Re: Re: Shriner's and transportion question

[Guest guest]

To the one wondering about how the Shriners work the " donations " for

transportation.....

I have been traveling to and from Shriners Hospitals for almost 7 years now,

both in Canada and here in the States. I onced asked my Hospital Chairman (from

Winnipeg, Canada) how the different Shrines work with transport as I had met may

people at the Shriners Hospital, Montreal Unit who had to pay there own way from

places like Texas to get up to Montreal Canada. ( At the time that was the only

hospital doing a drug therapy study on kids with a brittle bone disorder that

all of my children also have.) The chairman explained that his Shrine was able

to pay all the transportation, hotel and food costs for their patients because

they only had about 150 children they took " care " of. Where as other Shrines,

especially in some of the larger areas of the States, would have a smaller local

Shrine yet they would service over 1500 kids and their travel needs. So basiclly

it comes down to donations and area served.

So, as someone who values the free health care, request family, friends and

strangers to donate to their local Shrine. Get the word out. Tell your local

newspaper about what they are doing for you. We did just that and got on the

front page of our local paper just a few months ago. The woman writing the

artical was floored that there was an organization that did this for us. She had

never HEARD of them before!

Here is the link to the artical. Sorry, the great picture of my husband holding

my 6 year old upside down is not included at this link.

http://www.nwanews.com/leader/story_news.php?storyid=6273

and Shalom

lemikha@...> wrote:

I am so sorry you had so much trouble with that man. When we signed

up for the shriners hospital. The hospital did everything and hooked

us up with the proper shrine. We didn't do anything. I told them I

would be driving myself but they did not offer us money or vouchers

like they did pam. Lord I know that would be good. Pam do you get

paid for gas everytime? We have paid for gas ourselves every single

time. I have a question. If you are wanting to go to childrens

hospital anyway, you would drive there right? Why do you need to be

driven to shriners? I am just trying to understand, maybe I read your

post wrong. I have only good things to say about St.Louis Shriners

hospital. The people have always been nice to me, the shriners there

have been nice to me and my children all 3 of them always walk out of

that hospital with a new stuffed animal every time. I will never

choose to go to another place unless Dr.Dobbs don't go there anymore.

Please don't let one idiot,( sorry for being mean but he was) make

you turn against the hospital because trust me they aren't all like

that.

HTH

Hang in there

I have had to week

from

> you know where! After making several calls

> > to different Shrine Temples to get help with transportation, I

> ended

> > up calling the Murat Temple, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana.

> The

> > man I talked to was one of the rudest people I have ever talked

> to.

> > He told me since I chose to go to St. Louis instead of Chicago,

> > Lexington, or Columbus, They were not going to help me in any

> way.

> > The only thing they said that they could do is, I would drive to

> > TerreHaute[which is at least an hour and a half away] and they

> would

> > drive me from there. He said that they are not going to drive me

> > accross the country just because I prefer one hospital over the

> > other, he said after all we are giving you free healthcare! I

was

> > outraged at the way I was treated and am thinking about just

> seeing

> > Dr. Dobbs at St. Louis Children's Hospital and not even messing

> with

> > the SHriner's. That man had me in tears! My husband and I have

> not

> > had any help from anyone, we do everything on our own and the one

> > time we asked for help we were treated like scum! Oh and as far

> as

> > the free healthcare goes, my insurance will be paying the

majority

> > of the bill! St. Louis Children's Hospital is on our ppo list

and

> > we only have a 20 dollar co-pay, the only thing they would be

> > helping us on is that and the 20 percent deductable for

outpatient

> > surgeries. I don't know what we are going to do. Tyler's casts

> > have gotten soft in one of the heals, I emailed Dr. Dobbs and he

> > hasn't answered yet, I have an apt. at Shriner's for Thursday,

but

> > got him in at the children's hospital on Tue. Waiting to see

what

> > the doc wants me to do. SOrry to unload on you guys but I am at

> my

> > wits end!

> >

> >

> > Tyler's mommy

> > bi lat cf 1/14/09

> > 1rst cast of second set

> >

> >

> >

> >