The younger not so young lad got an appointment to have a CI Holter Monitor fitted in Drogheda in two weeks time. I dread to think how long he'd be waiting for one of them so-called hospitals up above in Dublin to do it... in fact, they never even suggested it when he attended Beaumont with similar symptoms a few months back.
RC, I meant to post this the last time you posted about your kid. Hope he gets well soon.
I don't want to alarm you but I had a nephew (~12) who was acting out/getting aggressive and it turned out he had cancer in his thyroid/his brain. It wasn't the first thing the doctors thought of - they were thinking psychological first. They zapped him and kept him in isolation for a few weeks and so far so good. The trick with the Irish health system is getting in the front door. Once you're in, it's world class. The problem is
getting in in the first place but it looks like you managed it.
My mother (70+) had a stroke a few years back and ended up in Drogheda. She had insurance. The doctor there was friends with a doctor in Beaumont and she was chauffeured (private ambulance) up and down for treatment (Beaumont are experts for the head stuff). A few years on & you wouldn't know she had a stroke.