Woman charged for crying during surgery, hospital names it as ‘Brief Emotion’ in the bill
Team Udayavani, Oct 3, 2021, 12:52 PM IST
A woman from the United States claimed that a hospital charged her money for crying during a mole removal surgery.
The woman, named Midge, shared a picture of the invoice she received from the hospital on social media leading to a huge outcry on the internet.
Apart from the physician and surgical services, the bill also included an $11 charge for “brief emotion” which is approximately Rs. 815 for a “Brief emotional/behavioral assessment.”
“Mole removal: $223. Crying: extra,” reads her the caption, who goes by @mxmclain on Twitter.
Mole removal: $223
Crying: extra pic.twitter.com/4FpC3w0cXu— Midge (@mxmclain) September 28, 2021
The tweet has received more than 192.3k likes with 15.3k retweets.
Below is how the internet reacted.
Wait a minute, brief emotion charge? https://t.co/bClt5IZTft
— Larry L. Williams, Ph.D. (@psychbrother) October 2, 2021
Can we legally charge Karens extra now then? https://t.co/LiVQ1FvWzW
— 10 of Swords 🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@RedBatMedia) October 2, 2021
WTF. Fuck this country and capitalism. https://t.co/Hk620mNm3M
— Palestinian Leftist 🇵🇸🏴🚩 (@TheIslamicLeft) October 2, 2021
Hey! A 20% emotional discount! Not bad. A lot of people I know discount my emotions at least 80% or more.
— idle moments (@IBrokenBricksI) September 29, 2021
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