Choose carefully when choosing a doctor or surgeon (or any sort of specialist), North or South in Ireland
The Golden Rule:Choose an old and experienced doctor who has dealt with a wide range of problems successfully and not a young spiv out to change the world and set it to rights. Private medicine Avoid hospital doctors unless they are specialists who your GP has advised you to see such as an Ear,Nose and Throat specialist or a Radiographer. Never be taken in by an insolent gobsh... such as a doctor who insults and degrades Catholic graduates unless the matter relates to haematology or a very serious matter requiring urgent attention and always refer yourself to a doctor,not a nurse. Most nurses are talking nonsense and sowing mischief to nobody's benefit except their own. Ask to see a Senior Registrar in delirium exigendi unless the doctor inspires some confidence. You will recognise instantly the difference between a good and bad doctor if you are worldly wise. Do not listen to old wives tales about such a vital matter as your health and SEE YOUR GENERAL PRA...