Health Tourism

[Jasandjules]

BlackLabel said:

"Nigerian mother let off £145,000 NHS bill after birth of quins"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/118324...

Sure, we have shedloads of cash over here and can afford it easily. No brits starve to death or have their benefits cut and kill themselves because we are simply lobbing money around...

[nikaiyo2]

jas xjr said:

How much cheaper is it?

Edited by jas xjr on Tuesday 26th May 00:50

Hungary is the place to go apparently, my bosses wife had really really bad teeth, was quoted about £30k to have them all sorted here ended up paying less than £10k. This was all entirely cosmetic, but she was well impressed with it!

[PRTVR]

A friend had to go to hospital with her son, she is Canadian, legally working here, her son is duel nationality, the ward they ended up on was predominantly Foreign people, it appeared they were trying to keep them away from the locals, one women had come from Albania for treatment, they were having a lots of problems with her as she did not speak a word of English, there is something wrong that people can just turn up and be treated from anywhere in the world, is it no wonder that the cost of the NHS are going up.

[jas xjr]

nikaiyo2 said:

Hungary is the place to go apparently, my bosses wife had really really bad teeth, was quoted about £30k to have them all sorted here ended up paying less than £10k. This was all entirely cosmetic, but she was well impressed with it!

Good saving but still too rich for me

[NicD]

PRTVR said:

A friend had to go to hospital with her son, she is Canadian, legally working here, her son is duel nationality, the ward they ended up on was predominantly Foreign people, it appeared they were trying to keep them away from the locals, one women had come from Albania for treatment, they were having a lots of problems with her as she did not speak a word of English, there is something wrong that people can just turn up and be treated from anywhere in the world, is it no wonder that the cost of the NHS are going up.

the poster (and I don't say that lightly) 968 who works in the NHS states this is NOT a serious problem, it is locals not turning up for appointments. 968 (and his cohort) argued endlessly that Mr Farage was worse than the devil for highlighting health tourism as an issue

[98elise]

PorkInsider said:

Sheepshanks said:

Muncher said:

It's not that, it's that they treat it as part of their right, they see it as a free taxi service. Lots of natives will get a bus in, get a taxi, get a lift from friends.

Really? I'm from Liverpool. In Liverpool if you want to get to hospital you call an ambulance.

To have baby?

Normal pregnancy, no last minute complications?

Are you taking the piss?

Agreed, a baby is not normally an emergency. Its a routine occurance and a normal drive to the hospital is all thats needed.

I have two kids, and have hax a couple of A&E visits. None warranted an ambulance.

[Scuffers]

NicD said:

the poster (and I don't say that lightly) 968 who works in the NHS states this is NOT a serious problem, it is locals not turning up for appointments. 968 (and his cohort) argued endlessly that Mr Farage was worse than the devil for highlighting health tourism as an issue

Yup, so here we are again with yet another example of the kind of massive abuse of the NHS that people like 968 and his mates simply deny is happening.

How they can claim this is trivial is not just pathetic, but really goes to show that even our educated professional classes are blinkered idiots.

With the rapidly expanding migrant crisis we are facing now, it takes little imagination to realise what's coming next for the NHS.