£3500,00 Bill For Nigerian To Give Birth To Twins

[trt]

Not sure how true, but it wouldn't surprise me.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-left-unpaid-bill-350000-9631294

[ummmm]

Maybe they should have insurance then.

[EDDIE51]

smowball and others , to understand this you have to look at it from their point of view. You live in a country where medical facilities are primitive and the mortality rate among mothers and babies is 100s or even thousands of times higher than in the UK. But you know that by paying a few £100s you can fly to the best treatment in the world and get it all for free as long as you follow the method to do so?
Would you risk death giving birth in your home country or do it in safety and comfort in the UK?

[Smowball]

EDDIE I absolutely understand why these women are doing this, for the reasons that you say. But it is our country that is footing the bill and our health service is struggling as it is.

[ummmm]

Of course Eddie but it's wrong and the UK shouldn't have to pay for it or accept it.

[SnookerPlayer]

smowball and others , to understand this you have to look at it from their point of view

No I don't, only my point of view matters. Put them back on next plane, a bit of medication to slow labour down. The NHS is not for the likes of these scroungers.

[ummmm]

If a permit to fly is required then it's not unreasonable to insist on insurance.

I had to visit a doctor when on holiday in Malta (not expensive) but I had to pay there and then and he gave me a receipt so I could claim it back from the NHS (which I didn't)

[hereIam]

Well said Snooker ...

[EDDIE51]

I fully agree that it's wrong but I can't see any way to avoid it, it is impossible to insist that everyone wanting to come to the UK has medical insurance before they get on the plane, but that is the only way it could work. Even then what's to stop the insurance from refusing to pay? You can't insure against the cost of childbirth when you are already 9 months pregnant! Medical insurance covers accidents and unforeseen medical problems only you can't insure against a certainty.

[douglas9401]

EDDIE, fyi:

Tenant: A person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord.

Tenet: A principle or belief, especially one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy.

[anotheoldgit]

The 'NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE' not the 'WORLD'S HEALTH SERVICE'.

Remember this back in April 2015 how our Nigel was criticised back then?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/03/nigel-farage-hiv-claim-criticised

And my ensuing thread

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1410907.html

[ummmm]

Eddie - not everyone having insurance, just people who need a permit to fly.

[whiskeryron]

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//"As an NHS Trust we cannot refuse to treat a patient, wherever they are from, if there is a danger to life. In this case two unborn babies required immediate care.
// As a caring British subject I am proud of that statement,but feel that this mickey taking must stop. Is there a way that this patient could have been denied release clearance until the bill had been settled ? I cannot see a similar situation happening in another country.

[237SJ]

Nigerian banks have banned foreign transactions on credit cards to they are not going to get their money back any time soon

[ummmm]

Ron - there aren't many people who could settle a £350k bill.

[whiskeryron]

So the answer is the NHS is free to all at the point of delivery ?

[ummmm]

Only in an emergency.

[whiskeryron]

But ummmm, the lady in question apparently came here specifically to give birth,how is that an emergency ?

[Smowball]

How are these women even allowed to fly so late in pregnancy?

[whiskeryron]

Maybe they are encouraged by their government.