A nurse threatened a family by saying that she would pull their loved one out of the operating room if they didn’t pay the fees within 10 minutes.
In a 10-second video posted to Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, on March 8, a family stands outside of the entryway to an operating room facing a nurse.
“Family members must pay the full amount in 10 minutes,” the nurse says. “If you don’t pay, I’m definitely going to cancel the operation.”
The family is stunned for a moment after she says this, then they begin talking to one another.
“The person is already in there, you should save [him/her], this is not the time to ask for money,” one of the women said.
“That’s more than $75,000,” one of the men said.
Others said that the hospital just wants money. There is also plenty of cursing from other members of the family.
No further information was given about the patient, the family, the operation and the outcome of the situation.
The story was originally posted by a content sharing company in Beijing called “Ol' Cui Talks About Everything.” It is unclear when or where the original video was taken.
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