Hi everyone. Hope you are all ready for the forthcoming holidays and festivities.
On a more serious note I would like to ask everyone a couple of questions. Several people I have spoken to, ex-pats of course, have all told me similar tales with regards to nursing care in the hospitals on the north coast, or should I say lack of nursing care. I appreciate that Dominicans do things differently here and am not being derogative of my fellow professionals. However, being ex-pats we are used to different things from our nurses during a stay in hospital.
Being a qualified UK nurse, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to pay extra on top of the usual insurance excess, to have a private nurse who will actually do more than just give you an injection then disappear for the rest of their shift. I refer to looking after people post surgery, ensuring a safe recovery from the anaesthetic and the first day or so after, whilst in hospital and even a home visit to check on wounds/dressings.
I am also asking, what would be a reasonable price for said services, or should I say how much anyone would be willing to pay. I was thinking of around RD$1000 per day for inpatient care.
IF, there is any interest in this then I will take things further by talking to the directors of the local hospitals to guage their reaction and discuss professional insurance etc. I just wanted to test the waters before taking matters further. Obviously if there is no interest, then it will stop here.
thanks for your time everyone.
On a more serious note I would like to ask everyone a couple of questions. Several people I have spoken to, ex-pats of course, have all told me similar tales with regards to nursing care in the hospitals on the north coast, or should I say lack of nursing care. I appreciate that Dominicans do things differently here and am not being derogative of my fellow professionals. However, being ex-pats we are used to different things from our nurses during a stay in hospital.
Being a qualified UK nurse, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to pay extra on top of the usual insurance excess, to have a private nurse who will actually do more than just give you an injection then disappear for the rest of their shift. I refer to looking after people post surgery, ensuring a safe recovery from the anaesthetic and the first day or so after, whilst in hospital and even a home visit to check on wounds/dressings.
I am also asking, what would be a reasonable price for said services, or should I say how much anyone would be willing to pay. I was thinking of around RD$1000 per day for inpatient care.
IF, there is any interest in this then I will take things further by talking to the directors of the local hospitals to guage their reaction and discuss professional insurance etc. I just wanted to test the waters before taking matters further. Obviously if there is no interest, then it will stop here.
thanks for your time everyone.