The Argentine tourist who was stuck in Thailand after being a victim of a return of the virus in his homecoming – 13/03/2019

Mercedes Ema AlbinattiAged 73, had an attack on Jan. 4 while she was on vacation with her husband to Thailandand was admitted to a hospital in Chiang Mai City where she underwent surgery.

After two months, they succeeded collect the money they needed to pay for the flight with medical badistance and finally they came back in the country this tuesday.

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Alberto Mariscotti, his partner, warned, however, that "Calvary persists" because they still could not pay the $ 70,000 debt who has contracted with the hospital for the services rendered.

Upon arriving at Ezeiza airport, Alberto said: "The accident occurred in the hotel where we had stopped, it broke down in the room, the ambulance arrived and they placed it in the best clinic in Thailand. "

The man, retired under the name of Mercedes, noted the speed of the attention of his partner, because "in the two hours which followed, it was already operated".

But he warned: "The ordeal persists, they let me come because the money tickets had been collected, the $ 70,000 debt is still there."

Alberto also pointed out that "the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had gone through all the paperwork" in order to be able to return to the country, and said that Mercedes would now go to a clinic in Buenos Aires where she would take her medical history. "The doctor who will attend will tell us how it will continue," he told Todo Noticias.

Finally, the man warned people that "Look a lot at the fine print of the traveler's insurance."

Although he thanked for the good predisposition of the company that hired, Alberto explained that he "I thought we both had insurance for 30 days and $ 150,000" when in fact "The $ 150,000 was for me and for her, not because she was 70, so they lowered it to $ 60,000."

"Aside from the 30 days of coverage, they were from the date you leave on a trip, not from the moment of the accident, and this was also forgiven by the company," he said. -He specifies.