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Think carefully has your friend complained to the hospital using their internal process ? and given them every opportunity to fix the issues?, you need to follow it through getting everything in writing. I do not want to discourage you but the hospital legal firms will be tier 1 law firms. with ample money, they can take months/years if necessary(just drag it out til you give up) , and as for getting any meaningful compensation as you would expect in the west that will not happen, at best they might just might have to try and rectify the problem, and as we all know you can not mention the hospital or doctors. i wish your friend good luck

Should have added you have to print off the form and take it to the trendy building along with the supporting documents everything is on the link including what documents you need to take, it seems there is an office in Chang Mai as well

Nothing is easy, you can not apply online for a passport in Thailand all applications are paper and handled by ukvi at the trendy building in Bangkok, the link seems to talk about renewing a passport or applying for a first passport dont see why you cant get a new one, you might have to apply for an emergency travel document also called an emergency passport that is done by the British embassy costs 100 quid https://www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document/how-to-apply It takes up to 12 weeks to get a passport in Thailand some have reported getting it in 6 weeks Looks like follow this link and state applying from Thailand it then walks you through the process, it currently says allow 13 weeks to receive a new passport https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports

My mother had dementia i saw what it did to her( i saw the care and compassion given by medical staff, there were dementia groups where the patients were encouraged to engage in the activities i have seen the care here in Thailand of the elderly( there were very few Thai staff the doctors yes, the care staff were from Myanmar( i doubt they had any meaningful medical training), remember the smiles/ seemingly helpful attitudes in Thailand mean nothing, in the UK i saw compassion with the medical staff, not here it is just another job but with a smile that soon fades if you scratch beneath the surface I live here full time now but have been coming to Thailand for over 30 years, and have experienced the medical system here myself and seen Thai friends treatment.

With dementia i would have him stay in the UK the quality of care for dementia is light years ahead of Thailand, do not confuse dementia care with simple old age care where you just have trouble with movement etc. I had a parent with dementia the issues are huge anger/unable to swallow etc etc, general care assistants would not cope with this Also due to the strict libel/slander laws in Thailand you would never read a bad review, there are a few facilities in Thailand mentioned my thoughts are that foreigners that go to these places are ones who retired here and have no way of going back to the UK, either for medical reasons and/or they would not qualify for care in the UK. I have a Thai friend whos father recently passed away, to give you some ides of cost, the facility was in Bangkok, single room was 100 000 baht a month/ shared room 50 000 seemed ok remember the food is for Thais, he did not have covid, on entering but contacted it there, so they said he would have to stay in the single room, there were visits from the hospital by a doctor. who every few weeks said he needed tests in hospital these were added to the bill, towards the end he was put on a ventilator the cost was 30 000baht a day, this was not an international hospital, as a Thai this was care was paid by the government under some gold card scheme. And as mentioned who is going to make all the decisions for him medically/financially this alone would take up a lot of time hard enough for a family member, but a stranger!

Not sure why your 90 day report is due end Jan if you left Thailand before your first 90 day report in Dec, and returned in Dec then the 90 days starts when you returned, so mid march is going to be your 90 day report

All available in villa, saw that ham in the villa sukhumvit road soi 33 and that store is open h24 https://shop.villamarket.com/

https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised

As far as healthcare goes you are not entitled to free healthcare in Thailand even if married to a Thai, unless you work here and pay into the social security fund(the company pays it). I would get a decent health insurance from your home country, and not rely on a Thai policy there is a section on the forum about health insurance, sure small incidents can be treated as an out patient the costs are reasonable, but for anything more serious the costs can mount up, do not make the mistake of assuming hospitals here are monitored as in UK, there are appalling hospitals and appalling doctors here(sure the hospitals are all shiny), the draconian laws on libel make sure things are kept quiet

You have it done by Thai embassy after you have contacted the legalization department at milton keynes, it can be sent to the Thai embassy direct from Milton keynes, once you get it back, note Thais call it notarized, but in the UK it is called legalisation https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised/apply-for-legalisation https://london.thaiembassy.org/en/page/81905-legalisation?menu=5d6636ce15e39c3bd0007344

A car wax will not protect against paint chips, you would need to have your car wrapped like https://wrapstyle.co.th/en/paint-protection/ , note i have not used them just to show I had my Toyota wrapped cost about 45 000(that was for whole car, you can just have bonnet and wings done or other parts so price would be a lot cheaper), and they threw in 5 years wash and polish every 6 months

It mentions it here in this police order. section 6.3, dated dec 2021 https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/RTP-Order-No.654-2564.pdf

Personal experience, use a policy from your home country. that has an appeal process and is covered by a ombudsman, Thai policies have no such cover and change their conditions as and when they feel like it, i have had a policy for 5 years, made a small claim for out patients, they tried every trick to avoid paying, firstly saying you did not report the symptoms within 24 hours so can not claim, lucky a doctor had solution, then they said max claim 1900 baht per claim and can only claim 10 times a year nothing on policy about this, just had my renewal up 80% ps my full claim was only about 15000 baht

Well a blood test is needed no way did those checks diagnose gout, you are right you do not want to go to a hospital and ask to see a doctor, they will likely send you to one of their permanent doctors and you could go round and round with tests, hope fully Sheryl will be along and can point you in the direction, you are best looking at hospital websites and checking the doctors specialist field, as you are paying YOU select the doctor, i have found the best ones only have clinics in the hospital at certain hours . you also want to see a doctor who has spent time in the west

what was the uric acid reading in the blood test? it is high if 7 mg/dL, or higher, if you have no history of gout, then getting it in feet and hands at the same time seems odd, gout is very painful, maybe a second opinion needed

She will have to apply for spouse visa(i assume it has expired) and start the process from scratch, there are no shortcuts if you leave the country without ILR unfortunately

Returning resident is available if you had ILR but have been out the country more than 2 years. there are conditions https://www.gov.uk/returning-resident-visa#:~:text=You may be able to,Office to leave the UK Otherwise you would have to apply from the start ie wait 5 years and all the other conditions, i read on another forum a guy got a returning resident visa and he had left the UK 14 years previous, thought he did have a house and family in the UK during this time The life in the UK test does not need to be taken if you are 65 or over or no need to prove English if 65 or over https://www.gov.uk/life-in-the-uk-test https://www.gov.uk/english-language/exemptions

I had one 18 months ago at Bumungrad, it lasted all day, think was 25k, best would be to check the different packages at other hospitals it should be on their websites, look through and decide what tests you want. below is link to see Bumungrads prices ie https://www.bumrungrad.com/en/health-check-up-center-bangkok-thailand-jci-best/check-up-packages

I went about 5 years ago and enjoyed the show it was well put together, though i thought the tiffany show and alcazar ones in Pattaya were better, but all 3 are worth seeing

Sorry do not know, i would think a public hospital would use the decisions of the public hospital doctors not what the private hospitals say needs doing, they might accept the tests, at the end of the day it is all down to money, there is only so much money. in the social security system You could get your wife to ask the hospital but as we all know you could get a different answer each time, i have had first hand experience of a rural hospital and have to say the older doctors DO not like to be challenged, or even a query can end with ok, you can go now lol

As i understand she has selected the option to use any doctor she wants, she would use the social security as the first option, if there were delays or if she was not happy with the hospital doctor, then she would use FWD, not sure but i think that if tests etc were done at the hospital using the social security then the private doctor should use those tests, but these things never seem to be clear in Thailand

A friend uses FWD, note i am not recommending them, but she uses them .this is in addition to to Thai social security scheme, as delays can be long, is is around 50ish no current health issues and pays 80 000 baht a year, not sure exactly what policy she uses. https://www.fwd.co.th/en/products/ she has never needed to claim, but says they are a good company

Transferred yesterday to Kasikorn Bank was 9 seconds which is usual, i always transfer between 3-4 pm Thai time mon-fri, so banks open in UK not sure it makes any difference, but seems to work for me, the longest it has taken was 30 min and that was back in oct when the markets were all over the place

A Thai marriage that has been registered at an Amphur is legal in the UK . you do not get any certificate or any other paperwork to say so, the embassy can not issue anything as there is nothing to issue. i can not see what youR residence in the UK has to do with the yellow book, perhaps their motive is something else! on second thoughts are they asking for the affirmation for marriage that you get from the embassy before you get married? then is translated and stamped by MFA

You will need to buy the insurance from one of these companies https://longstay.tgia.org/