Philippines: Family holed up in hotel room with massive medical bill
A British traveller has told of his “hell” after an insurance company failed to stump up and he was left with a bill of more than £40,000.
Tony Fook, his wife Liza and their four-year-old son are now facing police action because they have been unable to pay their medical bills after they contracted hepatitis A. According to newspaper reports, the family all caught the disease in the Philippine capital Manila but it only became obvious a few days later when they reached the island of Puerto Princessa. Doctors decided to isolate them in their hotel room – and there they have been for the last three weeks.
Mr Fook told the Daily Express: “I signed a contract with the hotel to supply the doctors and nurses to look after us. We have been very ill and the hotel has been very helpful in arranging things. Then, to my horror, the insurance company rang me up and said I was not covered. The police have threatened to arrest me if I do not get this sorted out. I really do not know what is going to happen and we are very scared.” Mr Fook is now in dispute with his insurance company.
