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Hip replacement surgery for Alok: covering what insurance won't
Alok needs hip replacement surgery at London University Hospital and the family is $5,900 short of the hospital's estimate.
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom3,703 views
Alok was diagnosed with a herniated spinal disc in March. The surgeon at London University Hospital recommended hip replacement surgery, and He is scheduled for June. The hospital's financial office gave us a written estimate of $7,750, and after what our health plan will pay we're still $5,900 short.
my son has been in and out of London University Hospital since March. The doctors say a herniated spinal disc will get worse without hip replacement surgery. We have emptied our savings and borrowed from relatives, but the estimate of $7,750 is more than we can find.
While we wait, Alok struggles with daily life and can't lift anything heavy. His family has taken turns caring for him, and I've cut my own work hours to be there.
The recovery period is expected to take about 3 weeks. During that time Alok won't be able to lift anything heavy, so the costs keep growing.
The money goes straight to the treatment bills, and I'll share the invoices as they're paid so you can see exactly what your gift did.
Where the $5,900 goes:
• Surgeon and anesthesia fees: $3,150
• Hospital stay (2 nights): $1,350
• Pre-operative tests and imaging: $550
• Post-operative medication: $170
• Physiotherapy sessions: $440
• Travel and lodging for the family: $240
Thank you for reading my story.
- due date
- 2026-07-03
- bill type
- Hospital invoice
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is there anything that isn't money that would help Alok?
Wishing you peace, Anil. Shared this with my family. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Palmira.
Stay strong, Anil. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest.
thinking of you and your family, Anil. Hope the doctors have good news. Take care.
Stay strong. This could happen to any of us. Put this on a community board in Pune this morning. Thinking of London.
You're not alone, Anil. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.
Thinking of you and your family, Anil. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't give up. Greetings from Belfast