Alexis Hernandez, the young Puerto Rican who in 2019 suffered burns to almost his entire body after an explosion in his apartment in Mexico, still faces the debt of more than $ 1.7 million accumulated in hospital bills after the government federal would claim such an amount.
Because his burns required specific treatment, Hernandez had to be transferred to a military hospital in San Antonio, Texas. There, the young Puerto Rican received the therapy required to recover, but a year later he received a letter from the United States government in which he was charged $ 1,734,769.82 for the efforts.
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In an interview with CBS News, Hernandez explained that he tried to contact various federal agencies, such as the Treasury and Justice Department to have his debt forgiven, but to date he has not received a response .
For her part, her father’s insurer, First Medical, said she could not pay the expenses given that the accident happened in Mexico.
Meanwhile, while carrying the debt, Hernandez has explained that he is trying to return to school to become a doctor.
“I’m working to get back to school. Maybe with that (debt), I won’t be able to go back,” he expressed during his interview.
The young man has had to go through about 19 operations, two of these in this year, and hours of physical therapy to recover.
To correct the debt, Hernández’s family has had to resort to collections through the GoFundMe platform.