Cocoa How have the mighty fallen OT. 723Anne Chambers snipped sad sad story I am so sorry to hear of your loss and relieved to hear that the experience was so well ameliorated by your health system. I got...
Umbrian
It's not bad at all, but people still complain. My husband died two years ago of motor neurone disease - we had incredible support from everyone connected to the Health system from the moment he was diagnosed and it was virtually free - not all our travelling expenses to Adelaide for sleep clinics, breathing clinics, dieticians etc were met, but 90% were. OTs,physiotherapy, domicilliary and palliative care were completely free from the regional service, alterations to the house to cope with wheelchair etc were at cost, and it all happened as and when we needed it - this is more than you wanted to know, probably :) We did not have private health insurance as it is prohibitively expensive on a fixed income - but the care he received was just the same as if we had. Waiting lists for elective surgery in capital cities, I understand, are long; in the country, they're not too bad.
Cocoa How have the mighty fallen OT. 724Umbrian *Everyone* in Australia, apart from some categories of newly arrived migrants - and it's only a matter of months before they are covered - , is covered by basic medical care in public hospitals and...
However, in Tonga, if they couldn't treat what ailed you with paracetamol and-or penicillin, forget it. Towards the end of my time there, we had no qualified doctor for the whole Ha'apai group, just two valiant final-year medical students...
Anne South Australia
