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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> On 4/10/2016 1:10 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:45:29 -0400, Gary > wrote:
> >
> >> Dave Smith wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I spend 4 days in ICU and another 3 nights in the hospital. I was billed
> >>> nothing for all that.
> >>
> >> My God. If that was in the USA, you would face a bill of (just
> >> guessing) over $20K.
> >>
> >> That night 7.5 years ago that I had severe asthma and was stuck
> >> sitting on the toilet all night - very labored breathing and even a 7
> >> step walk to the phone to call for help would have killed me. After
> >> spending about 8 hours on the damn toilet with very labored breathing
> >> all night, I was finally healed enough to get up, dressed, and I drove
> >> to a "minor emergency clinic." Very labored breathing even for that.
> >>
> >> As soon as they heard that I had no insurance, they treated me quite
> >> shabbily (imo). They didn't want me there and acted like I was some
> >> bum off the street after free medical care. I was told that the doctor
> >> was running a bit late and I should go to the emergency room.
> >
> > A clinic would not have told you to drive to the ER, they would have
> > called an ambulance.
> >
> Not if he was capable of driving.
>
> My neighbor went to an urgent care clinic last year. They quickly
> diagnosed her with an embolism/blood clot in her leg which could have
> traveled to her heart/lungs. She was perfectly rational and capable of
> driving a few miles further to hospital.

At any moment, the clot might have moved to her lung and caused her to
pass out at the wheel.

Janet Uk