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info on Latifa needed please

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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 19 June 2012 - 20:48

Hi ladies,
Im hearing more and more about this Latifa hospital, can someone please explain to me how it works, im currently trying to decide if I should stay here or go back to the uk for the birth of my 2nd child as I recently lost my full health insurance though work.

Im now covered up to AED 10,000 on my Axa insurance and im seeing a great Mid wife and Heath bay poly clinic and plan to deliver at city if I stay here, if everything goes to plan the package should cost about 15,000 at city so I would only have to pay around 5,000.

My husband wants me to go home as our friend recently had a baby at city with very little insurance and had complications – she had to have a c-section, is still in hospital and currently owes then about 60,000 but its goes up every day, he doesn’t want this to happen and doesn’t want to risk it,

What’s the difference between Latifa and a private hospital, would I have to go there all the way through my pregnancy? Do I have to register there? Is the standard lower than other hospitals? Would I still be able to have a epidural. Whats the cost for a normal birth?

Ive also heard I can register the baby there for injections etc – does anybody know the cost involved in that and again how it works?

thanks

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 21 June 2012 - 22:36
I had my first DS at Latifa hospital two and half years ago, and my experience was a positive one, we didn't have insurance back then to cover maternity and thats why we went with them, however this time around (2nd baby and 30 weeks pregnant) we have 25k to use for maternity and I still chose to go to Latifa, even though I can now go to any private hospital. The staff at Latifa are friendly, and I have been lucky enough to see the same doctor in the last 5 visits. Everyone from the doctors, to the midwives and other nurses seem so competent. I have been to private hospitals for various other illnesses and always seem to find them less friendly and less conpetent, its all about the money. If anything serious should happen or any major complications arise with you or your baby, the private hospitals will end up sending you to Latifa anyway, because they are more experienced and better equiped to handle complicated and serious cases. With my first baby I was lucky to have a shared room with only 1 other lady for the duration of my 3 day stay. And a bonus, once your baby is born you can just pop along to admin downstairs and get the birth cert done there and then, and they give you a babybook for all his vacinations and the first appointment for the baby is already made for you before you leave the hospital, all you have to do is pay for their healthcard. I was so happy to recieve up to 25k to spend from DH's new insurance for the pregnancy that at first my hubby thought it would sway my decision but it hasn't I still chose Latifa over a private hospital.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 20 June 2012 - 15:01
I think that the process must have changed recently as I have had all of my antenatal appointments at Latifa hospital. I would have preferred to have had them at my local clinic.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 20 June 2012 - 08:29
I had my third baby at Latifa about 2 1/2 months ago. My experience overall was good. It is a no frills sort of experience but I did feel that I was in good hands, that the doctors were competent and the midwife that was with me through the whole labour and delivery was excellent. Your husband will not be allowed in the labouring room with you but can be in the delivery room (I was only in the labour room for about an hour or two). I had an epidural and the cost was 1800 AED in addition to the normal delivery charge of 7000 AED. I did not have a private room but was lucky that my room was basically empty until the day I was discharged. The antenatal care was ok. You need to ask lots of questions otherwise I often felt a little rushed with not much doctor feedback. I did my antenatal care at Umm Suqeim clinic and was then transferred to Latifa at about 36 weeks. In total I saw 5 different doctors during antenatal care so it's difficult to form any sort of relationship with your doctor but this didn't really bother me as it was my third baby and had no complications during my pregnancy. You can get a health card for your baby (110 AED I think) and then get free vaccinations. However, anyone can do this, you don't need to deliver at a gov't hospital. HTH and good luck. BTW I had no medical insurance and was very stressed about complications, etc and what the cost might be, but it all worked out fine. Less than 15000AED all said and done.
 
 

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