Situation with friend's father Medical costs in China
Join Date: Nov 2007
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I'm not sure if there are any Chinese people who could answer this. It seems like there are lots of people in thiland and the far east around here so Ill give it a shot.
My friend's father is sorta a strange character. He has a master's degree in economics but he was living in the room of his daughter. Then working at suger creek. Then he moved to China and started dating 3 chinese women. Bear in mind this guy is like 50+. The chinese women were waiting on him hand and foot and basically this guy as I see it is somehow living off the fat of the land.
Long story short he had a heart attack over there. He had to ask his rich father, my friends grandfather for cash. What would you expect the bill to be? I figured with medical tourism that these thigns would be inexpensive especially since I would expect the care to be less than first rate, (although IU could be wrong.)
He was in the hospital about a week. He had some minor surgery involving a stint or something.
Cheers.
Join Date: Aug 2006
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So your friend thinks his dad is scamming the grandpa? I think garcia is from china or lives there iirc.
Random guess 50k.
Join Date: May 2004
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2 days hospital in thailand with no specialists or expensive tests cost me 1300. My guess is 20-25k.
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Depends where. I'm working in Shanghai and if you go to an International Clinic the costs can be very expensive. Try an expat forum such as shanghaiexpat.com. Most of your post is pretty irrelevant though.
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Should cost somewhere in the neighborhood of 8 goats and 3 chickens but the dollar is really weak right now.
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Thread title made me fully expect a totally weird post, OP does not disappoint.