According to https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-milk-of-human-kindness/ (both story above and the real),Kelly was just have a break,the girl’s illness was also not serious,Kelly paid it himself same as he did to many other patients that were not rich.
Yeah, that’s pretty interesting, sounds like the historical Howard Kelly over-charged the wealthy so he could provide free or reduced-fee services to lower-income people. Too bad the “dramatized” version of the story didn’t focus on that!
Yeah, that’s pretty interesting, sounds like the historical Howard Kelly over-charged the wealthy so he could provide free or reduced-fee services to lower-income people. Too bad the “dramatized” version of the story didn’t focus on that!