Expat Rob

On 10/7/2021 at 9:39 AM, kingstonkid said:

The OPS question and stance is interesting.  The challenge that has been laid out here though is interesting and sounds like a lot of places.

 

First the vaccines as I have read do not prevent a person for getting covid they only minimize the affect.

Second, the argument that I should not have to get the vaccine is also true.  There is nothing to say anywhere unless yo work for the U.S. government you have to be vaccinated.  Hockey players are throwing away millions of dollars and in sme cases their careers because they do not want to get vaccinated.

 

Third, considering that the government has mandated that Matayom students will get vaccinated to return to schools then teachers should have realized that the other side of the coin is that teachers will have to be vaccinated.  

The government has not come out and said it but then again almost all Thais and Farang have been vaccinated willingly.

 

Fourth you sign a contract that states that you will abide by the school policies and rules.  Unfortunately it does not say what rules or when they can be created or enforced.

 

Finally as a teacher you may be able to convince the labour board that you are in the right (not so sure abut that)  but that only means that the school has to employ you until the end of your contract.  It does not say it has to have you teaching classes.  Therefore there is nothing saying they can not give you your own office in a broom closet and mandate you checking in at 730 and leaving at 4 each day and sit in your little room.

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/conversations/understanding-vacc-work.html

It does help to prevent infection...

On 10/6/2021 at 12:50 PM, LeatFingies said:

I’m not getting the vaccine. I haven’t been told that I will be fired, but I doubt they will resign my contract. I’m not willing to sell out.
 

Even if I was vaccinated, I don’t think I would be teaching much longer due to the probability of contracting it when working in close proximity with so many people. 

wow, I hope you are not teaching logic...

I've know many a foreigner who had national health insurance back home, thought if need be just hop on a plane and get treatment. They ended up too sick to get on that plane and because of bad planning spent their last unpleasant days in a rather grimy local hospital...food for thought....

A reader writes:

I went yesterday to the Phuket Provincial Hospital for a doctors visit that was only five minutes as there was nothing wrong with me.

After that I sat waiting in a special section for 30 minutes while staff made out a bill for 1,100 baht for that five minutes with the doctor. A physician valuation/management fee of 500 baht; a hospital fee costing 200 baht and an administrative fee of a further 400 baht. That is more than I pay at Bangkok Hospital Phuket or at the Phuket International Hospital.

I asked them why it was so expensive, to which I was told they had different prices for foreigners. I left with a bad feeling as I don’t expect to be ripped off by a decent hospital.

If they want to charge fees like that they should at least make us aware of it beforehand.

– Gazette reader

Thanks for that heads up....I was going to give them a try

Re the pricing for locals againts expats you will find most European countries have a similar policy...being a NZr seeking medical help in the UK is much more expensive for me than a UK citizen

If there was nothing wrong why did you go to the hospital ????

I have used several Thai hospitals and have had good treatment at fair prices. Yes, I paid more than the locals but it has never been expensive. I do believe that the main tourists cities can be very expensive so you now know the answer.

NZ man. In the UK we pay for our NHS treatment every month

I've been going to Paolo Hospital and its dental clinic for nearly ten years now. I've noticed for the past three years that the prices for simple dental procedures and cleaning have been going up with each and every visit. I learned today from both the dentist and their customer service representative that they have instituted a dual-pricing system, one for Thais and a higher one for foreigners. I work and pay taxes in Thailand, many more taxes than most upper-middle class Thais and I will never get any benefits from the Thai government, all that I accept. What I will not accept is paying more for medical and dental procedures just because of the color of my skin. This is discrimination pure and simple. I was also told that the owners have put in the same dual-pricing system at Phayathai Hospital. I was not aware of these practices, now that I am I will go to a hospital that will treat me as a patient and not as someone to fleece.