them and make a complaint.


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    Anne_cordelia
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    You would want to get onto it soon or cut your losses and book a private one as they can't be done after a certain number of weeks as baby is too big to see everything.


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    73trix
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    Anne_cordelia wrote: »
    You would want to get onto it soon or cut your losses and book a private one as they can't be done after a certain number of weeks as baby is too big to see everything.

    Really? So are any suggestions subsequent scans less thorough? How do they pick up on problems in subsequent ones?


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    January
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    It's possible that anomalies are missed if scans are performed further into pregnancy. It's not always the case but can sometimes happen. As baby gets bigger there's less room inside and the ultrasound won't pick up everything. I had a late (around 34 weeks) scan due to my oldest child having a CHD and was told that it's a possibility they could miss something because I was so far into the pregnancy and that he'd be screened when he was born also.


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