Isn't it satisfying to know that we don't treat our 'health tourists' in such a way?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....nt-insurance-row.html

/// Doctors at a public hospital refused to treat the 26-year-old for two days unless they were paid because his insurance documents could not be found. ///

Couldn't they have took this poor man's hospital bill out of the £1bn in aid we give to the Government of India?

[Gromit]

No.

[rojash]

"Isn't It Satisfying To Know That We Don't Treat Our 'Health Tourists' In Such A Way?"

Well, it is for me - but, judging from the comments on other threads about health tourism, it's not for most other AB posters.

[sandyRoe]

It is something that we can be rightly proud about. It would be a sad day if someone here in the UK, in urgent need of treatment, was refused because some papers weren't in order.

[woofgang]

By me there is a difference between someone who becomes ill while in a foreign country and someone who travels to a foreign country in order to receive free health care. Having said that, its often only possible to discover this after the event.

[sp1814]

AOG

You're right on the money with this one. I agree that we should be bursting with pride at our NHS.

I wouldn't go abroad without health insurance. It's a very Dangerous thing to do.

[New Judge]

And why do you think people come here without any, sp? (Clue: they don't need any).

I am very proud of the National Health Service. Unfortunately I am not so proud of the International Health Service it seems to have become. I would not want my house or car insurers meeting claims from people who have paid no premiums and that's how I feel about the NHS.

[emmie]

so do i, ^^

[Sqad]

.......I just wonder what the exact sequence of events were..............this doesn't ring true.

[emmie]

why doesn't it?

[Sqad]

em

/// Doctors at a public hospital refused to treat the 26-year-old for two days unless they were paid because his insurance documents could not be found. ///

That doesn't.

[dave50]

Good! Refuse to treat anyone who hasn't paid in, no matter what is wrong with them. They will soon get the message.

[anotheoldgit]

Sqad

/// .......I just wonder what the exact sequence of events were..............this doesn't ring true. ///

Welcome to the real World outside the tolerant and caring UK.

[Gromit]

This message from Sean Connelly's friends seems to contradict the Daily Mail version and support sqads suspicion that the story doesn't ring true.

// The medical bill for the last few days is already well in to the thousands and in order to give him the best chance possible he needs to move in to a private hospital and receive the best treatment costing in excess of £1000 a day. We need to all come together and raise enough money to get him there!. //

So he moved from the public hospital to a private one costing £1000 a day.