he consulted a plastic surgeon and the medical advice was that it was so badly mangled it would not likely function even if they successfully made it look normal again
He was told it may not regain full function, which is quite different from being told it's not likely to function.
He urgently consulted a plastic surgeon who said that even with surgery to repair the finger - and the long recovery time - it may not regain full function
And knowing doctors, "may not" usually means "it probably will but I don't want to say that and be wrong so I'll play it safe."
Isn't Australia a state monopoly on healthcare? I would expect wait times beyond the Olympics even ignoring recovery time. Also a chance to win Olympic gold vs the top portion of a pinky. The OP is a fag and blatantly mislabeled the post or misunderstood the article when he posted about amputating a finger.
I think it is more like Britain where you are forced to pay in but you can pay extra for private treatment. Despite saying that I don't believe there is an NHS down under but a couple of "insurers".
You’re first sentence is the correct one. We do have an NHS equivalent (called Medicare), but this was likely done by a private surgeon, if indeed it was done in Australia at all, given how many of these athletes live overseas anyway…
I can think of maybe six or seven large private health insurers off the top of my head, but I imagine there’s more than that… It tends to be a state-by-state thing, though, so I know that two of the insurers where I am only operate here…
We have private healthcare, it’s just more expensive.
He most definitely could have gone to a private surgeon, and in all likelihood did, because, much though Medicare (equivalent of the NHS) has its problems, I don’t think very many public doctors would endorse this decision…
He was told it may not regain full function, which is quite different from being told it's not likely to function.
And knowing doctors, "may not" usually means "it probably will but I don't want to say that and be wrong so I'll play it safe."
I know someone who accidentally cut his finger off while using some tool. It was in a bad shape but he made it in time to get it reattached.
It dosen't ''work'' ( a non-problem 99% of the time since it isn't the thumb ) but his hand looks normal.
Isn't Australia a state monopoly on healthcare? I would expect wait times beyond the Olympics even ignoring recovery time. Also a chance to win Olympic gold vs the top portion of a pinky. The OP is a fag and blatantly mislabeled the post or misunderstood the article when he posted about amputating a finger.
I think it is more like Britain where you are forced to pay in but you can pay extra for private treatment. Despite saying that I don't believe there is an NHS down under but a couple of "insurers".
You’re first sentence is the correct one. We do have an NHS equivalent (called Medicare), but this was likely done by a private surgeon, if indeed it was done in Australia at all, given how many of these athletes live overseas anyway…
I can think of maybe six or seven large private health insurers off the top of my head, but I imagine there’s more than that… It tends to be a state-by-state thing, though, so I know that two of the insurers where I am only operate here…
I know when I think of Australia, I think of... hockey.
Phoenix has a hockey team, though, so there you go.
We have private healthcare, it’s just more expensive.
He most definitely could have gone to a private surgeon, and in all likelihood did, because, much though Medicare (equivalent of the NHS) has its problems, I don’t think very many public doctors would endorse this decision…
It's his finger dude. Who knows.