Polish Hospital First to Let Patients Pay for Surgery Using Bitcoin
A growing number of clinics and doctors around the world are embracing digital currency and using Bitcoin as an option for patients to pay their bills. Generally speaking. However, this option is only available for minor procedures and standard doctor's visits. One forward looking hospital is about to change all of that. A private hospital in Poland is about to become the first medical facility to give its patients the option to use Bitcoin to pay for a wider range of healthcare services, including major surgery. To make the process even easier, they are planning to launch a Bitcoin ATM at....
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A private hospital in Warsaw, Poland, which is run by the Medicover Group, will soon let patients pay their bills in bitcoin. A bitcoin ATM planned to be launched at the facility in the near future should make that process even easier. While a number of clinics and doctors around the world have been accepting bitcoins for minor treatments and consultations, the medical facility is the first to accept payments for a wide range of healthcare services, including major surgery, the chain said. Medicover says its flagship outlet in Poland's capital treats more than 8,000 international patients....
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