'Bule' surcharge?

'Bule' surcharge?

On June 30 my daughter had two wisdom teeth extracted at RS
International Bintaro. The whole procedure took less than 15
minutes. The bill for this was an astonishing Rp 3 million plus
Rp 78,000 for medical equipment. My wife called Dr. Ronny
Corputty and inquired why the charges were so high. His answer
was that this was his normal charge and he mentioned another
hospital (RS Medistra), which charges Rp 2.5 million per tooth.

In contrast, weeks ago my stepson had two wisdom teeth
extracted at RS Bintaro for Rp 400,000 in total, including
medical equipment. Perhaps, the doctor gave my daughter a "Bule
surcharge".

WALTER WILDNER,
BSD-Tangerang, Banten