Tourist to the UK Beware of Medical Bills

Ok its not the first time I am hearing that people come to the UK from Nigeria for medical reasons.
Since the NHS started, healthcare is free in the UK at the point of use and paid for by general taxation. Which means, tax payers- working class people pay for it. So if you are working, you are paying tax as well as NI- National Insurance.
Basically if you come to the UK and are very sick, you go to A&E and they will treat you for free. I completely agree with this cos they save so much lives doing that, as oppose to other countries we both know that will ask for money even before they accept casualty.
Anyway some people are meant to follow up on foreigners that receive urgent healthcare so they can get some money but eerrrrm, don't think they do it. It might be due to different reasons, bogus address, bogus names and a whole lot of things. This is apparently costing the NHS a lot of money, at the moment about£24million!
Now if you go on holiday abroad, you get health insurance or you won't be treated, this is even in the EU o. Oh in America you definitely need medical insurance to receive healthcare. I actually think its only the UK that offers free healthcare.

People have been abusing the system and guess what!  Nigerians are one of the biggest offenders of this......Why am I  not surprised. Polish, Portuguese, Bangladesh , Pakistani and British Expats are also among the culprits.

This lady Bimbo Ayelabola came to the UK to give birth to her Quintuplets and it cost the UK £200k.

And another one came for Leukemia treatment......£74k

Ok NHS, me I don't know how expensive all these treatments are but no amount is too much for ones health.

So if you are planning to come and have your children in the UK as a visitor, watch out o, they might start charging and banning you from even entering the country again.

For people wanting to see the GP and the NHS is too expensive there is a Polish Surgery in London, they are fairly cheap......I don't know about prescriptions but here is what they charge.

So then if the UK are going to charge you this much money, you are better off finding a good private hospital in Nigeria, there are good ones.

All the best!