Unnecessary surgeries carried out at Children’s Health Ireland ‘purely for financial gain’ – whistleblower

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1. >“The motivation to perform these operations is complex, but given the significant proportion that are funded privately, and the fee per procedure, I am worried that these operations are being performed purely for financial gain,” they added.

   Bit difficult to solely blame them on financial gain then and an even bigger stretch from that wording and the wording of the article claiming its ‘purely for financial gain’. I’m a fan of the ditch so far but this is just dangerous reporting.

2. 

   To the suprise of absolutely nobody

   I got told to call Alliance in Smithfield for CT scan through HSE as I got referred by my GP.

   I was told the next appointment was sometime in september, was suprised because I was in quite a bit of pain, the kicker before she hung up, if I want to pay myself there was 6 slots available for the next day and so on before September.

   The country is fucking shambolloxed even healthcare is a fucking grift.

3. I wonder who they are trying to bury now?

4. Seeing as it mentions hip dysplasia specifically, my kid went through multiple scans over a couple of years how she’ll definitely need surgery 100% each scan we did and then going in for a final scan pre surgery they were like, she’s fine, all normal, no need for surgery. I was over the moon, but it’s always been in the back of my head a bit of wtf was that about….

   For context, she never had issues walking or anything, and walked at a normal time progression wise.

5. 9 times out of 10, Irish whistleblowers end up being very problematic people. I suspect this is almost certainly one of those cases.