Guayaquil, Ecuador: Victim of Bus Crash not allowed to leave hospital until bill paid

Eluniverso.com/(machine translated) Maura Bravo, 27, was discharged from the Luis Vernaza hospital in Guayaquil late Saturday afternoon, hours after the crash between two interprovincial transport busses Valencia and Zaracay, which left 2 dead and 26 wounded, but could not leave the hospital until she canceled(paid) the $ 381 charged by the hospital.

This was stated by her husband, Rene Vera, who was worried yesterday morning about not having the money to get her out of the hospital. The process with the Public System for Payment of Traffic Accidents (SPPAT) did not end, he said, because they could not file the complaint in the Duran Public Prosecutor’s Office because they did not have the part of the Ecuador Transit Commission (CTE). They had to give a credit card of a relative to pay the hospital bill, he said.

Four others were allegedly also charged. They would be reimbursed the values ​​at the end of the process with the SPPAT. Read Article

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