[Woman wants to pay for surgery to make her paralized]

I had not read the entirety of the thread at that point, though I must say my point still stands, the surgery that was proposed in what I had quoted would probably be underquoting cost. As for your clarification, the cost cited makes perfect sense, and is about what I would expect that to cost. There is a difference to be noted about going on on a hypothetical tangent and making stuff up with no knowledge of that in which I speak. I am finishing a degree in psychology and I actively do academic medical research, so while I am not qualified to act as a medical professional, I have a fair breadth of knowledge on select medical topics. Having gone back and finished reading the thread, I greatly appreciate your clarifications. I simply wish to draw attention to the absurdness of idea that $25,000 for the surgery outlined in the post I quoted was too high. Maybe my intention was not clear enough, and for that I apologize.

[Woman wants to pay for surgery to make her paralized]

Western medicine and Doctors take an oath to "Do no harm" with their skills, but many doctors or medical people have been known to do so anyways, no matter what, because of other driving forces (greed,anger, resentment, ego etc) so here in the states, she can't have the surgery because it goes against the Oath that Physicians and medical personal take to "do no harm" which includes allowing people to harm themselves...no matter for what reason.

She can have the surgery over seas, but the guy is asking $25,000 to cut a couple of nerves?? The price says something right there, that the "Doctor" isn't really interested, and asking a high price hoping it would be out of her range and there by stopping her from hurting herself