Feroza Arshad took her two-week-old baby to hospital after he became unresponsive and was asked to pay $1,200 up-front before her baby would be taken through to emergency.
abc.net.au/news/qld-international-student-hospital-ineligible-medicare-health/101875506International students have recalled frightening and stressful experiences of being asked to pay hundreds of dollars up-front before being treated in emergency departments at Queensland public hospitals.
When they arrived Ms Arshad said the triage reception, while her baby was on a stretcher with paramedics standing next to her, asked for her son's name and details. "All that while Hashim and me were in the reception area. I was very scared, very worried, I was very nervous, crying," she said.Feroza and Hashim Arshad after returning from hospital after the baby's colic was treated.
"They told me that: 'you did the right thing, that you called the ambulance … and brought him in'," she said.Feroza Arshad came to Australia with her husband and son. Pakistan Australian Cultural Association president Syed Asghar Naqvi said international students or temporary visa holders face a lot of issues when they go to emergency departments.He said the financial pressure on international students included tens of thousands of dollars per year for their degrees, while balancing living and accommodation costs, and restrictions on how much they can earn.
PACA helps struggling international students by creating online fundraising call-outs to fund their medical fees and encourages members of the community to provide the students food and other support. Just a few minutes' drive from Brisbane's QEII hospital, Mr Mehmood asked his friend to drive him to the emergency department.He said he did not have enough money at the time, so asked his friend to help with payment.
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