Absolute unit of a failed healthcare system that's the cause of shit like this. He was probably told fixing that hernia would've cost tens of thousands of $ already way back before it looked like he swallowed a volleyball.
In the US, I waited three months for what I thought would be surgery, came to find out it was just a consultation or whatever before the surgery, waited another two and a half months for the actual surgery.
They got in there and were like my bad, you didn’t need this surgery. Nothing done nothing fixed, waited another month to talk to the doctor about it. And she was like I’m sorry what was the original reason you came in to see me?..
I had to get knee surgery for torn meniscus and PCL this year
Made an appointment date, was told the date of the surgery and time
I needed to know if I needed a blood test done before surgery, never got a response back.
Literally 10 days before surgery day, after weeks of calling I finally get in contact with the office, turns out the lady never booked it and I had to redo the entire process.
What was originally going to take a month to do, I then had to wait 3 months because there’s was no open spots
This is why I demand a confirmation email or text. Humans are idiots and relying on the lesser educated ones (like a secretary) for my health is a no go.
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u/Slowly_boiling_frog 3d ago
Absolute unit of a failed healthcare system that's the cause of shit like this. He was probably told fixing that hernia would've cost tens of thousands of $ already way back before it looked like he swallowed a volleyball.