Tn Hospital Violated Tca 29-13-118 And Now I’m Being Harassed By A Debt Collector.

Hi all. I’m going to be straightforward because I’m tired and at my wit’s end.

I was raped in August. I was urged by cops/EMTs to go to the hospital to have my neck looked at because I was strangled. I also needed a rape kit to press charges. They assured me there would be no bill.

Several weeks later, I started to receive about 10k in bills from the hospital, something called emergi-trust, and a radiology company (CT on my neck). It’s been a fight with the hospital billing department, each of those companies, and the PD victim advocate. Apparently it was resolved once and then someone accidentally resubmitted it from the hospital.

After 2 rounds of this, it was finally “fixed”. But I just received a letter from a debt collector for the radiology for about 3k.

At this point, I want to sue. This shouldn’t happen to anyone. I have had to explain to countless people that I was raped and I don’t want to check my mail anymore because of the bills. Constantly reliving it for the past 4 months has been a fucking nightmare.

When I called the hospital after this most recent debt collector letter, they basically told me it was out of their hands. I can NOT afford a lawyer and I’m trying to figure out what to do. At this point, I fear damage to my credit. Malpractice lawyers in my area say they can’t help.

Any direction is helpful.