1 reviews | Active since Nov 2015
Waiting for approval from discovery to see a gynae
Its been a month now that i am suffering excruciating pain and non stop bleeding and my Primary GP suspects Fibroids and recommended I see a gynacologist to assess what is happening. My GP as per normal procedure has to send a form to Discovery to motivate that she has assessed me but that she has picked that my illness needs a specialist doctor for that particular field- a gynae in this case and sent the form to Discovery, that is over a month now. <br> Discovery turned down that motivation letter and sais there was not much motivation on why she cannot diagnise me, Now my doctor said there is nothing more she can write as she has told them she is a general practitioner and not a specialist in the field of Gynaecologist. It has been over a month now,and I am very frail with so much pain and unable to see a specialist as I do not have money but have medical aid with the USELESS DISCOVERY MEDICAL AID. To make things worse, they do not even communicate with me or my doctor about their reason to deny me my right of seeing a doctor. I have funds in my specialised account, why made suffer when i have the funds??? What must i do now, DIE? let my Doctor diagnise me wrongly and give rong meds?
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In order to see a specialist on your plan type, your chosen GP will need to fill in a specialist referral form. Completion of the form does not guarantee that the approval will be granted. In most cases the information provided will be referred to an external panel for review and they will advise whether the specialist authorisation can be approved. We've confirmed that you have been contacted and the matter discussed. Once we receive the additional information from your GP, we will be able to review the request again.
Regards
Annelize
Thank you for your comment.
In order to see a specialist on your plan type, your chosen GP will need to fill in a specialist referral form. Completion of the form does not guarantee that the approval will be granted. In most cases the information provided will be referred to an external panel for review and they will advise whether the specialist authorisation can be approved. We've confirmed that you have been contacted and the matter discussed. Once we receive the additional information from your GP, we will be able to review the request again.
Regards
Annelize
