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howerde

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  1. 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 

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  2. 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

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  3. On 1/2/2023 at 10:25 AM, nigelforbes said:

    Why do you think dementia care in the UK is light years ahead of Thailand?

    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.

     

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  4. 44 minutes ago, howerde said:

    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

     

     

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

  5. 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

     

     

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  6. On 11/10/2022 at 9:32 PM, NickyLouie said:

    Update on this for recommendations for expat medical insurance.

     

     

    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

  7. 12 minutes ago, allane said:

    I did not have a blood test, only  pulse, blood pressure and temperature checks.  All of those were within the normal ranges.

    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

     

     

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  8. 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

     

  9. 17 hours ago, ole1291 said:

    I actually was wondering about the feasibility of the reverse:

    Doing scans, diagnostic etc privately (cause that's where the delays are) and then seeking treatment under universal coverage in the public sector.

    But would public hospitals accept implementing a treatment based on the recommendations of a private  hospital?  

    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

  10. 9 hours ago, ole1291 said:

    I wasn't aware of them, thanks.

    "In addition to Thai social security" meaning she would use them for scans etc and would then seek treatment in a Thai hospital? 

    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

  11. 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

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