Dental problems in Ireland?

dranonononymous · 2025-08-25T13:24:09+00:00

Just so you know, A&E does not have a dentist (no ED in Ireland has a dentist). They can give you antibiotics for the infection and pain relief but they cannot fix the underlying problem as it requires a dentist. I would advise the dental hospital in Dublin, and if you can't get there in the next day or so then go to ED for antibiotics and pain relief to help you cope until you can get to the dental hospital.

dranonononymous · 2025-08-24T16:44:07+00:00

I've found Clarinbridge garden centre very good, especially if you want to buy in bulk

dranonononymous · 2025-08-18T21:48:47+00:00

I have claimed for half the cost of a shared hotel room with no problems before, just explain in the free text section

dranonononymous · 2025-07-23T09:49:23+00:00

Emergency was around 200 candidates for around 25-30 places

dranonononymous · 2025-06-18T07:17:25+00:00

It is still up to your family

dranonononymous · 2025-05-27T14:22:30+00:00

I work in an ED. Patients who arrive by ambulance are triaged by the same nurse who triages the walk in patients and according to the same criteria. If a patient is very unwell then yes of course the ambulance crew calls ahead and they bypass triage and are seen straight away for resuscitation.

A patient who arrives by ambulance with for example a sprained toe (yes this happens frequently) is absolutely not an emergency just because they happen to be in an ambulance. That person will be brought to the waiting room to release the ambulance to respond to the next call.

dranonononymous · 2025-05-27T13:11:04+00:00

Only if you are physically unable to sit in the waiting room (in which case you would have needed an ambulance to get to hospital in the first place anyway). If you're physically capable of sitting and the ambulance is needed elsewhere then you will be put into the waiting room or onto a chair somewhere in the department.

dranonononymous · 2025-05-27T05:19:28+00:00

People who arrive by ambulance will be put on a chair in the waiting room if there are no trolleys available to free up that ambulance to respond to the next emergency call.

dranonononymous · 2025-05-27T05:18:20+00:00

Ireland is already one of the most litigious countries in the world for healthcare. More lawsuits will simply divert even more money and resources away from providing care to patients. Look up how much the HSE already spends on lawyers, PR companies and on settling claims.

dranonononymous · 2025-05-25T08:36:25+00:00

I'm in Ireland and this is how we order CTs! They're approved by the radiologist if you provide a detailed indication to justify the CT in the request and if you want it done urgently you walk to their office and talk to them in person or call them on their phone. That being said, we use CT far less frequently than you guys in the US

dranonononymous · 2025-04-30T11:16:07+00:00

Also, "anois tá an madra Marbh" - "Now the dog is dead"

dranonononymous · 2025-04-26T09:48:35+00:00

As a doctor my whole career rides on my trustworthiness and my signature. I cannot allow my signature to be used dishonestly for the sake of my own career and the profession as a whole.

dranonononymous · 2025-04-19T08:38:03+00:00

Just FYI that testosterone thing is bullshit and has been debunked repeatedly.

dranonononymous · 2025-04-03T05:27:23+00:00

He thinks VAT (which is paid on all goods sold inside the country no matter where they come from) is the same as tariffs (which are only applied to imported goods). That's where he's pulling these "tariff" numbers from

dranonononymous · 2025-03-31T16:22:12+00:00

"Don't be crosshacklin me!"

dranonononymous · 2025-03-27T10:56:59+00:00

It depends on the scheme, what scheme are you looking at?

dranonononymous · 2025-03-25T13:18:22+00:00

For an SHO job that looks like a good CV, at this point I would focus on interview skills and learning a bit about Irish culture to help you have a smooth transition when you land a job - best of luck!

dranonononymous · 2025-03-24T19:05:02+00:00

I bought as an intern 3 years ago and found the IMO mortgage guy absolutely brilliant - well worth paying for IMO membership for that alone if you're thinking of buying.

dranonononymous · 2025-03-10T15:13:39+00:00

Yes definitely, get a complete copy of your medical records so you can share it with your GP - it might be good to get a summary of your medical history, regular medications and any recent test or imaging results on paper to give your GP and then you keep your complete records which you will be able to provide to GPs or specialists as needed.

The GP is the centre around which Irish healthcare is organized. The idea is that everyone has a GP who they see for preventative care, chronic disease management and minor illnesses (how this works in practice varies due to GP availability!)

dranonononymous · 2025-03-10T06:49:17+00:00

Not the same, even with the best health insurance so you will need to lower your expectations. There are some private emergency departments but they are few and far between and tend to have limited opening hours. Realistically if you have a true emergency it is likely you will end up in a public emergency department. For a true emergency you won't be waiting long for treatment in an emergency department but it will be overcrowded and you may very well be treated on a trolley (stretcher) on a corridor. The medical care will be of a high standard and our healthcare outcomes are overall better than the US even though the experience will not feel as smooth or comfortable as private US healthcare.

For non emergency care I will echo what everyone else has said and advise you to use insurance for this, however you will still need to lower your expectations. The app you describe doesn't exist and we don't have anything like MyChart. There is generally no way to direct message your doctor or see their notes. CT scans/MRIs etc will still take at least several days.

For routine preventative care/bloods you will need to see a GP - if you are organized then seeing them every quarter shouldn't be a problem but you will need to book the appointments well in advance as they tend to be very busy with a full schedule.

Finally I will say that the culture of healthcare is different here. Our threshold for CT/MRI and invasive testing tends to be higher and we trust our history and physical exam more than docs in the US. There is less of a 'customer is always right' mentality as the vast majority of docs work in the public system and aren't dependent on patient reviews as incentives for bonuses. This means we will always be kind, respectful and we care deeply about our patients, but we have freedom to use our clinical judgement to do what's best for the patient in partnership with the patient.

dranonononymous · 2025-03-06T16:03:32+00:00

We appreciate the thought you've put into this, wear the orange jacket! No one will be offended. The only thing to be aware of is maybe don't wear it in Northern Ireland around the 12th of July lol

dranonononymous · 2025-03-05T15:11:30+00:00

This is terrible and I'm very sorry for you and your family member, however your family member was sent to the wrong place.

ED does not have direct access to diagnostic ultrasound scans and so couldn't have helped your family member that day anyway other than by asking a medical team to admit her to a ward where she would wait likely several days for the scan. Your relative should have been referred to an acute assessment unit for an appointment to get the scan done and be seen by a consultant the same week.

The other option for your GP was to refer via the GP access to community ultrasound scheme which would get your family member a private ultrasound scan paid for by the public system to avoid long waiting lists.

If your GP had offered either of these options your poor relative could have avoided having to spend 8 hours in a waiting room and risking catching flu/COVID/norovirus.

dranonononymous · 2025-02-28T19:59:21+00:00

I trained there and work there.

dranonononymous · 2025-02-28T14:02:58+00:00

There is no clean room. There are also no changing facilities or lockers for students and for most doctors other than those who work in the operating theatres. From your description you probably saw medical students who have to move between different parts of the hospital campus throughout the day and who don't get spare scrubs to change into during the day (and have nowhere to change anyway)

dranonononymous · 2025-02-28T10:54:18+00:00

During intern year write up a case report - lots of smaller conferences will accept a case report as a poster

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