I posted on here late last year--had 3 days in Khon Kean Heart government hospital,-emergency- elected for a private room 3 or 4 bags of blood, the care was good---total cost-medication etc 14,000 Baht.
I admit that even Goverment hospitals here do differ in cost--Issan isn't BKK.
When I was last in UK, if you fell over in the street--yes you would be rushed into an NHS hospital. If you are suffering, even from a life altering condition (say, you can hardly walk-- hip replacement needed) you will have a problem. That was even before the pandemic , I haven't been back there since, but from what you read, yes-its in trouble, which is heart braking-I am a child of the NHS--born in the 40s remember when even dental care was freely an available. Nurse would come to schools every month check all children hair (lice) etc