Expat in Kampot Needs Help After Traffic Accident
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Denying treatment when there's no dosh to cover for it is common practice in the KoW. Problems will surface when you have no insurance and you end up needing high quality emergency care, maybe emergency surgery, and you only have some small notes in your pocket.
A 300k deposit is (seems?) outrageous, but for someone with serious head and leg damage without insurance you're looking at a pretty high hospital bill I guess.
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Are you sure this is real? that facebook account looks fictitious. This has been verified by someone in person?CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:54 am
For information:
Expat Rudy Schmittlein, founder of The Dive Shop Cambodia and Paradise Villas, was in Kampot Referral Hospital after an accident, but friends have arranged his transfer to Phnom Penh and they have set up a fund-raiser.
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You mean $USD 300k? Last year, for the first time, I took up expat health insurance rather than my previous periodic travel insurance coz I figured I would be 'stuck' here for some considerable time... Besides, when does a habitual tourist become an expat?Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:33 am2 vehicle RTA, victim was in smaller vehicle and suffered nasty head and leg injuries
Royal Phnom Penh required a 300K deposit before treatment, it has been said, due to the patient allegedly having a positive covid test
Anyway, the company I went with for expat health insurance assured me I was covered for covid (even tho I'm supposedly entitled to free medical treatment at a local public hospital as advised by HE last year).
However, my membership certificate specifies covid treatment coverage for minimal expenses of $USD100k. On that basis, if you're referring to USD300k then, I would be covered...then again, I can't help but think they would make damn sure the fees exceeded USD100k, no?
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I'm no expert but I know surgery and ICU stays can be extremely expensive. You can easily clock 10k a day that way. That's why the coverage of medical insurance runs into millions. 300k is about 5-10% of what a medical insurance would cover, just to put the 300k number into perspective.clutchcargo wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 7:06 pmYou mean $USD 300k? Last year, for the first time, I took up expat health insurance rather than my previous periodic travel insurance coz I figured I would be 'stuck' here for some considerable time... Besides, when does a habitual tourist become an expat?Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:33 am2 vehicle RTA, victim was in smaller vehicle and suffered nasty head and leg injuries
Royal Phnom Penh required a 300K deposit before treatment, it has been said, due to the patient allegedly having a positive covid test
Anyway, the company I went with for expat health insurance assured me I was covered for covid (even tho I'm supposedly entitled to free medical treatment at a local public hospital as advised by HE last year).
However, my membership certificate specifies covid treatment coverage for minimal expenses of $USD100k. On that basis, if you're referring to USD300k then, I would be covered...then again, I can't help but think they would make damn sure the fees exceeded USD100k, no?
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Yes Royal PP, 300k USD, their logic being that the surgeon and his team would need to isolate for 2 weeks afterwards due to covid+ patientclutchcargo wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 7:06 pmYou mean $USD 300k? Last year, for the first time, I took up expat health insurance rather than my previous periodic travel insurance coz I figured I would be 'stuck' here for some considerable time... Besides, when does a habitual tourist become an expat?Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:33 am2 vehicle RTA, victim was in smaller vehicle and suffered nasty head and leg injuries
Royal Phnom Penh required a 300K deposit before treatment, it has been said, due to the patient allegedly having a positive covid test
Anyway, the company I went with for expat health insurance assured me I was covered for covid (even tho I'm supposedly entitled to free medical treatment at a local public hospital as advised by HE last year).
However, my membership certificate specifies covid treatment coverage for minimal expenses of $USD100k. On that basis, if you're referring to USD300k then, I would be covered...then again, I can't help but think they would make damn sure the fees exceeded USD100k, no?
I believe that he since went to the khner soviet hospital and has regained consciousness but remains in critical condition
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Smart.... Thinking.....Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 7:49 pm
Yes Royal PP, 300k USD, their logic being that the surgeon and his team would need to isolate for 2 weeks afterwards due to covid+ patient
Makes a terrible amount of sense.
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Maybe? But if every doctor in any country that treated a Covid patient had to isolate for 2 weeks then surely there would be no doctors left. Is it because the vaccines and PPE are so bad here?Kammekor wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 7:52 pmSmart.... Thinking.....Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 7:49 pm
Yes Royal PP, 300k USD, their logic being that the surgeon and his team would need to isolate for 2 weeks afterwards due to covid+ patient
Makes a terrible amount of sense.
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Sorry to write this but my friend Rudy didn't make it.
He passed away yesterday evening.
Rest in your paradise Rudy.
He passed away yesterday evening.
Rest in your paradise Rudy.
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sad news,
did he die from the accident?
No treatment in time?
or
Of covid?
did he die from the accident?
No treatment in time?
or
Of covid?
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