I was clear, the parents are footing the bill to supply screened blood. And in the US we are generally closer to the "payment phase" of Healthcare. We chose our plans according to cost or network (Hospital A or B or C) and what our copay (out of pocket $)might be. Some people choose plans that have zero $ out of pocket but that costs them in monthly fees. Many options beyond that too 1st $10k or $20K is out of pocket then everything is covered is a "high deductible" plan. Lot of plans fall between.Ok, lets follow this through. Public health system is free. All travel costs, accommodation, (may be some limits here), costs are payed for by the gov't.
Hospitals are stretched, time is important to be able to work at your job to make it run efficiently, and as it seems in most parts of the world hospitals are stretched for time to care for their patients.
Now we have someone who wants to go out of the system.
This means a nurse will have to stop what they are doing to take blood. from more than one person The blood has to be tested so someone, (maybe more than one), will have to screen the blood in the lab. maybe the lab is busy but this has to take priority. Means something else has to be pushed back, (backlog gets bigger/longer). Just by chance the blood from one of the donor's has an anomaly and cant be used. Get another donor and repeat the process..................The resources required to appease one person when there is no scientific information that supports the the persons ideas, when there is perfectly good blood on hand that can be retrieved in 5 min by one person
Now if they wanted to pay for it then there is a private system that can be used. If they are in a private health fund they can pay for the whole operation and all costs. Doen't seem they are in one so they are using the public system
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