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On 4/11/2016 2:50 PM, Janet wrote:
> 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
>
>
I'm sure if they'd assessed imminent danger they'd have called an ambulance.

Jill