Chazar Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 I'm pretty critical of Thailand and today was the first time I had to use a hospital here in over 10 years........ I cut my leg quite badly this afternoon at 4 pm, Im 30 km from the hospital, got my staff to drive me there whilst I mopped up the blood, on arrival I was seen instantly, wound cleaned and sewn up, tetanus and off i went 30 minutes after arriving, asked if i wanted an x ray and tetanus but as leg was ok declined the x ray but nice to be asked anyway. Nothing but praise for the staff there 1100 baht incredible, dont know why the govt dont dump the stupid rubbish insurance idea and just let Farangs pay for Thai govt hospitals. Thoroughly recommend them cant rate them highly enough, this is NOT Bangkok Hospital or San Paulo. Now wheres the go-fund me website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Don't let the affordability of this lull you into complacency. It is quite possible to run up bills in excess of 1 million baht at government hospitals The government in no way prevents farangs for paying for government hospitals but many farangs are unable to pay for serious illness/accident care even at govt hospitals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 33 minutes ago, Sheryl said: Don't let the affordability of this lull you into complacency. It is quite possible to run up bills in excess of 1 million baht at government hospitals The government in no way prevents farangs for paying for government hospitals but many farangs are unable to pay for serious illness/accident care even at govt hospitals. Id be ok shelling out a million in an emergency, I dont want forced insurance which appears to be useless anyway, I always keep money aside for "what if" scenarios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 16 hours ago, Chazar said: Id be ok shelling out a million in an emergency, I dont want forced insurance which appears to be useless anyway, I always keep money aside for "what if" scenarios. Unfortunately many do not/cannot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyL Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 You should have applied pressure to the wound to try to stem the flow of blood during transport and an xray could have been a good idea if the cut was deep to make sure you didn't nick the bone and have a bone fragment in the wound. Kudos on the tetanus shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 1 hour ago, NancyL said: You should have applied pressure to the wound to try to stem the flow of blood during transport and an xray could have been a good idea if the cut was deep to make sure you didn't nick the bone and have a bone fragment in the wound. Kudos on the tetanus shot. Tis but a scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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