Your Consent
Welcome to Surgery Now. By using this website (also referred to herein as the ‘site’), you agree to be bound by the following terms and all applicable laws and regulations. Your use of this site is also subject to the Privacy and Cookie Policy.
Disclaimer
Surgery Now DOES NOT provide medical advice. Users of this web site or any users communicating with employees of this service should consult with healthcare professionals for medical advice.
Surgery Now is a service that provides travel and logistical information over the Internet and through our service providers. We do not provide healthcare and our employees are not acting as your health advisor. The information contained in the Site and by our employees is general information and should not be construed as medical advice to be applied to any specific factual situation. Any use of the Site DOES NOT create or constitute a relationship between Surgery Now or any employee of or other person associated with Surgery Now and a user of the Site.
We are not responsible for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage (“damages”) related to your use of the service provided by Surgery Now, whether from errors or omissions in the content of the Site or any other linked sites or any communication or advice between you and Surgery Now employees. We are not responsible for any damages from the Site being inaccessible to the user and use of the Site is at your own risk.
Surgery Now does not endorse any content provided by any linked sites, nor does it assume any responsibility for the interpretation or application of any information originating from such content. In addition, Surgery Now does not endorse any content contained in any advertising on the Site, nor does it assume any responsibility for the quality or integrity of such work.
Use of our Site is governed by our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Links
As a resource to our visitors, this site provides links to other web sites. However, because Surgery Now does not control the content of the other websites it may link to, and due to their constantly changing nature, Surgery Now is not responsible for the content, practices or standards of third-party sites. Surgery Now does not endorse the content on any third-party websites. Surgery Now is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites, sites framed within the site, or third-party advertisements, and does not make any representations regarding their content or accuracy. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such sites.
Use and Disclosure of Information
Except as expressly set forth on the site, if you submit any information to us, including any comments, remarks, suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, graphics, concepts, or other information, you are giving that information, and all your rights in it, to Surgery Now free of charge and such information, shall be deemed to be non-confidential and Surgery Now shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute the information to others without limitation other than the ones established by the Data Protection Act 1998 as amended by the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 and any relevant privacy law or regulation, without your consent or any compensation to you or anyone else. Surgery Now shall be free to use any know-how or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products incorporating such information. This is true whether you submit such information to us by email, through a form on the site, on a bulletin board, or in any other manner. Surgery Now may from time to time monitor, review and, in its sole discretion, modify or delete any postings you make on the site however, Surgery Now is not obligated to do so.
Using the Site/Security
You agree not to submit or transmit any material that is unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane, or might in any other way violate any law, regulation, or rule. You are solely responsible for any material you submit to the site. You further agree not to upload, email, post or transmit to, or distribute or otherwise publish through the site any material which disrupts the normal operation of the site, including posting or otherwise transmitting material that is not related to the subject at issue or otherwise restricts or inhibits any other user from using the site.
To obtain full access to the site, you may be required to complete registration. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer. You accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password and such use shall be deemed to be used by you. You will ensure that all use of your account fully complies with these Terms of Use. Transfer of the account by you to any other person or entity is prohibited.
When using the site, the information will be transmitted over a medium that is beyond the control and jurisdiction of Surgery Now and its suppliers. Accordingly, Surgery Now assumes no liability for or relating to the delay, failure, interruption, or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with the use of this site.
Restrictions
Surgery Now operates in the Republic of Ireland. This site is intended for the exclusive use of residents of the Republic of Ireland. Surgery Now makes no representation that the materials on the site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Access to the content may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries outside of the Republic of Ireland. If you access this site from outside the Republic of Ireland, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. This site is not intended for or designed to attract individuals who are minors under the age of 18 years.
Disputes and Applicable Law
These Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by the internal substantive laws of the country where Surgery Now (Surgery Now SL) is registered, without resort to its conflict of laws principles. If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use. You expressly agree that the Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim with Surgery Now, or any dispute or claim relating to or arising out of your use of this site or any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use, their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
Entire Agreement
Except as expressly provided in a particular “legal notice” on this site, these Terms of Use, Privacy and Cookie Policy constitutes the entire agreement between you and Surgery Now with respect to the use of this site, and content.
Changes to Terms of Use
Surgery Now may modify these Terms of Use at any time without notice to you. Surgery Now may terminate these Terms of Use, terminate your access to all or part of the site, or suspend any user’s access to all or part of the site, at any time, without notice to you, if it believes, in its sole judgment, that you have breached or may breach any term or condition of these Terms of Use, or for its convenience. You may terminate this agreement at any time by destroying all materials received from the site and ceasing to use the site.
Terms of Services
Surgery Now Services are offered free of charge to our patients that decide to use our service, however, they are provided at the discretion of Surgery Now staff. Any patient wishing to use our free service accepts that they must book their accommodation through Surgery Now. Flight dates and times must be coordinated with Surgery Now staff prior to booking the flights, to ensure we have the necessary resources available.
Surgery Now maintains the rights to withdraw any or all services offered to any individual, at any time, for any reason. Users of Surgery Now services accept that they have no legal recourse if services are withdrawn. Surgery Now staff have a zero tolerance policy for abusive or intimidating behaviour, either verbal or physical, towards our staff or colleagues in our partner facilities.
Surgery Now does not accept any responsibility for refunds issued by the HSE. Surgery Now does not accept any responsibility for the HSE downgrading a patient’s DRG code and reducing their refund or rejecting an application. The HSE is an independent entity and Surgery Now has no influence over the decisions made by the HSE. Surgery Now does not accept any responsibility for any costs associated with patient’s treatment, complications, or other unexpected hospital expenses.