Paid the birth fee using bitcoin at the clinic, by accident.

[LesterD]

The important thing is that they are both safe, and that the doctor was willing to accept crypto as payment.
On times like this we would really feel some relief from our part knowing that we wouldn't have any problem about payments or money.
I experienced it before when I run out of cash or fiat, and only have crypto currency when I was out of town for vacation with my friends.

This thread was posted in 2022 and right now, his child has been around 1 year 8 months. It is almost similar with my child age. Well, and this was a great experience, not only about the birth but also the way to pay. Fortunately, the birth is in a private clinic I think, so it means that the doctor may be the one who has the clinic. So, he could easily give payment directly by transferring from wallet to wallet. I don't know what the regulation of using Bitcoin as means of payment in his country, but the fact that they used the payment directly, it seems no matter, as long as it still became a secret in their real life.

For, in my country, Bitcoin is illegal if used as payment directly. So, whatever the condition, if it is in hospital or other publics spaces in which not a private clinic or something like that, it will not be able to do it again.

It's also illegal where I live so there are almost no offline transactions that can be done using Bitcoin payments,
because the government is very strict in monitoring finances if there are service sellers/shops/services that use/accept BTC as payment

It's very unfortunate to hear. There may be situations where you only have BTC in your wallet and no cash, making it difficult to use immediately. Additionally, if it is illegal to withdraw BTC in your country, that could pose further challenges.

[Rehan Zakir]

I am not so surprised to see this news. Because the adoption of Bitcoin is growing day by day. In mostly payment, Bitcoin is also used as a payment method. Bitcoin is the best currency in the world. But if is only available even you are connected with the internet. So, if you don't have internet access you cannot access your wallet

[Kelward]

Bitcoin is a good alternative to make payments with any day, the adoption is growing everyday and more people have crypto wallets now, so it's a good thing to sometimes use Bitcoin, for payments, not to only hodle it for investment or trading purposes, afterall Satoshi Nakamoto, created the crypto coin mainly for p2p purposes. I'm happy for the OP, guess he's boy is warming up for second birthday this year, I'm also happy that Bitcoin, came in handy to pay hospital bill. Hopefully one day more countries will adopt Bitcoin, as their legal tender, then Bitcoin will be truly used more freely by more people.

[synchronym]

op First of all congrats to you for becoming a father and wish your wife and baby stay healthy. This incident of yours really surprised me. Because no one has ever heard of having a baby with Bitcoin before. You're in luck because if the doctor wasn't wearing a Bitcoin t-shirt, you might not have known he was involved with Bitcoin. The bitcoin t-shirt read that made it easy for you to understand that the doctor was involved in bitcoin that made it possible for you to pay all the expenses of having a baby with bitcoin. You will remember this memory of your baby paying your baby's delivery bill with bitcoins.

[Franctoshi]

It's very unfortunate to hear. There may be situations where you only have BTC in your wallet and no cash, making it difficult to use immediately. Additionally, if it is illegal to withdraw BTC in your country, that could pose further challenges.

I have faced this situation several times lately due to the high inflation rate that is currently hitting my local fiat currency, I hardly keep fiat in my bank because the purchasing power of my currency is steady decreasing against the dollar and Bitcoin as whenever I want to fund my account I had to pay way higher than what the price is the previous week or day, so now I resorted to saving small amount of in my bank because of this recent development with my local fiat currency, Today I went to purchase something worth big amount of money more than what I had in my bank account, then I had to withdraw but if it was a situation where the seller is a Bit coiner either accepts Bitcoin or any stable coin that would have saved me the stress.

So, Op is lucky enough that the hospital owner is Bitcoiner and accepted to receive payment via Bitcoin.

[LesterD]

It's very unfortunate to hear. There may be situations where you only have BTC in your wallet and no cash, making it difficult to use immediately. Additionally, if it is illegal to withdraw BTC in your country, that could pose further challenges.

I have faced this situation several times lately due to the high inflation rate that is currently hitting my local fiat currency, I hardly keep fiat in my bank because the purchasing power of my currency is steady decreasing against the dollar and Bitcoin as whenever I want to fund my account I had to pay way higher than what the price is the previous week or day, so now I resorted to saving small amount of in my bank because of this recent development with my local fiat currency, Today I went to purchase something worth big amount of money more than what I had in my bank account, then I had to withdraw but if it was a situation where the seller is a Bit coiner either accepts Bitcoin or any stable coin that would have saved me the stress.

So, Op is lucky enough that the hospital owner is Bitcoiner and accepted to receive payment via Bitcoin.

There was really the time when you find yourself in a situation where you need to make a purchase and wish to use your Bitcoin investment, you'll want to ensure that the merchant you intend to buy from accepts Bitcoin as payment. This scenario is common for Bitcoin investors due to its convenience and hassle-free transaction process. Because you can direct sending your Bitcoin to the merchant, unlike doing the process where you will first need to withdraw it and transfer it to a CEX platform before it can be deposited into your bank account.

[Zanab247]

I am not so surprised to see this news. Because the adoption of Bitcoin is growing day by day. In mostly payment, Bitcoin is also used as a payment method. Bitcoin is the best currency in the world. But if is only available even you are connected with the internet. So, if you don't have internet access you cannot access your wallet

I'm surprised for the luck the OP saw in that clinic because, he said not that the clinic is accepting BTC from patient payment in the clinic but he seen the doctor with BTC logo that gave him the confidence that the doctor may have knowledge of BTC which the doctor confirmed that he has and, his  problem was solved for him to pay for his wife delivery in the clinic which the doctor accepted to do it on behalf of the clinic.

 There is no magic you can do to have access to your wallet without internet network in that geographical area which is the luck the OP experienced from the transaction he made to the doctor with BTC for the clinic management to allowed him to go with his family
because he has paid the clinic bill.

[Pierre 2]

I am sure this wouldn't be possible in many countries because Bitcoin payments are banned still (so sad) or not favored. But if its clinic of a doctor it's pretty much possible to pay with Bitcoin. I mean why wouldn't clinic owner accept Bitcoin payments if he is already trading it? I think this event is great example how weird issues we are having because lack of banking services in some regions. And this shows Bitcoin is supreme transaction method sometime.