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Frank.q Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
Why there is no "surgery"?
I read a passage, the text is clear, but I confused in one spot, so I come here and thanks for your help.
Carlos Ferlini made a decent living installing and repairing gutters, but not nough to afford health insurance. Then, last February, Carlos fell off a roof while on a job in suburban Los Angeles.
He was rushed to Providence St. Joseph's Medical Center, a Catholic-run, non-profit hospital in Burbank, Calif. Carlos' wife and daughters knew it would be expensive, but they weren’t thinking about costs at that time.
"We thought he was gonna die. I mean, at that moment, you’re terrified. You’re just — you don’t even care about anything. You don’t care about the money," Peggy explains.
Ferlini was seriously injured; he fractured his skull and ribs and punctured one lung. He spent 18 days in St. Joseph’s, 14 of them in intensive care. He had no surgery and was sent home. Then he got the bill.
My question is why there is no surgery. In the passage, they say Ferlini was seriously injured, he fractured his skull and ribs and punctured one lung. So I think he should have surgery. But the passage can't be wrong. So I am confused about this, please help me.
Carlos Ferlini made a decent living installing and repairing gutters, but not nough to afford health insurance. Then, last February, Carlos fell off a roof while on a job in suburban Los Angeles.
He was rushed to Providence St. Joseph's Medical Center, a Catholic-run, non-profit hospital in Burbank, Calif. Carlos' wife and daughters knew it would be expensive, but they weren’t thinking about costs at that time.
"We thought he was gonna die. I mean, at that moment, you’re terrified. You’re just — you don’t even care about anything. You don’t care about the money," Peggy explains.
Ferlini was seriously injured; he fractured his skull and ribs and punctured one lung. He spent 18 days in St. Joseph’s, 14 of them in intensive care. He had no surgery and was sent home. Then he got the bill.
My question is why there is no surgery. In the passage, they say Ferlini was seriously injured, he fractured his skull and ribs and punctured one lung. So I think he should have surgery. But the passage can't be wrong. So I am confused about this, please help me.
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I seems that an operation wasn't necessary (although that seems odd in the case of his lung). Ribs are generally just bound up tightly to heal. I guess his skull also just needed time to heal (some skull fractures are just tiny cracks) and there was no damage to his brain or complications.
- I seems that an operation wasn't necessary (although that seems odd in the case of his lung).
- Ribs are generally just bound up tightly to heal.
- I guess his skull also just needed time to heal (some skull fractures are just tiny cracks) and there was no damage to his brain or complications.
- ) but not a full surgery.
- but it does sound perfectly possible.
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I seems that an operation wasn't necessary (although that seems odd in the case of his lung). Ribs are generally just bound up tightly to heal. I guess his skull also just needed time to heal (some skull fractures are just tiny cracks) and there was no damage to his brain or complications. Perhaps they had to do something to his lung (drain it?) but not a full surgery. I don't know...but it does
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Hi guys,
I'd suggest the question form: Why was there no surgery?
Is there any possibility it was because he had no health insurance? Would a US hospital always just go ahead with expensive procedures on someone with no money (eg a homeless person?) I think many non-Americans don't understand how this works in the USA.
Best wishes, Clive
I'd suggest the question form: Why was there no surgery?
Is there any possibility it was because he had no health insurance? Would a US hospital always just go ahead with expensive procedures on someone with no money (eg a homeless person?) I think many non-Americans don't understand how this works in the USA.
Best wishes, Clive
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Nona The BritI seems that an operation wasn't necessary (although that seems odd in the case of his lung). Ribs are generally just bound up tightly to heal. I guess his skull also just needed time to heal (some skull fractures are just tiny cracks) and there was no damage to his brain or complications. Perhaps they had to do something to his lung (drain it?) but not a ful
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CliveHi guys,
I'd suggest the question form: Why was there no surgery?
Is there any possibility it was because he had no health insurance? Would a US hospital always just go ahead with expensive procedures on someone with no money (eg a homeless person?) I think many non-Americans don't understand how this works in the USA.
Best wishes, C
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