To: rabidralph
Well, it's reportedly a true story. The framed pictures in the last seconds of the video show the real doctor. I'd guess he negotiated with all the other parties (the anesthesiologist, the other doctors, the X-ray technicians, the hospital billing dept) and got it all cleared away.
Tax write-off. Publicity gesture. Explain it any way you want. But isn't it wonderful that this shared recognition of what "humanity" is, stretches across all of humanity?
17 posted on
09/14/2013 6:09:06 PM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
("They help each other and say to their companions, 'Be strong!' " — Isaiah 41:6)
To: Mrs. Don-o; rabidralph
My understanding of the story was that the doctor who “wrote off” the bill in fact paid it out of his pocket.
Why?
He was the little thief whom the sick man rescued, paid for the medicines for the boy’s mother and sent him home with a bag of vegetable soup.
Read the subtitles: “All expenses paid for 30 years ago with three packs of painkiller and a bag of vegetable soup. Best regards, Dr. Prajak Arunthong”
24 posted on
09/14/2013 6:18:16 PM PDT by
BwanaNdege
("Life is short. It's even shorter if you suggest going out for pizza on your anniversary" Peter Egan)
To: Mrs. Don-o
-— But isn’t it wonderful that this shared recognition of what “humanity” is, stretches across all of humanity? ——
Very true. Thanks for posting. Even better that it’s a true story!
59 posted on
09/15/2013 5:43:17 AM PDT by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
(Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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