Alexis Hernández, the young Puerto Rican who suffered burns to almost his entire body in 2019 after an explosion in his apartment in Mexico, is still facing over $ 1.7 million in hospital bills after the federal government released such a sum. had demanded.
Because his burns required specific treatment, Hernández had to be transferred to a military hospital in San Antonio, Texas. There, the young Puerto Rican received the therapy needed to recover, but a year later received a letter from the US government charging him $ 1,734,769.82 for the effort.
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In an interview with the US media CBS News, Hernández explained that he has attempted to contact several federal agencies, such as the Treasury and Justice Department, to cancel his debt, but to date he has received no response.
For his part, his father’s insurer, First Medical, insured that he cannot afford the costs since the accident occurred in Mexico.
Meanwhile, bearing the blame, Hernández explained that he is trying to go back to school to become a doctor.
“I’m working on going back to school. Maybe I can’t go back with this (the debt),” he said during his interview.
The young man had to undergo about 19 operations, two of them this year, and hours of physical therapy to recover.
To fix the debt, Hernández’s family has had to resort to debt collection through the GoFundMe platform.