Sheryl

I highly recommend https://www.amarinternational.com/ (formerly Allison Monkhouse). Your children will need to sign a certificate of next of kin for the Embassy then authorize for your remains to be turned over. I think form is available on Embassy website.

Anything that can be gained from legal action will be gained within a year or so. Usually within months. As previously mentioned, going to court is very unlikely to achieve anything --- but one needs to act as if willing to do so, as the only real leverage with the hospital is their desire to avoid negative publicity. Assuming (1) that there really was obvious and egregious malpractice and (2) that the patient truly suffered lasting harm as a result, good chance of getting some modest compensation. Have lawyer send a letter to the hospital and then await their response, usually negotiations follow.

A colorectal surgeon. Where in Thailand are you located?

Yes

I am completely unable to get the right page online. All I get is a roll out menu describing how to register. Which is already done. Does anyone have exact link for actual reporting (on a PC)?

Thai-Japanese Youth Center in Din Daeng is doing free vaccines on weekends from 8 Am - 4 PM, walk-ins accepted

Contrary to what some have said, there have been cases where people have suceeded in getting compensation from hospitals. HOWEVER: 1. This occurs only when grievous harm has resulted. How incompetent (or unkind) the hospital may have been does not matter, only what permanent damage resulted. 2. Settlement amounts are much, much, much lower than in Western countries -even when death resulted. In cases I know of only the additional medical costs were reimbursed. Nothing for pain/suffering, no punitive damages. At very best, might get actual additional medical expenses plus lost wages if the person was of employment age, had an employment track record and was rendered permanently unable to work. 3. The only way to come out ahead on this is to settle out of court, you really do not want to go to court- hospitals have lawyers on staff and no limit to how much time they can put into it, they will wait you out as your legal costs mount. The real leverage is that hospitals will not want the negative publicity and for that reason have some incentive to want to settle. In that scenario legal costs aren't so much, mainly having lawyer draft and send a letter and perhaps attend meetings with the hospital.

Mirtazapine is available without prescription, brand names are: Merasal (locally made) Zamir (locally made) Remeron (imported) Temazepam is a tightly controlled drug, as are all benzodiazipines. Can only be gotten from a hospital or clinic, and is nto widely used here. Doctors tend to be reluctant to prescribe it for outpatient use. The brand available here is Euhypnos 20

Which is your SS hospital?Does ti have capacity to do ERCP? Under SS it will either be free or with small additional charge (10-20k). At a private hospital ERCP + GB removal (usually done together) is around 400k.

It is, and the way the requirement is structured makes no real sense. However - separating this from visa requirements - it is really unadvisable to live here uninsured and many have coemn ot serious grief that way. Get a non-O visa (not O-A) and then get "real" (not from a Thai company) insurance. If you expect to return to Oz at least once a year, and will retain eligibility for health care back there, a travel policy that covers just emergencies and med-evac might suit.

That is definitely not all that US requires. For US visa you will have to prove paternity and this has to be from a US government approved lab. Embassy in Beijing should be able to advise on this. Note that more than paternity is needed to naturalize the child as a US citizen - you must be the legal father i.e. have custody. It is possible for children to meet the criteria for a green cards and immigrant visa but not for naturalizartion. At least that is my understanding. Again, talk to the Embassy in Beijing. You would indeed need to be married for her to come to Thailand as your dependent. However, just being married to the mother will not make you the father under Thai law since you were not married at the time of the birth. Of course birth certificate proves the child is hers, so might be able to get a non-O Thai visa for her based on you and then the baby a visa based on her -- suggest you post in the Visa forum and ask about this.

First thing to do is to check the requirements of the country for which you need proof of relationship. Some countries, e.g. the US, will only accept results from their own approved laboratories. If you are wanting to establish paternity for purposes of Thai visa, piggy-backed onto whatever visa you live here on, I don't think a DNA test will help, Thai immigration will require proof you are the legal husband and father. Is there no way to get your name added to the birth certificate?

Which is your nominated SS hospital? Only some hospitals in Thailand have capacity to do ERCP. Mainly university hospitals and large "international" private hospitals. SS will cover you only at your nominated hospital or hospital it refers you to.

To my understanding the rules go into effect today (someone just arriving from abroad this morning may have departed before midnight). Also to my understanding the plan is for airlines to enforce at time of check in, no plans for a check upon arrival (which would have huge manpower implications and aggravate bottlenecks at the airport). May take time for all airlines to get the word, but unless the rules are revoked I think airlines will start to enforce.

None of the people commenting have, as far as I can tell, actually read the book which is not yet even released. Neither have I. But comparing the media reports of what was in the Netflix series to what was actually in it, I'd draw no conclusions based on media reports of what is in the book. There tends to be significant distortion

Unfortunately no, hospitals do not have this. I can advise better if you describe (either here or by PM) what the problem is.

A number of nonsenical/trolling posts, and posting of youtube clip from an unapproved source, have been removed as haas been a post with racial/ethnic slurs

What happens is: The hospital will make aggressive efforts to get paid including things like refusing to let the patient leave (or, if dead, refuse to release the body). Hospital will arrange a payment plan if patient/family agree. This is a legally binding contract. Legsl action can and will be taken agsinst patient/family gor unpaid bslances. I have known case ehere expat had to flee Thailand for this readon. Hospital may also mimimize treatment given/withold surgeries and the like if they know payment may not be made.

But these are not what person in this thread has. Posters have indeed advocated euthanasia for someone with treatable disease who can't pay the bill. Which is IMO outrageous/absurd.

A Thai insurer - indeed any insurer -- would look very closely at a cancer or other chronic illness claim made in say the first year of a policy. They'd look for any record of symptoms or undeclared risk factors pre-dating the policy. However if none exist then they would have to cover it - unless the policy specifies a moratorium period which some do. Difference between Thai insurers and international insurers is that the former use non medically trained people and vaguely worded reference charts to identify "related" symptoms and sometimes come up with far fetched conclusions as a result. Also, more Thai policies are on a moratorium basis rather than full medical underwriting. And many expats seem to buy such poluvies without understanding yhat this is what they have.

I have never heard of that happening unless there were prior indications or known risk factors. You are overthinking this. Many -- indeed most -- conditions develop over time. The point at which a condition or known risk factor for it manifests symptoms or is documented in test results, is the point at which, for insurance purp9ses, it first exists.

It is necessary to yourself get your records from one hospital and bring them to the other. In case of xray or scsn get it on CD.

If you have never previously had a kidney stone and did not, as far as can be reasonably determined, have one at the time policy was issued then it is not a pre-existing condition.

No harm in doing so. I am in a somewhat similiar situation but 5 shots and had COVID in late July. Haven't decided yet, keep hoping private hospitals will bring in the newer vaccines

If in a high risk group (over 65 or chronic disease) and also did not have COVID within last year then yes, I would advise it.