Cesarean section maybe?
Mentioning a student who got “sectioned” in a discussion about emergency medical care suggests several rather unpleasant notions.
Given the context, in the US it would most likely refer to having someone involuntarily psychiatrically hospitalized because they are an immediate threat to themselves or others. Usually a specific state law (often called something like “section XXX.X” or whatever) permits a person to be held up to 72 hours against their will in these circumstances.
But since the writer is clearly in the UK I’m not sure.
That’s better. I was thinking “dissected.”
My first thought was Sagittal .
I did go to the ER for a cut on my thumb because it was after hours and I did need stitches. I’m lucky to have insurance that will cover ER visits with a $100 co-pay (waived if you are admitted). The total cost would have been $1400.
I was also lucky because it was December 30 – the night before was a huge snowstorm and the night after probably featured a number of drunk people. I think I was there about three hours total.
It means the same over here in the UK.
On a better note, last week I had a CAT scan of my sinus and there was no charge at all. Not exactly free because I have to pay $125.50/month for family health insurance that covers just about everything except dental and a portion of our pharmacy bills. It even covers Emergency Room visits. We find single-payer health insurance in Canada an enormous benefit.
He didn’t mention the 7 days I spent in ICU a few years ago. 7 days in ICU and another 3 in a regular room. I can’t even begin to guess what it would have cost us in the US especially since neither one of us would have been able to qualify for insurance because of preexisting conditions. Cost to us for that hospitalization , not a penny.
Oh and that $125.50 a month covers both of us.
The “pre-existing conditions” issue is a problem mainly with private insurance. If you are covered by your employer, those conditions are covered, as long as you have not had a gap in coverage, and even if you have had a gap, usually there is a clause that covers you after 12, or 18 months, or something. This is due to some laws passes on the early 1990s.
Yes, keeping track of all these things is a pain in the ass.
We were both retired at the time, and oddly enough we now pay our own insurance, however $125.50 is pretty cheap for 2 people and to cover as much as it does. Never the less when our rates were raised twice during this provincial government we do complain! Most employers here in BC pay the insurance for their employees but not all.
That was average number.So some people more and some people less.
May be you going to the big hospitals of 20 to 40 people in the ER than in the old days of a lot of small hospitals and 5 to 15 people in the ER.
The big hospitals may have more of the 5 to 9 hour wait.
Exactly.
Even if you don’t have any insurance at all, an Urgent Care Center visit will run you about $150 plus special services (shots, etc) in this part of the country. With insurance, you’ll be out a co-pay.
What he did is like wanting to grab a bite for lunch and going to the most expensive place in town and then acting shocked when the bill comes and it’s not $4.99.
That’s amazing. My brother was in ICU for a few weeks and it was $100K plus and that was less than I thought it would be. I think he paid some percentage of it, maybe 10%?