Children’s Hospital sues Saudi prince over $3.5 million bill for child’s care
Prince Abdelilah bin Abdelaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Faisal Al Saud learned about the child through media reports in Saudia Arabia and contacted the patient’s family and offered to pay for care in the U.S., Children’s said.
Boston Children’s Hospital filed a lawsuit against a Saudi Arabian prince, alleging that he owes the hospital $3.5 million for the care of a Saudi Arabian child whose care he agreed to fund.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Boston this week, said the 2-year-old child has been treated at Children’s Hospital since November 2017 and is still a patient there.
The child, who is not named in the lawsuit, has type 1 spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic disease affecting muscle strength and movement that requires life-long treatment. The costly drug used to treat the condition, Spinraza, is not available in Saudi Arabia, according to the lawsuit.
