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3 minutes ago, vermin on arrival said:

I'd love that but since they make tons of money on extensions and overstay fines it seems unlikely. Area K alone in Chaeng Wattana probably generates 1 million baht a day now with all the extensions

It would appease all the stressed out stranded worried farangs and the immigration staff and one less headache for Prayut.

However as you rightly say and I had forgotten, the loss of millions of baht in daily revenue nationwide would be a deciding factor.

Yep the thai working girls returning from Korea mostly come from Issan and possibly many thousands returning from Pattaya, Phuket, Bangkok ,,,etc

At the sign of being unwell are they going to rush to hospital and it seems now be forced to pay a few thousand baht for a check up...............or use that money to put food and beer on the table for their families and enjoy songkran.?

Worryingly it seems the concentration of concern is on the 9 million of Bangkok and not so much planning for the other 60 million scattered nationwide.

Better screening ...great maybe a 90 % discount from this poke in the eye price.

interesting BKK post article

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1880810/hundreds-of-hospital-beds-readied

Your airline having cancelled your flight has a legal obligation to find you another flight or way home at their cost and provide accommodation and food .....not beer etc until you are on your way home.

3 hours ago, time2093 said:

The 30 bht scheme is for only government hospitals. My wife was told they by several privet hospitals including Bangkok hospital that she wont be covered under the 30 bht healthcare scheme an to go to the government hospital.

Yes your wife is right the scheme is for use at a designated government hospital in your own province.

However as mentioned a few years back the gov decreed that if you needed rapid treatment at the nearest hospital anywhere.,......they are obliged to treat you freely both private or government if you were a Thai citizen.

At the time the private hospitals were none too pleased at the idea of Somchai and a pickup full of his family members turning up in their ER departments for a triple bypass op for 30 baht.

The full article was on here a few years back.

Are these only from the circa 400 apparently tested daily only in Bangkok........ what about the rest of the country apart from Bangkok hospitals 25k package nationwide, are their official results for testing in all areas..

What about Phuket? or does Prayut need permission from the real head money man before figures can be disclosed or bars closed or jet ski scam suspended for a couple of weeks.

8 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

So stay home and cure it with tiger balm is the underlying message...

Forget to wash your hands and any of that gets down under, youll have a lot more to worry about than a lousy virus.

The government issued a directive few years back that under the 30baht scheme even private hospitals cannot refuse to freely treat a Thai, however in practice maybe impossible.

Any private hospital will ask for insurance details almost immediately from a farang or Thai.

However Bangkok hospital charging 25 k for a Covid screen is disgusting but aimed at wealthy thais knowing that the insurance will pick up the tab.

The whole point under the dire emergency circumstances it should be free testing for anyone with symptoms to avoid the spread.....

Perhaps the head numb nuts could finally honour his word and make masks and sanitizer freely available to buy nationwide.................one month now locally and still SOLLY NO HAB.

So is it fake or not?

Not sure why Thai nationals are not covered under the 30baht scheme as they are for all other health issues.

Although this guy was using insurance i guess at a private hospital to accrue that sort of bill.

Could you buy a new ticket home to Sweden asap, failing that did see available next week Finnair available to Helsinki and then short hop to Sweden.

Soon the central supply depots will be visited and all the loo roll purchased and shipped out to Australia to fund another Mercedes for a junior minister............. who can blame the shortage on pesky farangs.

It would be good to have some confidence in their control of the situation, but to go on Thai Tv clearly state that they have provided face masks etc .....when for three weeks every pharmacy in my area has none available and this is a pattern nationwide.

So everyone watching Thai or Farang can see that he isnt aware of the real situation.... unlikely, or prefers to just lie to millions.

So many of the girls working in Korea now returning and the exodus of girls from Pattaya, Phuket etc when the bars are closed, will be going back to their Issan villages having been exposed to numerous travelling holidaying westerners and Chinese etc over the last few months...... they should all be given free testing as a matter of routine.

A girl given the choice of paying 6k for a Covid test or putting food and drink on the table for her family at Songkran will always go with the latter.

The cost should be covered for Thai nationals by the 30baht scheme that was what it was designed for unless the present military rulers have decided to cancel the scheme for Covid which would be ludicrous, if they can afford second hand Chinese subs they can dig deep to simply protect their people.

However if all people had free access to a test,, the numbers would be harsh as expected and i dont think the hospital system here could cope and neither could the generals easily deal with the mayhem.

Get rid of numb nuts and make this guy the new minister of health.

He appears to have some degree of medical knowledge,quite useful for the position under current circumstances.

What is his qualification to be health minister.... a trained surgeon perhaps? or once took a paracetamol!