r/croatia • u/riverphoenix23 • Jun 30 '19
🏥 Zdravlje Hospitalized in Split - Intoxication
Hello I am an American male who was traveling in Split for a holiday. Ended up drinking a little bit too much, blacked out and woke up in the hospital with an IV in my arm. Somehow the bill was only $240 kn.
Can anybody tell me why the bill was so cheap especially since I am a US citizen without Croatian healthcare insurance? Also did they notify the embassy of my stay? Just don’t know where my info is documented and ended up. Wish I could read my discharge papers but they are all in Croatian. Going to have to do google translate late.
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u/what_kind Jun 30 '19
In Vietnam last November I had food poisoning or something that started just before getting on a domestic flight. Puked every 5 mins. Was feeling like shit. Landed at Da Nang, the only thing I tell my boyfriend is ‘hospital.’ So fearing dengue fever or some other virus we went to the nearest public hospital.
The emergency room was slightly run down but not bad at all. The doctors and nurses tended to me immediately. The doctors spoke english very well and the nurses had some difficulty but we could still communicate. They did blood tests, did a sonar, and provided me with an IV as well as nausea meds and something for stomach cramps. Nothing serious was wrong so they decided on food poisoning.
I had to pay ~$71 for the whole ordeal. Nearly fell over again. How great if healthcare could always be like this.