'I didn't plan to come here,' she told an NHS manager. The 2017 show captured the moment she was told she could not receive free treatment. Sadly, only two of the babies survived and both required treatment in intensive care, costing £20,000 a week. The 43-year-old, known only as Priscilla, appeared in the BBC2 show Hospital when she gave birth at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in west London, part of Imperial College Hospital. Priscilla gave birth to premature triplets in the NHS facilityĪ Nigerian mother who gave birth to quadruplets in the UK admitted she could not afford the £500,000 bill. Northern Care Alliance in Greater Manchester has a black hole of £5.6million while North Bristol NHS Trust is owed £4.9million by visitors from 78 countries including £118,000 from Albanians, £152,000 from Bulgarians and £687,000 from Romanians. However Imperial College, which has £15million missing, tops the list.Īlso in London, Guy's and St Thomas' has lost £8.3million and King's College £7.8million, including £300,000 from a patient from India, £125,000 from Russians and £87,000 from Americans. The NHS's Counter Fraud Authority said pregnant women were 'likely to use a false identity or leave the UK soon after' giving birth.ĭata uncovered by the Mail shows that Barts in London is owed £4.3million for maternity care, £84,000 more than Lewisham and Greenwich, also in the capital.īarts also has one of the highest overall bills from foreign nationals, with £13.4million left unpaid. The highest bills are for maternity services – a total of £19million – followed by £2.2million for obstetrics care.Īn NHS report warned last August that foreign citizens were travelling to the UK with the 'specific intent' of using NHS maternity services without paying the typical £7,000 fee. Sonia from the Philippines had her heart problems treated by the NHSĪ single patient from Morocco has dodged a £333,000 bill for undisclosed treatment, while another from Sierra Leone did not pay £294,000.
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