Ross
Enlightened
Hi folks,
My girlfriend and I took a trip to NYC in December, thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and even got engaged in Central Park! Unfortunately, something else happenned in central park where I slipped and managed to dislocate my left shoulder. The staff contacted an ambulance for me and they took me to Lennox Hill hospital. I underwent x-rays, was given drugs and eventually they located my shoulder and I was discharged 12hrs later. I went to the reception and gave them my credit card in order to pay the bill, there was a problem with the card swiping machine so the receptionist wrote down the details from my card and said they would send me a receipt in the post - by this time I had been awake and drugged for 24hrs and was in no mood to argue.
I didnt hear anything from them and assumed it had gone though OK but this morning I received a bill from a collection agency stating I had not paid the bill (which has now doubled as well!!!) and they were chasing me for it.
The queries I have are - as I left my card details with the hospital, surely the onus is on them to take payment? Why would the bill have increased from $700 to over $1500? What steps could I take to try & get this sorted out?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, its hard from over this side of the pond to speak to someone.
Regards
Ross
My girlfriend and I took a trip to NYC in December, thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and even got engaged in Central Park! Unfortunately, something else happenned in central park where I slipped and managed to dislocate my left shoulder. The staff contacted an ambulance for me and they took me to Lennox Hill hospital. I underwent x-rays, was given drugs and eventually they located my shoulder and I was discharged 12hrs later. I went to the reception and gave them my credit card in order to pay the bill, there was a problem with the card swiping machine so the receptionist wrote down the details from my card and said they would send me a receipt in the post - by this time I had been awake and drugged for 24hrs and was in no mood to argue.
I didnt hear anything from them and assumed it had gone though OK but this morning I received a bill from a collection agency stating I had not paid the bill (which has now doubled as well!!!) and they were chasing me for it.
The queries I have are - as I left my card details with the hospital, surely the onus is on them to take payment? Why would the bill have increased from $700 to over $1500? What steps could I take to try & get this sorted out?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, its hard from over this side of the pond to speak to someone.
Regards
Ross