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Cautionary tale: Opticians I went for an eyetest. A woman with 3 years post-grad training sat down for 45 minutes, ran a battery of tests, detected a bacterial

Cautionary tale: Opticians I went for an eyetest. A woman with 3 years post-grad training sat down for 45 minutes, ran a battery of tests, detected a bacterial infection in my eye, sent me for a hospital appointment the next day, and gave me a prescription that I filled out online. My payment to her - 25 quid. I did get her some chocolates to say thank you. Now name another (para-)medical area where the medical part is a loss leader for the rest? (I am worried i will hear a lot of Americans ...)

jrace 5y ago
In Canada I did the very same, but for free. Free hearing evaluation, discovered ear infections, referred back to GP. At no time was I compensated by the client or the government.
- Underphil 5y ago
  Interesting that you said client instead of patient. Is that just a thing that differs between countries?
  - jrace 5y ago
    In the industry (at least in Canada) outside of the medical system customers are "clients" and not "patients".