But that's not the way that extracts the most money, is it? They'll let him dangle, dig a deeper hole for himself while extracting as much cash as they can, then lock him up, and/or deport him...
The way it works is the hospital claim off the gov. insurence you have from taxing the motorbike for the first 20000 Bht of bills, social security or the 30 baht scheme pays for anything after that. If you have no tax you're liable for the first 20k of the hospital bill...