<human>: So, a little  back story. My best friend is an Iraq vet in West Virginia. He was honorably discharged about a year and a half ago. Since then, he's simply been working odd jobs- manual labor, being a bouncer, etc. He's an avid body builder and spends a lot of time in the gym. He never filed his disability paperwork with the VA, and has never been to a VA hospital. He has had no health insurance at all.

About a month ago, he got sick. He couldn't keep fluids down, so he went to the ER for an IV. They thought he had strep, mono, meningitis, and combinations thereof. While he was there he developed a massive sore on his leg. They wrote it off as a bed sore, put him on a large amount of antibiotics, some painkillers and sent him home after a few days in the hospital.

A few days later, he took himself back to the ER because the pain in his leg became unbearable. It turned out he was in shock. They took him straight to the OR where it was discovered he had a MASSIVE bacterial infection in his leg. They pulled out over a gallon of pus and dead tissue. Over the next week he had 3 more surgeries to clean it and if he had waited another day he would have lost his leg. They decided he originally had strep, but it had weakened his immune system. That had allowed this infection (Can't remember the name) to come in and spread, and be misdiagnosed as everything else. He is now out of the hospital, and on bed rest and meds for a month and a half.

He has since received the bill for his hospital stay, surgeries, and meds. Over $200,000. 

What the hell can he do to pay this? Are there any services that will cover all or part of it?

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: Uninsured friend had to go to the hospital, and has over 200k in medical bills but has no idea how to pay it.