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| Thread ID: 139473 | 2015-05-08 03:09:00 | Cataracts | Pato (2463) | PC World Chat |
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| 1400295 | 2015-05-09 10:36:00 | Tell you what I do not reckon you want some underpaid idiot operating on your eyes. They may be well paid but they are worth every cent IMO. The result of of a cataract operation is quite remarkable. +1. I know several people who've had them done, through public care I think. They complained about the time it took before they got the op, but certainly not the results. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1400296 | 2015-05-09 12:02:00 | I had cataracts in both eyes. the right eye was bad, the left one not too bad & has remained so. I had a plastic lens implant done on the right eye which now has perfect vision. I find that if I wear store bought reading glasses the left eye is good for TV and the right eye for reading or computer work. | mzee (3324) | ||
| 1400297 | 2015-05-09 23:09:00 | I had cataracts in both eyes. the right eye was bad, the left one not too bad & has remained so. I had a plastic lens implant done on the right eye which now has perfect vision. I find that if I wear store bought reading glasses the left eye is good for TV and the right eye for reading or computer work.Good to hear of your results. I appear to be in the same situation that you were in prior to your surgery. I hope mine goes just as well. Cheers. | Pato (2463) | ||
| 1400298 | 2015-05-09 23:22:00 | Cicero, if you're unwilling to pay how much they ask, just don't go! No one's making you. Fortunately I will not be a slave to these rip off merchants. Lets look again, Fred Hollows $ 25 Rip off lads $4000, and you can't see a problem, you certainly need to get your cataracts seen to and rob a bank to pay. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1400299 | 2015-05-10 02:11:00 | Fortunately I will not be a slave to these rip off merchants. Lets look again, Fred Hollows $ 25 Rip off lads $4000, and you can't see a problem, you certainly need to get your cataracts seen to and rob a bank to pay. I think you'll find that there are a couple of differences between a charity offering in a poor country, and a for profit business operating in a country with presumably far more rigorous standards. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1400300 | 2015-05-10 04:13:00 | Although the Fred Hollows charity does say "Donate $25 to save a poor persons sight" I believe that is a ploy to get you to donate rather than a claim that they can do the operation at that rate per patient. It is still one of the few charitys that I have any time for though. They do good for a lot of people without ripping off a huge percentage of donations for administration and staffing. | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1400301 | 2015-05-11 04:31:00 | If the correection they give you is good enough for driving, then it will also be good enough for TV at 4m. As for the income of these specialists, my somewhat out of date inside knowledge was that it could typically range from $300K to $1m+ per annum (this is 10+ yr old info). Those in well established practices or with very particular specialities (eg retinal surgey) likely doing very nicely, while those in smaller, less well established provincial practices potentiall on the other end of the scale. From what I've observed these people are very, very hard working, and have really made massive sacrifices to get to the point they are at. They spend half their lifetime training (which isn't free), and then have hefty ongoing burden of training. Many of them begin the day going through the hospital wards before then doing a full day in a clinic or surgery, then finisheing the day with another round of the wards. Then attending to communications / replies to referrals, record keeping and training into their evenings. Most of them continue to work far longer than they need to from a financial perspective, so there's a solid core to them that lives to serve the community, rather than to serve themselves. Sure, I have some issue with their services being priced out of reach for so many people, but the same could be said of a mechanic or an insurance policy. A pet peeve of mine is when I tell people they've got cataract that needs attention they will plead poverty, and FREQUENTLY in the very next breath tell me they're going to Aussie in a month or two to see the grandkids. These people will sit on their backsides waiting for the public health system to pay for their surgeries before they will even consider cutting their discretionary spending on international travel to pay for their own operations. Why not delay the travel a year, pay for the surgery with the money saved, and then see the grandkids CLEARLY the next year instead? |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1400302 | 2015-05-11 05:21:00 | Thanks for the further information about the correction. You have been most helpful. Cheers. | Pato (2463) | ||
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