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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 563923" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>Wow! Maybe I will stop whining about having to wait for public health care. We had a new law few years back that gives the maximum waiting times for non-urgent care. If public health care can not give you treatment under those times, they have to buy treatment for you from private sector with no extra expenses for you. Maximum waiting time is six months and that or close to that you often do have to wait for things like varicose veins surgery or cataract operation, same with routine dental check up if you are not having any problems. Psychiatry tends to be one of the worst in waiting times (some reason young doctors are not wanting to specialised to that, so there are simply too few of them. And they can't really bring psychiatrists from other countries like they do with some other specialists, language barrier is just too much) and it's not uncommon they go little over the maximum time for non-urgent adult's first visit (which is 3 months, I think at least 10 % have to wait little longer.) In fact even our private sector can not guarantee quick first psychiatrist appointment. Month or two to wait is common. My difficult child has lucked out in being part of a pro sport team. It seems that they can get him treatment very quickly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 563923, member: 14557"] Wow! Maybe I will stop whining about having to wait for public health care. We had a new law few years back that gives the maximum waiting times for non-urgent care. If public health care can not give you treatment under those times, they have to buy treatment for you from private sector with no extra expenses for you. Maximum waiting time is six months and that or close to that you often do have to wait for things like varicose veins surgery or cataract operation, same with routine dental check up if you are not having any problems. Psychiatry tends to be one of the worst in waiting times (some reason young doctors are not wanting to specialised to that, so there are simply too few of them. And they can't really bring psychiatrists from other countries like they do with some other specialists, language barrier is just too much) and it's not uncommon they go little over the maximum time for non-urgent adult's first visit (which is 3 months, I think at least 10 % have to wait little longer.) In fact even our private sector can not guarantee quick first psychiatrist appointment. Month or two to wait is common. My difficult child has lucked out in being part of a pro sport team. It seems that they can get him treatment very quickly. [/QUOTE]
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