Interstate Patients Transport Assistance Scheme.
When you actually have to travel to Sydney from Canberra to get a PET scan or some other specialist service simply because the service does NOT exist in the ACT I wonder if you can actually get some assistance (financial that is) to get there?
Interestingly enough there is a thing called IPTAS which may or may not be well known among people if you have no idea about this form of assistance then perhaps you could have a look at http://www.health.act.gov.au/iptas
See if you are eligible and then unlike me you can be better informed about your rights and what you may be entitled to.
Why is it that no one tells you these things and you have to find out for yourself - AFTER the event is over!
Never mind - now all I need is another appointment with my specialist to see if I can obtain their agreement to filling in Part C of the form so that apart from the cost of the PET scan I can actually ask about defraying the cost of having to travel there!
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