Hello
I am sorry for this
If you tell me which cemetery your kid buried, I can try to get you some HD photos when I am around.
Other than that, I say it for the interest of the people visiting this forum, with the NHS:
- Never assume that a treatment is free. Even if the specific core treatment you receive is free or covered by some insurance, it may contain other things that are billable (extra-night, ambulance transport, investigations, analysis, images/x-rays, lab fees, prescription fees, medication...). That can easily generate an invoice that become outstanding once you leave. As a patient, you will never know if/when extra fees are triggered.
- Never assume that the medical staff is aware about these billing questions and issues. They treat whoever is in the ward but they don't do accounting. This is done by Admins who work in the back-office and you don't normally see them.
So if you are just discharged by a doctor and wished well, you can't assume that all is clear and you don't have anything to pay. You have to chase and make sure that the bill, if any, is paid.
The good thing is that you paid now. The bad thing is that you paid only when the Home Office refused the visa.
You can try to apply again with a cover letter + a proof that you settled the bill and hope for the best. Add a good insurance on top of that to reassure them that it won't happen again.