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Darkme
08-20-08, 11:44
For reasons I won't go into, I like / need to have regular blood work done but I want to avoid any run around.

Is anyone aware of an online laboratory service like this one [1] or perhaps recommend a liberal minded doctor that can work with me? Liberal minded in this context is a Dr. That won't go all wobbly in the knees when I'm honest with him about my hobbies. A good sports medicine doc would be ideal.

[1] http://www.healthcheckusa.com/
Member #3319
08-23-08, 04:37
The last time I had a "check up" in BA, it was done at a private clinic near Hospital Fernandez. If you go there and ask to have blood work done, they will likely direct you here.

The prices are right and the doctors are more than open minded.
Darkme
08-26-08, 17:51
The last time I had a "check up" in BA, it was done at a private clinic near Hospital Fernandez. If you go there and ask to have blood work done, they will likely direct you here.

The prices are right and the doctors are more than open minded.Very helpful. Thanks.

Do you happen to recall if they gave you a copy of the lab report? In some countries they treat these reports as if only the Gods of Medicine should have the right to read them.
Darkme
08-26-08, 21:30
About how much money?No idea on the price of the clinic mentioned previously but I'm meeting w / Dr. Tomorrow afternoon and will update this thread with regard to price and quality of service.
Darkme
08-27-08, 18:15
No idea on the price of the clinic mentioned previously but I'm meeting w / Dr. Tomorrow afternoon and will update this thread with regard to price and quality of service.I went to Fundación Favaloro today and my lab work cost 402 peso. That does not include the 528 peso to visit the Dr. In order to get the lab work ordered. When I explained that I wanted these tests repeated each month for the next 4 months, the chief of the blood-letting operation photocopied the official lab order and handed me 4 copies. I was surprised by this. Gee, I thought, I know how to run a photocopier I guess I can come back as often as I like now.

Okay, so it sounds expensive and probably was but the lab work would have cost three or four times that amount in my home country. I think my big mistake was allowing myself to be sent to a cardiac specialist when all I needed was a general practitioner.

I'd like to think that a visit to a Dr. For the purpose of ordering blood work can be had for much less. Possible?
MCSE
08-28-08, 01:56
My favorite doc. And even cheaper, only ars 150 including sperm exam, very open minded by the way.