The thread that AE started closed fast and perhaps needed to be. But I'd like to talk about some of the better moments that saved someone and those that helped.
Major brain surgery for a tumor paid for by a friend. It took weeks to study and put together a team. Gringos AND Dominicans contributed to pay the costs. Insurance did not.
Metal leg rod became disconnected and started to protrude out the leg with infection. Dominican Insurance would not cover the correction and would not do anything. A local gringo helped and surgery was done the next day. $70K pesos. He would have lost his leg if untreated for a couple more days and would have died if not.
Truck pulls out in front of a man on a moto. Head on. Both arms shattered. Forehead skull shattered. The list is too long. Taken to Hospital in POP where insurance would cover BUT... THEY REFUSED due to the extensive injuries thou they did stop some bleeding. Back of pick-up to another Hospital and did the major work. They would not take his Dominican insurance but he was stable. They would not do anything more until bill was up to date.... US... $10,000. He needed more work and it got done. A gringo sent the money.
These 3 examples of need and done should be examples! I have many more. All 3 went back to work and are productive people that work hard for their families and a spirit to their communities.
I must commend those people that saw a need and raised/donated the funds to keep a brain working, save a leg/life and rebuilt a young man with a family almost in total.
The system is crude but it's all they have. Sometimes a little help is needed.
What's the cost of a leg?
Major brain surgery for a tumor paid for by a friend. It took weeks to study and put together a team. Gringos AND Dominicans contributed to pay the costs. Insurance did not.
Metal leg rod became disconnected and started to protrude out the leg with infection. Dominican Insurance would not cover the correction and would not do anything. A local gringo helped and surgery was done the next day. $70K pesos. He would have lost his leg if untreated for a couple more days and would have died if not.
Truck pulls out in front of a man on a moto. Head on. Both arms shattered. Forehead skull shattered. The list is too long. Taken to Hospital in POP where insurance would cover BUT... THEY REFUSED due to the extensive injuries thou they did stop some bleeding. Back of pick-up to another Hospital and did the major work. They would not take his Dominican insurance but he was stable. They would not do anything more until bill was up to date.... US... $10,000. He needed more work and it got done. A gringo sent the money.
These 3 examples of need and done should be examples! I have many more. All 3 went back to work and are productive people that work hard for their families and a spirit to their communities.
I must commend those people that saw a need and raised/donated the funds to keep a brain working, save a leg/life and rebuilt a young man with a family almost in total.
The system is crude but it's all they have. Sometimes a little help is needed.
What's the cost of a leg?