generic-user-1 said:
hsrob said:
I've treated snake bites for some of the most venomous snakes on Earth (live in Queensland, Australia) and it's really not that complicated nor should it be that expensive. And this is in a country with a diverse range of highly venomous snakes and low population.
Clearly there were complications here, perhaps due to delay in getting treatment or sourcing anti-venom and as soon as you hit an ICU, costs do escalate rapidly, but $83 000 for meds and the overall cost is just plain crazy.
If this happened in rural Australia, you would be flown to the closest hospital by emergency helicopter, flown by The Flying doctors to a tertiary care hospital (if required), which could be 1000+ km away. You would be seen immediately in ED, transferred to ICU if required for as long as necessary, surgery if required (assuming serious complications), returned to a medical ward for convalescence, provided all necessary medications, physiotherapy etc, or anything else required for treatment.
Your bill on discharge, $0. |
someone has to pay the bill... we dont know what happend, maybe he had to get some special medication. but thats not important in my eyes, the other costs are just jokingly high for 6 days. they needed more than 10k per day, without medication.
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Costs are covered by the government, obviously paid for through taxes, but your personal out of pocket expenses would be $0.
