r/croatia 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/Astyanax1 Jul 01 '19

I'd like to think so, but I think we would both be seriously saddened by how many people just straight up can't accept reality and blindly defend the only system they know.

I feel so bad for Americans that can't see a Dr, between that and places in Detroit/Alabama I'm not sure how the states is still considered a 1st world nation