Jimmy_041 wrote:tipper wrote:Jimmy_041 wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:[quote="Jimmy_041"] I flew back to Sydney for an X-Ray instead of sitting in the RAH all Saturday.
Is your pilot still allowed to fly your jet around?
All jokes aside, it was a ridiculous scenario
I did major damage to my shoulder on Friday night outside footy season
Tried to get an x-ray anywhere in SA.
Sportsmed didn't do x-rays on the weekend
Rang my sports doctor (who had left Sportsmed) and he said you can only get an x-ray in one of the hospitals outside of footy season.
Rang the RAH. Minimum 8 hour wait!
I flew back to Sydney on Monday morning and walked straight into an x-ray clinic and got it done - bulk billed!
could have walked into wakefield, memorial or north east hospitals (and probably several others) to get it done, but i doubt they would have bulk billed you.
also, there are many other public hospitals around that you could have waited at, and there may have been some with a shorter wait than teh reported 8 hours at the Rah.
any number of stand alone clinics in the metro area too,
but i dont think they open weekends and im unsure if they bulk bill.
problem is you were trying to be a tightarse. if it was that bad, you could have paid for it at any number of places, could even have had it done friday night at wakefield (or now the new hospital on angas st) if you really wanted.
I rang Wakefield and Norwood Medical Centre on Saturday morning and their x-ray weren't open either - that's why I rang the doctor and he said I'd have to go to a hospital. Angas St wasn't open then
The bulk Billing didn't worry me at all - I was quite happy to pay but couldn't find anyone to pay it to.
I was just astounded that these sports medical centres aren't open on the weekend when the breaks happen
When I said Friday night - I meant Saturday morning around 2am or maybe 3am or even 4am.............[/quote]How long ago was this? Because wakefield hospital have been doing walk in xrays on sarurdays(through jones and partners, and before that, parretts) for at least the last 15 years.
I should know because its my wife that does them.
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