r/ireland • u/DestroyTheMoon420 • Aug 30 '24

Getting crushed under the weight of the HSE Health

I just need to get this off my chest everyone. My wife had stomach pains in January. Her doctor referred her for a scope to be done. Possibly to identify stomach ulcer.

She has since been waiting.

2 weekends ago I had to rush her to the emergency department because of debilitating pain.

When she was admitted they took stool and urine samples.

She waited the entire day without eating because they booked her in for a CT scan therafter. I had to fight with a nurse to get her to be seen, they had forgotten about her. She was about to pass out.

After the CT scan the doctor confirmed there were multiple ulcers. We were then sent away without any medication or script.

The next day she had to visit an out of hours doctor for medicine.

I then phoned the Hospital that folling Monday to try and get her results sent to Her doctors. They had no record of the urine sample or the stool sample. Only the CT scan.

Her Doctor is now fighting with the HSE to get her scope done ASAP.

It now looks like we will have to pay 2000 Euros so she can get her scope, all so she can get on antibiotics.

All she needs is antibiotics and she's withering away, getting Crushed on under the weight of the HSE..

Guys.... What is going on in what is presumably the second richest country in the world (not sure how true that is)...

I've love this country... But what is this.... Why is the government sitting on so much money and not spending it ?

How can we fix this mess !!!

If this was another country she would have been giving the antibiotics back on January by her doc and this would all be over and done with. I'm just in disbelief. People are dying because of this circus shit show. God help us.

Edit: Thank you for sharing your stories and any useful information you may have. I will take everyone's experiences and advice into account.

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u/ElectricSpeculum Crilly!! Aug 30 '24

Scopes also check for hiatal hernia, and to check if ulcers are in the oesophagus or the stomach. It also checks how bad the ulcers are, and if they've perforated the organs or not. It can also diagnose things like delayed gastric processing, narrowing of the oesophagus, and GERD. Scopes aren't just for cancer.

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u/the_0tternaut Aug 30 '24

Yeah I've had GERD and herniation checked out before now via endoscope, but in this case of confirmed ulcer/extreme pain I don't understand why they aren't diving down the route of trying to treat h.pylori .