North Korea presented U.S. with $2 million bill for care of comatose American Otto Warmbier, two people familiar with invoice say
Medical personnel gather by a transport plane carrying Otto Warmbier, who was left comatose after being imprisoned in North Korea in March 2016. By Anna Fifield Anna Fifield Beijing bureau chief. Email Bio Follow April 25 at 12:21 PM BEIJING — North Korea issued a $2 million bill for the hospital care of comatose American Otto Warmbier, insisting that a U.S. official sign a pledge to pay it before being allowed to fly the University of Virginia student from Pyongyang in 2017.
The White House declined to comment. “We do not comment on hostage negotiations, which is why they have been so successful during this administration,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders wrote in an email. Fred Warmbier, Otto’s father, said he was never told about the hospital bill. He said it sounded like a “ransom” for his late son.
But the American said he did not have to lie in his report. Whatever had happened to put Warmbier into that state, it was “evident” that he had received “really good care” in the hospital, he said. The doctors had done “state-of-the-art resuscitation” to revive Warmbier after he suffered a catastrophic cardiovascular collapse, and it was “remarkable” that he had no bedsores, Flueckiger said.
Warmbier’s brain damage at North Korea’s hands and subsequent death caused widespread shock in the United States, but the news that North Korea expected the government to pay for his care has caused further backlash. North Korea insisted that Warmbier became sick after eating pork and spinach, but it also said he had a severe allergic reaction to the sedatives he was given.
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