Mr.

Hi

I have a guest (brother -in -law), visiting from Bangladesh. He has
a known heart condition. Within a couple hours of arriving at the
house, he was sitting down to a meal. Halfway through it he lost
consiousness. We called 911. He regained conciousness within a **
minute or so. The paramedics came, checked him out, and said all
tests came out normal but strongly urged that he should be taken to
the nearest hospital for further tests. He was moved by ambulance to Anaheim Memorial Hospital. (This is not a community hospital).There they ran a battery of tests, including blood tests, urine tests and CAT
scan. They advised to keep him overnight. In the morning they ran
further tests, although the previous days test results were normal.
When I asked to take him home and not run amymore tests, they said
that we would be acting 'against medical advice', and that they would not extend any discounts which they would previously have extended.
The patient does not have any health insurance, and no money to pay
for his bills. They insisted that I make a $500 deposit towards
the $3500 bill (which has increased manyfold by now). The lady said,
at the time, that this did not make me liable for any bills, and
that I could have this money back when the bill was settled. I
have given them my credit card to charge $500. So far I have not signed anything and made it clear to them that the patient is responsible for all his
expenses. It was a loan to my brother in law, as he had no cash with him. His closest relative( a daughter) lives in Indiana.

Could you advise me on any liabilities I may have inadvertently
signed up for by making the $500 deposit. Please advise me on
what my coduct should be while I am there as the patients
relative/attendant.


Shafayat Dewan