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Old 08-10-2007, 11:30 AM   #73
glatt
 
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Originally Posted by DanaC View Post
I had to access care at A&E three times in the last 12 months. On one occassion, the place was full and I was in there for nearly three hours. That time included three lots of waiting, two consultations, an x-ray and wound dressing. Later that month I received a bill for £6.75 to cover the prescription charge of the pain killers they gave me to take away. The medication I took at the hospital and the dressings etc were free.
I'm assuming from "wound dressing" that A&E is like an emergency room or an urgent care center in the US. The experience would be virtually the same here in the US, except that the bill would be about 100 times greater.
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