Saudi king leaves France 'without paying €3.7m medical bills'

The Week ^ | Aug 4, 2015 | Gavin Mortimer

[Wiz-Nerd]

One of France's best known doctors tweeted that the king 'could have paid his bill of €3.7m to the Paris hospitals. A polite gesture!'

[Wiz-Nerd]

As holidays go, King Salman of Saudi Arabia has probably enjoyed more harmonious breaks than the eight days he's just spent on the French Riviera. His Royal Highness had intended to enjoy three weeks of Mediterranean sun, sea and sand, but he cut short his sojourn after enraging the locals.

[Dr. Thorne]

Bomb Mecca.

[Farmer Dean]

Next time he’s in their hospital,they need to plug his IV into wall suction.

[Wiz-Nerd]

As if there is not enough sun, sea, sand and money in Saudi Arabia he has to go mooch off of the French. :-)

[Texicanus]

Times are hard, even for Kings.

[Gay State Conservative]

I worked for years at a well known hospital which routinely had members of Saudi royalty as patients.Although I never personally interacted with them (I worked in the ER) I often saw Middle Eastern types in the hallways *and* heard *many* stories from the junior doctors (residents) who were assigned to "babysit" them...meaning to fulfill their every whim.

Among other things...they had *many* whims and expected them to be carried out immediately.If ya catch my drift!

[mothball]

Really. Look at our poor king. He has that pesky office job that gets in the way of his “daily” golf game.

[Gay State Conservative]

As if there is not enough sun, sea, sand and money in Saudi Arabia he has to go mooch off of the French. :-)

I've never visted Saudi but I have been to the UAE...right next door.Although I didn't spend *much* time there it's easy for me to understand how one can get pretty sick of the sight of sand and of temperatures of 120 degrees.

[Texicanus]

Really. Look at our poor king. He has that pesky office job that gets in the way of his “daily” golf game.

What me worry! Valerie has everything under control until Hillary's coronation.

[Texicanus]

God Save the Queen! /s

[Sequoyah101]

Same here. If I had to live in a 120 degree cat box all the time I’d probably be pretty militant as well.

The ME is a cesspool culturally and topographically.

[Wolfie]

That’s insulting....to cat boxes.

[tumblindice]

75 years ago, nomads like Sal were living in tents, screwing livestock and wiping his butt with his hand, and cleaning his hands in sand.

[Sequoyah101]

Some of his relatives probably still do just that.

God told Hagar that He would make a great nation of her Ishmael’s seed.... He just didn’t mention how bad their conditions would be. And... so God gave us all Arabs because Abraham and Sarah got impatient.

[CPT Clay]

Polite????

[HLPhat]

But, isn’t healthcare “free” in France?