SCAM Artists!
I burnt the soles of my feet on plastic hotel poolside decking made to look like wood. No warning signs. The hotel called a doctor at my request.
Rather than clean and dress my feet at the hotel, the doctor decided that it needed to be done "at the clinic". So I was taken to the hospital in an "ambulance" - sitting on a bench seat with no seat belt, etc. On arrival I was presented with a handwritten bill for MUR40,000 (about GBP650) for consultation and the ambulance. SCAM #1! I refused to pay saying that my insurers would want a single bill for everything.
My treatment was fine - its not that hard to remove dead skin, clean up, and dress the wounds, but at every stage the whole idea was to ramp up the bill. The doctor at the hospital even wanted me to stay the night as an in-patient! Farcical! SCAM #2! Following triage I was wheeled into a private room, before being taken to theater yep - that's the theater to have the dead skin removed. SCAM #3! It could have so easily been done in the A&E clinic side room, but then they wouldn't have been able to charge for a private room, nor for the use of the theater! I refused blood tests, urine tests, and an x-ray! SCAM#4!
I never paid the MUR40,000 initial scam bill. My final bill for everything including transportation was MUR23,775 (about GBP383).
So in summary, if you have an accident and end up here, keep a close eye on the scams! Everything they do is designed to get the bill as high as they can! You've been warned!




