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Woman Charged Rs 3K By Doctor For Showing Emotions

They charged her more for crying than they did for a vision assessment test. They charged her more for crying than for a hemoglobin test, her sister wrote.

Charvi Kathuria

20 May 2022 11:10 IST

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Have you been often discouraged by friends and relatives to bottle up your emotions? People are normally advised to cry if they want to because of the psychological benefits that crying offers. However, crying turned out to be detrimental for a woman who was forced to pay $40.

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Camille Johnson is a YouTuber from New York City who took to the internet to share her sister's bizarre experience. The tweet has a photo of a hospital bill that was handed to her sister when she went for a doctor’s appointment in January. The bill showed that she was even charged for crying. She had to pay $40 ( approximately Rs 3000) for the same.

What does the tweet say?

“My little sister has been really struggling with a health condition lately and finally got to see a doctor. They charged her $40 for crying,” Camille explained in the caption.

"She has a rare disease so she’s been really struggling to find care. She got emotional because she feels frustrated and helpless. One tear in and they charged her $40 without addressing why she is crying, trying to help, doing any evaluation, any prescription, nothing. They charged her more for crying than they did for a vision assessment test. They charged her more for crying than for a hemoglobin test. They charged her more for crying than for a health risk assessment They charged her more for crying than for a capilary blood draw", she further added. Have a look at the tweet.

Woman Charged Rs 3K By Doctor For Showing Emotions

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It has been retweeted 66.6K times, quoted by 16.5 people and received 518.9K likes so far. A lot of people have commented on the video.

Netizens React

A woman wrote, "Yep. My daughter was charged $44 for "skin-to-skin contact". In other words when they flopped my grandson up onto her chest after the umbilical cord was cut. I guess the cheaper alternative was letting him fall on the floor? "

"I used to work in a doctors office and they would charge for asking what medications they prescribed you. “Medication reconciliation” I quit that place because I felt uncomfortable billing for things like “education” when it was their job to literally tell people what’s wrong" ,wrote another.

viral picture Camille Johnson