Subject: El Paso, TX Man Charged $8,500 For Rabies Vaccine


Hey everybody:
...........
If you are traveling to El Paso TX, don't forget to
pack your own rabies vaccine. It's a little pricey
down there if you wait until you really need it
before making a purchase.

.........

I can't really prove this but I have "reliable sources"
that have told me that the dog is not really a stray
but one of 5 or 6 mean dogs the hospital keeps on a
nearby farm to bite people on command when business
is slow. I have tried to confirm this with the dogs,
but so far they are refusing to talk without legal
counsel.

This is the highest fee I have ever seen for these
shots by a very wide margin.

http://www.thomasoncares.org/
"Welcome to the El Paso County Hospital District,
El Paso's only not-for-profit, community-owned
hospital and healthcare system "

Unquote

I wonder how much they would charge if they were
trying to make a profit ?

Bill Zardus .....
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Texas-Dogs/ ....


http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/19606301/detail.html
Man Charged $8500 For Rabies Vaccine
Dena Richardson/KFOX News Reporter
Posted: 5:35 pm MDT May 29, 2009
Updated: 6:33 pm MDT May 29, 2009

EL PASO, Texas -- Larry Sutton said on December 23,
he was in Juarez when a stray dog bit him on the
leg breaking the skin. Sutton said nurses told him
he needed to start a series of rabies vaccinations
within 72 hours of the bite, and that only Thomason
Hospital had the serum on hand.

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Texas-Dogs/message/84
The full text of this story is still online and
it was also posted in message # 84 above


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