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Surgery fund for Klaus: emergency hernia repair in Duisburg

Klaus needs emergency hernia repair at Duisburg General Hospital and the family is $3,750 short of the hospital's estimate.

🇩🇪 North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany3,736 views
Jan Rainer Otto
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Duisburg
Klaus was diagnosed with a hip fracture that never healed properly in December. The surgeon at Duisburg General Hospital recommended emergency hernia repair, and He is scheduled for March. The hospital's financial office gave us a written estimate of $5,000, and after what my insurance will pay we're still $3,750 short. my father has been in and out of Duisburg General Hospital since December. The doctors say a hip fracture that never healed properly will get worse without emergency hernia repair. We have emptied our savings and borrowed from relatives, but the estimate of $5,000 is more than we can find. While we wait, Klaus struggles with daily life and can't climb stairs. 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 4 weeks. During that time Klaus won't be able to climb stairs, 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 $3,750 goes: • Travel and lodging for the family: $220 • Pre-operative tests and imaging: $390 • Hospital stay (2 nights): $3,140 I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support. - Jan
due date
2026-03-18
bill type
Hospital invoice
#surgery#hospital-bills#recovery#medical

Updates from Jan

  1. We're at 55% thanks to 52 of you. the plan for travel and lodging for the family is now scheduled. More news soon.

  2. We're at 26% thanks to 31 of you. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. More news soon.

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    “Blessings. Thought of Klaus all day after reading this.”

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  • Julián C. Guzmán

    Wishing Klaus a smooth procedure and a full recovery. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

    • Toàn Lam

      Keep going, Jan. Get well soon. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out.

      • Erlangga Wawan Hidayat

        everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Thinking of Duisburg.

        • Rebecca Mavis Gyasi

          Sending love. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Nsukka.

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