Sarangi Mendis earns Dh800 a month and had to have brain surgery in July. She is uninsured and now owes the hospital Dh43,000. Satish Kumar / The National
Sarangi Mendis earns Dh800 a month and had to have brain surgery in July. She is uninsured and now owes the hospital Dh43,000. Satish Kumar / The National

UAE

UAE Helping Hands: emergency surgery leaves uninsured woman with mountain of debt

A Sri Lankan woman who earns just Dh800 a month must pay a hospital Dh43,000 for emergency brain surgery

Shireena Al Nowais

October 29, 2017