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A member asked:

Good day. i am a patient at tygerberg hospital in cape town. i was told yesterday that i need to have laparoscopic surgery done. would i be able to have this done privately and get the hispital to send all the notes and scans to specialist?

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Surgery: I am not exactly sure the reason for the surgery. However, if you take the example of a cholecystectomy. This would be not uncommon to do if you had a surgical preference.

Answered 3/10/2020

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