Best Posts in Thread: Holding you hostage in hospital after receiving treatment.

You may not be able to. I had major surgery after almost being killed in a motorbike accident in 2011. I have no doubt the thoracic surgeon saved my life. No way I could travel.

 

One thing hospitals have done since the law stating they can't keep you hostage unless you were in a *private room* went into effect is they started calling near every room private and semi private also. I have even seen a *private ward* and *semi private ward* as crazy as it sounds. They think just tagging on the word private and coming up with a lame excuse will make it all great for them.

 

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.

 

Then again as we saw with our good friend here, if the hospital doesn't have adequate emergency blood replacement, the potential outcome is less than promising.
Better to wear a helmet.

 

Many foreigners will scream and shout that they will not go to a hospital in Dumaguete. But what do you do if it's an emergency? There are times when you don't have a choice.