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stevenleser

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64. Many overseas medical facilities require several thousand $ be put on a credit card before treatment

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 08:28 PM

Nov 2012

commences. For something like this woman with all of her conditions, my guess is that if the husband didnt have $10,000 open to buy on his credit card(s), there was no treatment to be had.

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Sickly, obese Bronx woman dies in Hungary after airlines say she's too fat to fly [View all] whopis01 Nov 2012 OP

I have never heard of a plane that "had no seat-belt extender" annabanana Nov 2012 #1

She had bought 2 seats for herself and yet they claimed the seat couldn't handle her weight. pnwmom Nov 2012 #2

She bought 3 seats for herself : not two dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #9

And yet the article also said this: pnwmom Nov 2012 #10

That was the first time. That is when they couldn't find the extender and the seat was not going to sammytko Nov 2012 #13

Why couldn't the two seats she bought together support her weight? pnwmom Nov 2012 #24

after looking at her pic in post 22, I think they didn't want to take the chance of an inflight sammytko Nov 2012 #27

Then they just should have been honest and told the husband that. pnwmom Nov 2012 #32

More in the Mail link dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #18

If the fire department quakerboy Nov 2012 #56

She's overweight but Drale Nov 2012 #3

She only has one leg, so it sounds like she can't walk and needs a wheelchair. yardwork Nov 2012 #17

I have a hard time believing this story. Mass Nov 2012 #4

I hear the lawyers circling. JaneyVee Nov 2012 #5

After reading the article, how sad for all involved. And I don't understand why uppityperson Nov 2012 #6

It said she gained a lot of water weight. sammytko Nov 2012 #8

None of the articles on this subject dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #11

She might have even been to weak to be able to even help herself onto the plane sammytko Nov 2012 #14

Actually, they do. GoCubsGo Nov 2012 #15

Not quite dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #20

according to the article, they didn't even try to go to a doctor in Hungary sammytko Nov 2012 #7

How did she get over there in the first place? GoCubsGo Nov 2012 #12

Hungary? Turbineguy Nov 2012 #19

Its more less the same as the UK's NHS dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #31

It was a reference to Turbineguy Nov 2012 #37

Such things dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #38

She needed dialysis, sounds like. Wonder why no treatment TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #16

I'd be amazed if it wasn't available there dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #21

I'm pretty sure they could have treated her--wonder why she TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #25

I think the couple are Hungarian dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #29

Right--I figured that too. Just wondering why you would TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #30

I meant by family origin dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #34

me too bluemarkers Nov 2012 #54

Having only one leg might have added to the difficulty of boarding her. FarCenter Nov 2012 #22

maybe that was hubby's plan all along? very suspicious sammytko Nov 2012 #23

I fucking love it! No evidence. No nothing! But after 33 years of marriage, you're "suspicious" ... 11 Bravo Nov 2012 #33

There is something a bit suspicious of a man who refuses TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #35

Give me a break. Drahthaardogs Nov 2012 #44

How is it misandry to wonder what the hell this guy was TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #46

Get a grip dude - its just a forum where speculation runs rampant. sammytko Nov 2012 #36

no kidding. nt laundry_queen Nov 2012 #40

Thanks, Dude! I've only been here for 10 years. I appreciate you taking the time to explain ... 11 Bravo Nov 2012 #41

always happy to oblige- dude! lol sammytko Nov 2012 #45

he loved her so much that he wouldn't take her to the doctor in hungary.. frylock Nov 2012 #47

The only way someone gets that fat is if someone else gets the food and prepares it for them FarCenter Nov 2012 #57

Not necessarily from food. If she wasn't going to dialysis, fluids would have built up sammytko Nov 2012 #60

she should of never left the united states if she was that sick. crazyjoe Nov 2012 #43

OK, that was my first thought. Who in their right mind goes to a foreign country for 2 months Fla Dem Nov 2012 #61

I totally agree, I don't believe the airlines has any culpability here. crazyjoe Dec 2012 #66

sad Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #26

What about the embassy? Separation Nov 2012 #28

health records are electronic these days.. frylock Nov 2012 #49

They certainly had a seat belt extender. mn9driver Nov 2012 #39

An all around tragedy, but I'll say this, no family member of mine that sick would fly without an stevenleser Nov 2012 #42

They tried for an hour to get her out of her wheelchair but couldn't. crim son Nov 2012 #48

How did she get over to Hungary in the first place if it was such a problem? MiniMe Nov 2012 #50

Yes, I do not understand this. Why was someone in that condition making a long transatlantic flight? stevenleser Nov 2012 #53

It just seems like if they could handle things when she flew over MiniMe Nov 2012 #55

Thats just it. It seems to me they barely could deal with the flight over, then she got worse. stevenleser Nov 2012 #58

We are a sad, sick species FrodosPet Nov 2012 #51

"Janos found Vilma dead two days later and buried her in Hungary." WorseBeforeBetter Nov 2012 #52

I've had to deal with this situation before. justice1 Nov 2012 #59

Sounds like it was dangerous for a woman in her poor medical health to travel into another LisaL Nov 2012 #62

If my wife was dying in Hungary, and we couldn't get home for some reason, Nye Bevan Nov 2012 #63

Many overseas medical facilities require several thousand $ be put on a credit card before treatment stevenleser Nov 2012 #64

years ago i was married to a woman with a terminal illness dembotoz Nov 2012 #65