"The ungrateful gopher bit both of its helpers, but the bites were nowhere near as big as the hospital bill. The students were charged thousands of dollars each for injuries that, in the end, required little more than a Spider-Man Band-Aid. It all began at St. Mary's College in Moraga, when a group of students, including Roark Rowland and Ali Darvish, saw a gopher struggling to climb out of its muddy hole."
"At first, the two didn't worry too much, but then their friends were talking about the possibility of rabies. The campus health clinic was closed along with urgent care, so they debated whether to go to the emergency room. "We knew about the perils of going to the ER, and how much they charge," Darvish said. Which peril was worse? Possible rabies? Or a big hospital bill?"
Two St. Mary's College students, Roark Rowland and Ali Darvish, tried to free a gopher trapped in roots and were bitten. The bites were minor but friends raised rabies concerns. With campus health and urgent care closed, the students went to John Muir Hospital emergency room in Walnut Creek. Medical staff determined gophers pose almost no rabies risk, no rabies shots were needed, and the students received only Spider-Man bandages. The hospital later billed each student roughly $1,200, leading to surprise and frustration over high ER charges for minimal treatment.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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