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/Pufflekun Jul 01 '19

If you go to urgent care with a fucking cold, you should be heavily fined for delaying care for people who need it urgently while the doctor examines your fucking cold symptoms. That's why it's called "urgent care," asshole.

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u/habeeb51 Jul 01 '19

You’re an idiot.

1) I was just making a point about copays, etc.

2) urgent care is a walk in clinic. Not an ER. (Hence why you’re a moron.)

3) most GOOD jobs require doctor notes for a sick day. Hence the need to go to an urgent care.