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evas. August 11, 2023

An elective heart scan, referred by a GP in wealthy Cottesloe, WA and paid for out of pocket, around $400 (not covered by private health insurance) picked up blockages in my father’s heart and the subsequent bi-pass operation (mostly covered by private health insurance),

performed probably saved him from a major heart attack, heart damage and possibly death.

We tried to have the test referred through the public hospital system, in NSW. My father was told there was no medical reason to refer him for a scan…and it was simply ‘high blood pressure’, that ER doctor was incorrect.

The point I’m making is that expensive scans definitely have a time and a place in modern medicine, it’s just a shame they are not easily accessible for anyone who it is relevant for to get them.

I personally would prefer not to open Pandora’s box for a full body scan but I certainly pay to get my boobs ultrasound checked.

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