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So change the premise of a person who cannot afford the treatment to cannot afford it in a private hospital? Hownto find such a person?

Probably the easiest of alln3 is to fly to some poor country and do the stuff there (supported by a local lawyer).

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There are plenty of people who cannot get care at government hospitals in countries with "universal healthcare", because of waiting lists, because the government doesn't consider the treatment they need to be worthwhile, etc. You could easily find some of those people on crowdfunding sites, and the media occasionally writes about such cases. The problem is that paying for their treatment at a private hospital would be very expensive, unless the ransomware would accept a partial crowdfunding contribution.

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