A friend of mine owed a Dr about R380, she was not aware that the medical didnt pay the docter until she got a letter of final demand from the docter stating that the debt was over a year, by the time she got the letter she did not have money but phoned them and aranged to pay it all in the next 2 months, 2 weeks later she got a call from the Dr's lawyers saying she now owes R1890 for the same debts that is including legal fees and all, so now its even more difficult to repay so much money and she was told to sign an agreement that she will pay R200 per month until its finished, but on the agreement that she must sign its not stated that she has to pay up R1890 but only the R380 and says the attorney reserves a right to add any moneys as he deems fit?

Now my question is that the way its done by attorneys, this money is not even double what she initially owed.