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Holding you hostage in hospital after receiving treatment.

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  1. KINGCOLE

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    This law doesn't mean you can just walk out of the hospital without paying. Promissory notes must be made for you to leave the hospital.
    I don't think many tourists (and many expats) could provide a legally binding promissory note.
    It should also noted that this law does not protect those who stay in private rooms. Definition of a private room is given in the R.A..
     
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    I have heard from more than one Filipino there, that often a hospital will demand important documents from patients or their familes as collateral for payment, or they are not allowed to leave. Docs such as birth certificates, preventing people to obtain a travel permit or visa (to work abroad for example), etc.
    I for one would feel like a had a new lease on life if I were lucky enough to walk out of most Philippine hospitals...
     
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    I could see them demanding a copy of a birth certificate or drivers license for identification purposes. I couldn't imagine how hard it is to collect money in the Philippines seeing how easy it is to just disappear. Hospitals are a business, if they can't guarantee payment from patients they would go out of business quickly and health care would be much worse than it already is.
     
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    I have a friend ( foreigner ), who had excellent treatment at Sillimans hospital.:thumbsup: he speaks very highly of the Doctor and staff who treated him.
     
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    I think this will largely depend on what type of treatment you are having there and which doctors you see. I have had both good and bad experiences there.
     
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    hopefully I will never have the personal experience to relate to others one way or the other:cool:
     
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    One should be considerate of a developing country's medical capabilities on a public forum as opposed to sarcastic remarks, and for that I apologize.
    I hope I did not offend anyone.
    Oz I have heard the same of several facilities there...in fact I did have some non invasive assessment and treatment in Cebu at Chong Hua and was pleasantly surprised...its definitely getting better.
    I would still advise considering possibilities prior to having an invasive procedure, particularly surgery.
     
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    The main possibility I would think about before any invasive procedure would be to get on the first thing smoking and go back to my home country.
     
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    Agreed, I would certainly do likewise, but the interesting thing is that mate of mine had a very bad accident, a Filipino failed to yield to the National Highway and T barred him of course, knocking him off his m/c and he was obviously very lucky in getting one of the top Doctors in Duma to attend to him at Sillimans, and my mate cannot say enough good things. He is actually fortunate to still have both arms in good working order.:happy:
     
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