I don't know if this hospital where I'm having my WLS charges a TV rental fee because the only time I stayed overnight there was for a sleep apnea test and no TV was allowed then. But two other two hospitals in nearby towns where I've been an in-patient charged a TV rental fee so I'm assuming that's standard practice around here. In one of the hospitals, I was told that the TVs were owned by the Volunteer Auxiliary and that the Auxiliary used the fees to fund new equipment for the children's ward, so I didn't mind paying. I was hospitalized once when I lived in Germany, and I had to pay a TV rental fee there, too.
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