Bearing The Treatment Cost Of A Kuwaiti Citizen Who Admitted In A Hospital

The Court of Appeals upheld the verdict issued by the Court of First Instance which ordered the Supreme Committee for Overseas Medical Treatment to cover the treatment cost of a Kuwaiti citizen who has been admitted in a hospital in Washington, the United States of America in emergency condition. According to the case file, the citizen had accompanied his wife to Washington in order for her to undergo a three-month treatment. However, while he was there, his toes and part of his left leg became swollen, which was later identified as “gangrene”. Representing the citizen was Lawyer Abdullatif Al-Abdali, who explained that doctors had affirmed that his client’s condition had reached advanced stages, necessitating amputation of one of the toes on his left leg. However, the cost was more than what his client could afford. He then went to the Kuwait Health Office in Washington and requested them to cover the cost after presenting them with the original receipts. However, the office told the citizen that it cannot cover the cost based on directives of the Supreme Committee for Overseas Treatment, especially since he had agreed and signed to the condition that the overseas treatment fund will not cover any medical costs that he might incur while he accompanies his wife on the trip.

SOURCE : ARABTIMES

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