Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hardened arteries

Re:Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hard... by thelittleone on Friday June 05, 2020 @03:33PM (#23432863)

I live in Bali. I had some chest pains for a few months so saw a specialist. He tested with stethoscope and said sounded fine. He gave me the option of taking a CT thorax. Went downstairs to radiology. They could do the CT scan right away. They had a deal going for COVID of blood test + CT thorax for $120 USD (whereas the CT Thorax a lone would have been $170).

So I took the test and got the results 2 days later and saw the specialist. He showed me the full scan said it's all clear. He then asked if I had insurance. I said no... he walked me to the billing desk and said no charge. What a legend.

Turns out chest pains was from GERD.

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Re:Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hard... by ValentineC on Friday June 05, 2020 @03:47PM (#23433063)

I assume you're not an Indonesian local…? How does the hospital prevent frivolous checkups from hypochondriacs?

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Re:Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hard... by thelittleone on Friday June 05, 2020 @08:14PM (#23435491)

Yes I'm an expat. I'm not sure other than needing to see a doctor before the specialist to get a referral and needing to see the specialist before going to radiology.

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