Wow, what a price. Costs less at top Bkk hospitals. General anaesthetic is a last resort as you are required to follow instruction for eye movement. You cannot do it when you are out. You may have had a sedation.
I had both eyes operated at Medpark in Bkk. No overnight stay required. It requires eyedrops every 3 hrs post surgery for the 1st 12 hrs? Some ppl can't do it and can get it done by staying overnight. So my doc at Medpark explained.
Nothing of any consequence will happen to him back home. Brits rather punish an J Assange.
Was on Qatar Airways once when a guy got unruly shortly after take off. Flight returned to Bkk and he got offloaded. He wasn't a Brit. It was in business.
If I had followed Mason's advice to have a knee op I would have been 250K poorer with no improvement.
Got 2nd opinion in Singapore. Physio treatment fixed it. Advice was not to operate. I cycle, I walk, I climb stairs, swim. No problem.