Fibroid Co-existing With Pregnancy... HMO Not Coming Through

She's having it difficult, this patient on admission. The foetus in her womb is probably coping, though. Mrs Agatha has a Uterine Fibroid co-existing with a 26-weeks pregnancy and she has been thrice admitted in the last 2 months. And now the laboratory results prove she is Anaemic with her PCV count 25%. At least her vomiting is infrequent now.

There is a bit of a drama as to whether she should get a unit of blood transfusion or not. And who's to pay for the transfusion. Us, she or her HMO...

The matter would be soughted out between all parties; my maverick of a medical director never kin to give any breathing space to HMO's who appear to always assume that every manner of health-care cost must lie squarely on the shoulders of the health-care facility to which the patient is assigned.

Ours is a Medical Center and we are barely surviving in the harsh economy of today.

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