My wife had a health incident

Last monday my wife, who has minor cognitive issues, went out with friwends for lunch to a nice place in Melbourne. After the meal, she was unwell and that deteriorated quickly to the point where she was laid out in the ladies room confused and vomitting. An ambulance was called and she was taken to a major city hospital, where she was taken to Emergency, and attended to. I caught up with her there.. She was treated in the ER. She isnt the easiest pateint, and gets angry easily. But she was rehydrated with a IV, had anti nausea medication and a CT scan, after about 8 hours I convenced the staff this was "normal" for her and took her home. The total bill? $28 for the car park...😷
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goodlil666 · 51-55, MVIP

Good to hear your wife is okay. An ambulance ride ,treatment, a CT scan and 8 hrs in an ER would probably cost you $10-20,000 dollars in the USA.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@goodlil666 It was a shame, since this was her first big outing since Covid. I just have to watch her more closely in future. But right now she is happy with coffee in a cafe in the mall. So we did that today. I am really at a loss how America can spend double what we do on health care and wehave to deal with the logistics of patient services over long distances that America just doesnt have.. We carry extra insurance, but that was not touched in this case..😷

goodlil666 · 51-55, MVIP

@whowasthatmaskedman because insurance companies and health care services are greedy and they go unregulated and unchecked.

Great to hear she is back on her feet and out and about already.