Published 16:38 IST, September 30th 2021
US woman charged $11 for crying during surgery, bill named it as 'brief emotion'
The Twitter post showing the US woman charged for crying during surgery has received more than 1,40,300 likes with 10.84k retweets. Check post.
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It is very obvious to feel nervous in any kind of surgery, people even cry out of anxiety but have you ever heard people are being charged due to crying during a surgery? A bizarre incident came to light when a US woman stated that she was charged for crying during her mole removal surgery. woman posted a piece of evidence on Twitter, claiming that she was charged $11. This incident went instantly popular and has sparked debate on social media in which people are expressing ir views on matter.
US woman who shared incident on Twitter goes by name Midge under account @mxmclain. She had uploaded a medical receipt which she was handed after her simple mole removal operation, which shows that total cost of operation is $234 which has been added up with or services provided to her. In bill, it is shown that medical operators have charged her with ‘Physician service’, ‘Surgical service’ along with term ‘Brief emotion’. This has been charged for her crying during procedure. Though her actual operation charge is $223, her ‘Brief emotion’ costed her more.
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Take a look at bill issued for Woman crying during surgery :
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Woman surgery treatment bill went viral
Since US woman uploaded snapshot of surgery treatment bill, post has received more than 1,40,300 likes with 10.84k retweets. People have flooded comment section with various remarks and experiences. One of Twitter users commented, “96127 - Brief Emotional-Behavioral Assessment Up to $25 per assessment, 4 times per year. Docs are using this to pad bills to increase revenue. I'd make a huge stink over this.” While ar wrote by sharing experience, “I had a mole removed, asked Dr “will it hurt when anaestic wears off?” She replied” what anaestic?” And promptly snipped it off with what looked like kitchen scissors! I couldn’t scream, my kids were behind curtain”. And third said, “Was $2 discount for crying pretty?”
(Im: Twitter/ @mxmclain)
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16:38 IST, September 30th 2021