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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would happily help a friend with this. I also scheduled mine for a Monday since I can’t focus when hungry.

Some providers let people with early morning appointments leave on their own later in the day.

This article talks about what a hurdle this can be and how it may not always be necessary

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/25/health/medical-escorts-seniors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share[/quote]

That’s an excellent article. Thanks for sharing. I thought the passages about liability fears were particularly interesting.  I had a colonoscopy done overseas and no one required that I have an escort to go home, nor did they dictate that I couldn’t go by taxi, so I just got into a taxi and left without any problems.  But it was a far less litigious country…

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Though liability fears clearly play a role, “how safe do we have to be?” he asked. He specializes in cataract surgery, which also often involves intravenous anesthesia. After the operation, “if there’s a one-in-a-million chance that someone falls and breaks a hip, should everybody have to have someone take them home?”

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