EURONEWS – The sexagenarian was denied medical intervention due to the high costs of the required surgery and concerns over how his treatment would be paid for.
A Swedish national suffering from necrosis died in South Korea due to sepsis after being denied urgent medical treatment by 21 hospitals.
The individual, 64, suffered from a severe case of necrosis that required immediate medical intervention when he was handed over to South Korean police by the Embassy of Sweden in Seoul in December, according to reports in local media.
In an exclusive interview with the Korean newspaper Hankook Ilbo, Aron Park, the police lieutenant who cared for the Swedish man, said it took rejections by 21 hospitals in the country’s capital to find one willing to perform the surgery.
Hospitals were reportedly reluctant to treat the individual due to his foreign nationality, the high cost of surgery, and concerns over reimbursement for his medical care.
The newspaper also says the man’s sister, who lives in Sweden, declined to cover the expense.
Eventually, Hyuksin Seongmo Hospital in North Chungcheong Province, 86 km away from Seoul, agreed to perform the surgery seven days after Park began calling hospitals …
