I would also recommend Eureka Medical Clinic.

My niece's boyfriend was just released from Peebles Hospital Saturday afternoon. He had some sort of unidentified back issues and was in a lot of pain. The doctor thought it was muscular.

In three days, he was never moved out of the emergency ward, never had a shower and there was no TV in that part of the hospital.

My niece had a heck of a time getting him signed out as they were supposed to leave on Friday. They to cancel their flights home and rebooked for Saturday. Still the hospital wouldn't release him in time for their flight. She had to cancel the flights a second time and rebook for Sunday. She finally got him released on Saturday afternoon and they arrived home in Calgary last night. They left for the airport at 6:00 a.m. Sunday morning and arrived home at 12:20 this morning. She had planned the second set of flights so that they would travel over a period of 2 days in order to make it easier on her boyfriend. At least he would have had a full 12 hours to rest and lie flat on his back had they been able to stick to the plan. I'm sure travelling for more than 18 hours straight couldn't have been very easy for him.

Total hospital bill was about $4,500.00 for three days. That was for his stay, pain drugs, a CT scan and 2 or 3 physiotherapy visits. There were no MRI's or X-rays. Oh and they also charged for filling out his insurance paperwork.

The staff (at all levels) were all very nice and very helpful, but it took a looong time for paperwork to be processed. He is seeing his doctor in Calgary today as there was ultimately no understandable diagnosis and he is still in pain, though it is more bearable than when he was first admitted.

They were very lucky as their health insurance plan will cover most of the costs, including the 2 extra days at the hotel for my niece and 2 extra days for the car rental.

Without a really good insurance plan, you are pretty much in a bad situation cost wise. I can't imagine what all the extra costs would have totalled had it been something serious, requiring lots of tests and a longer stay. I can see how people could be financially ruined by something more serious while abroad.

My niece was smart enough to insure her flights as well. It cost her an extra $100.00 but saved them thousands in the end.

Something as simple as a muscular back strain could well have cost them over $10,000.00 just because they weren't at home. It's really pretty frightening.

I urge all visitors to make certain you have good insurance coverage when visiting. Hospital care isn't inexpensive in the BVI.

Oh and one more thing. Despite the fact that their health insurance company said they would guarantee the hospital would receive payment, the hospital wouldn't sign him out or complete the paperwork until his bill was paid. So my niece and her boyfriend had to come up with the funds and will be refunded by their insurer when they finally get their luggage back from the airline … because of course, that has gone missing. So perhaps it would be best to pay the hospital to provide copies of all your receipts and carry a copy in your purse or wallet.

You should also be aware that there are no wheel chairs at the airport.

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