Student coughs up blood, spends 5 million on treatment but doesn’t get better, flies back home to see a doctor, pays 2 thousand, done!. Student studying abroad coughed up blood, spent 5 million on treatment and did not get better, flew back to see a doctor at home, paid 2 thousand, finished!
Each doctor’s specialty is different, and the cost of treatment varies depending on the patient’s condition. A Taiwanese student studying in California suddenly coughed up blood and was rushed to the hospital. His medical bills were as high as 160,000 US dollars (about 5 million baht), but when he returned to Taiwan. The cost of treatment was only 500 yuan (2.3 thousand baht).
Chest specialist Su Yifeng shared the incident on Facebook, telling of a Taiwanese student studying in California who suddenly started coughing up blood and had to be rushed to the แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ hospital. Doctors in the US thought he was from Taiwan and likely had tuberculosis or some other infectious disease. So they forced him into an isolation room. However, all the tuberculosis tests came back negative. Despite consulting three specialists, they insisted on giving the patient anti-tuberculosis medication. But the patient refused and asked to be discharged.
The patient’s 10-day medical bill in the United States was reported to exceed US$160,000. And there was also a separate consultation fee. So he decided to return to Taiwan to see a doctor quickly. After only two visits to the clinic, it was found that the cause was bronchiectasis , which has nothing to do with tuberculosis, and the treatment cost was only 500 yuan. The price difference made him joke that “when I coughed up blood, I thought it was bad. But when I saw the bill, I almost threw up blood.”
Su Yifeng pointed out that the cost of medical services in Taiwan is 10,000 times higher than in the United States. He suggested that if Taiwanese get sick in the United States and are still healthy. They should return to Taiwan for treatment because it is more cost-effective.