Nigerian Woman on a Tourist Visa leaves NHS England with huge debt of £350,000 after giving birth to twins

A Nigerian woman who flew to the UK to give birth to twins left the NHS with an unpaid bill of almost £350,000.


The woman, who has not been identified, had a Caesarean section in 2015 at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, and her twins then needed to be in an intensive care ward.
 The hospital confirmed the treatment cost £348,683.


It said in a statement: "This patient was an overseas visitor and was referred to us by another hospital because of complications with her twin pregnancy.
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"As an NHS Trust we cannot refuse to treat a patient, wherever they are from, if there is a danger to life. In this case two unborn babies required immediate care.


"They were delivered safely but spent two months in our neonatal intensive care and high dependency units. This is the reason for the high cost and we are currently pursuing the patient forthe payment

(Mirror UK)