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I was married in the Phil at the end of June. Around about the day I left to come back to the US my new bride developed a cough that didnt go away. It got steadily worse and she began spitting up blood. She went to the hospital and the x-ray shows a suspicious growth. She then went to a private hospital where the doctor has suggested that she travel to another, larger town to a hospital for a CT-scan and other tests. She has not yet done this.
I am really out of my element on this as I dont know how hospitals work there.
If she were here she would have my health insurance.
Help! I dont know what to do. The last hospital bill she had I refused to send money to her father via Western Union. Its not that I dont trust her family its that I need to learn to trust her family. The hospital wouldnt release her without payment, so she then in turn pawned the wedding ring. I want to do the right thing and get her the best care we can get. On the other hand at the same time, I`m now not working much and the wedding etc has taken a lot of my reserve cash. Truth is I dont want to send money to her family for this, but prefer to pay any doctors or hospitals directly. I have no idea about how to go about this or what I should be doing. I dont know about how hospital bills are paid there or what if any services might be available. Again, I do not wish to give the money directly to her family.
Thanks in advance for any help or advice.
Hi sorry to hear about your wife. If she is spitting blood then it must be something like TB, my husband was diagnosed with accute tuberculosis and I have spent around 20,000ph for the first treatment and the laboratories.

If you are an american citizen you may contact the US embassy and you can send the money through them as they have special consular staff that can check on her and do the payment in your behalf. If you are a British Citizen you can contact Mr. Carlos Tampinco-pro consul, he can also check on her and do the payment for you.