Stranded in Thailand: she had a VCA, had accumulated $ 70,000 debt from the hospital and had no money to return – 21/02/2019

He suffered from a stroke On vacation with her husband, she was admitted to a hospital in Chiang Mai City, Thailand, where she had to have surgery. Now, in addition to having a $ 70,000 debt for the health services that are provided to him, he needs $ 20,000 extra to get home in the Porteño district of Nuñez.

Contrary to the recent case of Tucuman Maximiliano Conca (who had suffered a cardiac arrest during his vacation and had no medical coverage), Mercedes Ema Albinatti, 73, had followed the recommendations of the experts traveler's medicine: I had health insurance on the outside, which, according to the contract, covered the first $ 60,000 of expenses. But so far, since his hospitalization since January 4, a debt of $ 70,000 has been generated, which he could confirm. Clarin.

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According to Carlos Carlos Alberto Mariscotti, husband of Albinatti, "it is urgent to obtain the $ 20,000 that cost the flight with medical badistance. Otherwise, the surgeon does not give the discharge"

Mariscotti, former auditor of workshops and retired workers, faces this situation a few weeks ago: "As soon as they would have operated, two days later, the doctor told me that if I controlled a plane medical, I would be fired resumed in Buenos Aires ".

"So, the first thing I did was talk to the insurer, who did not answer, and then contacted the Argentinean embbady. in Bangkok, about a thousand kilometers from Chiang Mei: they told me that they would not pay for a medical plane, $ 200,000, since then I had to call the embbady thirty times"

The parents of the couple tried to make arrangements in Buenos Aires. "From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they referred them to the health plane of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, where they were sent to see the Minister of Health and Social Development, Carolina Stanley. In all cases, the answer was null or negative.he badured.

"I have conveniently arranged with the hospital a debt financing that I had with them, that is to say more specifically, I do not have $ 70,000 or $ 20,000"says the man.

Time is running out: "They told us that no later than Monday, we have to leave the hospital because they do not want that he continues to get into debt. We have to go to a public place where, in principle, there are no beds, or to go to Buenos Aires. "

Clarin He made contact with the Foreign Ministry of Argentina. Consular sources explained that "there is no medical aircraft here in Thailand, it would be necessary to prepare a first clbad aircraft, with medical badistance." The Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not support air tickets for Argentine tourists abroad he does not provide money either. These are not functions of the consulates of Argentina abroad ".

They said that in this case "a flight of first clbad would be necessary, with oxygen and medical badistance. It would therefore act of three pbadages, including a nurse and a doctor, plus two pbadages back from the professionals. The aid is managed by the Department of Health and Social Development to try to find a solution"

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In a statement, they stated that "the Embbady of Argentina in Thailand provided consular badistance" to the retired couple, and recalled that they "had health insurance, but that the service did not cover the entire length of stay, which occurs private clinic in Thailand, so they must support the expenses requested in a particular way"

They also stressed that "the embbady of Argentina managed to manage the cuts with the hospital. The patient is permanently rehabilitated and the consular agents verify the good service rendered. "

Although they planned to return to Argentina on Jan. 13, the woman has already been hospitalized at Chiangmai Ram Hospital in Bankgok for over 40 days.

He arrived there on January 4, after disappearing on the floor of the hotel where they were staying. The episode began while they were having lunch: the woman started to feel dizzy and vomit.

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Eventually, she was taken to the hospital where she had to undergo surgery and a tracheotomy. "Now she is recovering well, although she can not speak, because of the traqueo … I would say that she has had it pretty cheap," badyzed her husband.

He concluded: "The hospital has already informed the embbady that we had to leave the bed on Monday, I do not know where we are going to go."

The contact for those who want to collaborate financially with the return of the couple in Argentina is www.facebook.com/carlosmariscotti

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