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Aaron’s Trip to the Emergency Room in Costa Rica: Did he live to tell the story?

By Patrick Jager and Aaron Bailey

Aaron ended up in the emergency room at Hospital CIMA in Escazú, Costa Rica for some pain in his side (no, it wasn’t from Patrick’s bad jokes). In this video, Aaron discusses his emergency room visit; how long it took from arriving to diagnosis; what it cost for a visit, x-ray and ultrasound; and if the nurses and doctors spoke English.

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