Bianca Dannenberg-Turner was asked to pay a gap fee before a doctor would see her two-year-old son, who arrived at Clare Hospital via ambulance with a perforated ear drum.
Bianca Dannenberg-Turner says she was turned away from Clare Hospital , in South Australia's Mid North, after being asked to pay a gap fee for her two-year-old son Charlie to see a doctor.
"He was pulling in his ear and saying 'ouch, mummy' and it was glowing red, it was obviously very sore," she said. "Because he's been sick, I haven't been able to work, so I said, I get paid on Wednesday, I can pay on Wednesday," she said. Acting chief executive officer of the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network Verity Paterson denied the family was not seen."We just understand that she would have been quite distressed and we would never refuse service."
"It's actually the state of play across a lot of our small rural hospitals that, yes they are funded by the state government and they are public hospitals, but the GPs that work there, the staff, the ED service, and the inpatient service are not funded by the government to provide that particular service," Dr Considine said.Dr Considine said he would not turn away a child as long as the parent was "aware there may be a fee", which could be paid on the day or later.
Gerry Considine ED Clare Hospital Medicare Rural Gps Gps Rural Hospital Yorke And Northern Local Health Network YNLHN
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