"If we do not pay until Friday, they will throw it away"

A 73-year-old woman suffered a stroke while vacationing in Thailand. Her husband traveled with her and noticed that they needed more than $ 20,000 to be able to return home. Nevertheless, they owe more than $ 70,000 in medical expenses.

A retired woman from Núñez traveled with her husband to Thailand. One morning, he began to feel bad and to suffer. stroke. Since then, the woman has been hospitalized and they now need more than $ 20,000 to return home. Due to lack of resources, her husband sleeps at the hospital and points out that "if we do not pay until Friday, they will throw her out and we will remain homeless.

Mercedes Emma, ​​73, and her 70-year-old husband, Carlos Alberto Mariscotti, have traveled to Thailand for a holiday, but are now living a nightmare. On January 4, the woman began to have repeated dizziness and vomiting collapsed after a few minutes in the hotel. She was transferred to Chiangmai Ram Hospital where she is still hospitalized.

When he arrived at the health center, the doctors confirmed that he had undergone a stroke, so they operated on her and performed a tracheotomy. For 10 days, the retired woman was anxious and finally opened her eyes but can not speak and has trouble breathing.

Due to medical expenses, insurance covered $ 60,000, but the marriage maintains a debt of $ 70,000. In addition, they will face expenses to return home with a doctor and a nurse.

the husband of the woman who suffered a strokehe said: "my wife does not know our economic problems, I try not to stress her, she is going through a delicate situation, I have been living in the hospital for more than 40 days, sleep in armchairs and, when I can, I go to the bathroom and I take a shower.It's a very difficult scenario, I do not understand the language nor the customs.It is she who has well managed English. "

In addition, Carlos said that "we are desperate.We have relatives in Argentina and I send a report to everyone detailing the state of health of my wife.They tried to help us from from there, but we did not even get a third of the money we needed. "

He was disconnected because he was brain dead and the unexpected occurred.

Source: Chronicle.