NZ : Woman on oxygen dies after power cut

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Originally Posted by Nightmare

Might not be a popular question to ask (but it should), but was there any statement as to why she didn't pay her bill? I don't know about anybody else, but if I were dependant on an electric oxygen pump to breath I'd be paying (or if I couldn't, my family would be) that electric bill the day it arrived in the mail. Hell, I'd have a backup generator installed in my house just in case of power loss!

It is quite common for illnesses to force you to choose between paying your electric bill or paying for the medical treatment you so desperately need.

Also, under long term illness, she probably doesn't have much income, and if she has no savings either, she probably can't pay her electric bill.

-S