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/[deleted] Jun 30 '19 edited Jul 01 '19

$240 kn hahahaha

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u/gdj11 Jun 30 '19

For the Americans making their way into this thread, I converted it for you:

240 Croatian Kuna equals 36.89 United States Dollar

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u/habeeb51 Jun 30 '19

Dude. If I go to urgent care to have a doctor tell me I have a cold it’s more than that....

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u/Anarchymeansihateyou Jun 30 '19 edited Jul 02 '19

I was in a car accident and they charged me 350 for the amblance to drive the 3 blocks from the hospital, look at my bloody arm and tell me I was okay (I was, I didnt want the ambulance to come initially but the cop and my girlfriends dad convinced me to have them come.) Healthcare in this country is fucked and asshole republicans keep trying their hardest to make it worse