Jim Sweeney, 63, from Nevada, tested positive for COVID-19 last November and was admitted to St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena Campus in Henderson.
A man who contracted COVID-19 at the end of last year and spent more than 130 days in hospital has been left with an $80,000 bill, despite having medical insurance.
"From that time he has raked [sic] up some ridiculous hospital bills. Most of which his insurance helped with but they won't cover everything, and that leaves him with a $80,000+ bill that he is now solely responsible for," his son says on the fundraising page, which was set up on Thursday. KHON2 reported that Jim Sweeney had asked doctors after he woke up from his COVID-induced coma, and medical professionals said that his insurance company would cover it.
"He [Jim Sweeney] has been through so much because of Covid. He has had to get over double pneumonia, kidney failure and dialysis treatments, learning to walk again, learning to talk again, gaining motor function in his hands and arms, and building up his lung strength," Scott Sweeney said on his father's fundraiser page.
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