Franche-Comté. Arrival at 11:59 p.m. at the emergency room and billed for a day: the husband's anger and the hospital's response
The wife of this octogenarian from the Jura region was admitted to the emergency room at 11:59 p.m. on May 18 and discharged on May 20. The bill sent to her indicated a three-day stay costing €3,166.11. May 18 was billed as a full day. "That someone could do this really annoys me. This needs to be known."
Since receiving the bill after his wife's hospitalization in May at the Louis-Pasteur Hospital in Dole, Christian Tarriet has been furious. "She was admitted at 11:59 p.m. on May 18: they're making me pay for that day of hospitalization for 1 minute, it's revolting me," says the 83-year-old.
"Who can prove to me that it was indeed that time?"On the evening of Sunday, May 18, his wife, Yvette, suffered a serious fall at their home in Longwy-sur-le-Doubs. Christian Tarriet called for help and, at...
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