Waiting an eternity for examination
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A person who had already been through cancer would do anything to prevent the disease from coming back. The most effective way for this is to attend at least one examination a year. Unfortunately, this is not as easy as it sounds. If your case is not urgent, you may have to wait months in line before your appointment for control checking.
In a report by HVG.hu, the story of an unnamed patient is told, who has been visiting Semmelweis University’s Radiology Clinics for 17 years. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer, which was successfully removed. She arranged an appointment at the Oncology Center two months in advance. This way she could get an appointment by the end of the summer. This has been her routine for quite a long time. This year, she could not get an appointment for about two months, despite her calling the clinics weekly.
Once she was advised to visit a private clinic. This would mean that she had to pay 35-80 euros for the examinations.
Another time she was told that they do not mess with her, but they cannot give appointments to anyone. The last time she called them, she was warned that she probably will not have an appointment not even in October.
She did not really worry about the fact that she might get an appointment only in autumn. The really outrageous thing was that she was not informed properly about the expectations.
They told her that it is not their fault, but that the clinics got some new devices and they cannot use them. No further explanation was given. At another occasion, they told her that the doctors and the medical experts are on vacation.