Woman falls in hospital and demands 300 euros to help her – Portugal



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“They cleaned my face and asked me if I had insurance. As I said no, they said that just to stitch the wounds I would have to pay 300 euros. The words are from Fernanda Campelo, 46, who fell, on Wednesday, on the escalators of the Trofa Saúde Hospital, in Alfena, Valongo, and had to go to the S. João Hospital, Porto, to be treated. injuries to the face, legs and broken arm.

“I went with my mother-in-law to do some exams and on the stairs she became unbalanced. When trying to help her, I fell on my head, ”he explained. The professionals at that hospital, after learning that they had no insurance, called the husband who was waiting outside the hospital and explained that he was either paying or he would have to call an ambulance.

“I called INEM and they took her to S. João, where she had more than 15 stitches on her head and was treated for the remaining wounds,” said Rui Teixeira, Fernanda’s husband, who filed a complaint with the GNR against the hospital. “I don’t want compensation, I just want justice. This is not done, ”he observed. THE CM this Thursday he contacted the Trofa Saúde Hospital which, until the end of the edition, did not respond.



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