US citizen Michael Boatwright wokes up in Florida hospital as Swedish Johan Ek

[Conely]

[I]"If you could wake up in a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?"[/I]

[Big Dumb Patriot]

[quote]Boatwright has no insurance, income or skills to perform the jobs he held in the past, further complicating his situation, Hunt-Vasquez said. And he has very little money he can access - $180 in American funds, some Chinese money.
The hospital is working to find a next step, but he is using resources. And some question his amnesia, Hunt-Vasquez said.
"[B]They see him as eating up hospital funds and that he should just be discharged to kind of fend for himself[/B]," she added.[/quote]

US Health Care, everybody. Take a good look. Dude goes into a coma, and apparently suffers some kind of brain damage or severe amnesia, and they are legitimately considering just putting him out on the street because he has no way to pay his bills.

[quote]Wyler said she has tried to test him. There have not been any signs that he was lying, she said.
[B]Hunt-Vasquez is in the process of trying to secure Social Security and veteran's disability benefits for Boatwright, but neither are guarantees. [/B]The next step is to have outside psychiatric and neurological exams conducted. [B]The hospital is also looking for other viable options - "really try to avoid just him being in the streets."[/B][/quote]

Both of those are a long-shot, at best. The VA will almost certainly refuse, as Boatwright's condition isn't service-related, and he served for less than three years.

What good are hospitals if they won't help the people who can't help themselves? This guy is suffering from an absolutely life-shattering medical condition, and they have no reason at all to believe that it's anything other than genuine, yet their first concern is bleeding the poor sod for cash.

[swebonny]

Mystery apparently solved:
Swedish source: [URL]http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article17136054.ab[/URL]

Named Michael Boatwright as stated on his papers. He lived in Sweden from 1981-2003, moved around all over the country and traveled a lot. According to the Swedish people that knew him he spoke pretty decent Swedish and was a frequent live action role player

[editline]15th July 2013[/editline]

Here he is [IMG]http://gfx1.aftonbladet-cdn.se/image/17136265/145/normal/0ccc34a6fd00d/54-116_Michael_Boatwright.jpg[/IMG]
in Gotland during the 80s.

[Moupi]

[QUOTE=Swebonny;41467309]

Here he is [IMG]http://gfx1.aftonbladet-cdn.se/image/17136265/145/normal/0ccc34a6fd00d/54-116_Michael_Boatwright.jpg[/IMG]
in Gotland during the 80s.[/QUOTE]

these are not the 80's. i can tell because hes dressed up like someone from the middle ages

[swebonny]

[QUOTE=Moupi;41467422]these are not the 80's. i can tell because hes dressed up like someone from the middle ages[/QUOTE]

Yeah sorry you're right, they were taken in the 1380s.

[AK'z]

that must be so frustrating...

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