Does your health care cover feelings: This hospital in US charged a woman Rs 816 for crying during surgery
Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, October 1
The bill made her cry more than the hospital bill. This is something unheard of, but if thinking of having a surgery make sure that your health care cover feelings. In a bizarre incident, a hospital in the US charged a woman for “burst of emotion” ahead of her surgery.
The woman took to Twitter and claimed that she was charged money for crying during her mole removal surgery.
Mole removal: $223
Crying: extra pic.twitter.com/4FpC3w0cXu— Midge (@mxmclain) September 28, 2021
In her post, Midge had shared a photo of the invoice she received from the hospital. The bill had a breakdown of all the charges, but what caught everybody’s attention was one of the particulars named ‘Brief Emotion’.
Midge was charged $11 (Rs. 816) for her outburst of emotion during the mole-removal procedure.
The bill claims that Midge was charged $223 (Rs. 16,556) for the main procedure. But the extra $11 (Rs. 816). This has left the social media baffled.
A couple of them mocked the hospital staff about it and drew comparisons with Aerosmith’s songs like Crying and Sweet Emotions. One of the Twitter users asked that ‘was the $2 (Rs. 148.55) discount for crying pretty?’
Another questioned “Does your health care cover feelings?”
