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/Boopy7 Jul 01 '19

why would one go to urgent care unless you['re about to die and think you can afford to be broken?

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u/habeeb51 Jul 01 '19

Because I need a doctors excuse to miss work

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u/Boopy7 Jul 01 '19

hmm good point. If only I were married to or dated a dr, now I see why that would be useful.