Badrabbit

If you have insurance no big deal.  If you don't, and you find you have dengue, best to go convalesce in a government hospital.  Much cheaper. 

Just got the bill for 6 nights 104000bht wow!

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best thing I ever did...

just stop drinking anything boozy - this reply comes easy

He is out tomorrow, I'll find out what the bill is soon.

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Re 'long' drink options to beer i have always considered ice tea. For me though i am not a fan of sweet and it always seems to be the sweet version is the only one the bars have. Nice non sweet ice teas can be found in supermarket for home consumption.

Thank God for his insurance!

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Sounds like a very very mild case of Dengue.
200K !!!! As in 2000,000 Baht ?
I had quite a bad dose of Dengue lost 10kg in 10 days didn't want a beer for three weeks.
Didn't go to hospital.
Why go to hospital unless your bleeding from any part of your body all they can do is as you've found out give you a crazy bill.
Hope your friend recovers soon and I hope his insurance is in order.

Dengue fever is not a bacterial infection it is viral infection so anit-bs will do nothing except push the hospital bill up and make your body more resistant to anti-bs when you DO need them. Best treatment is stay at home, loads of fluids, Tylenol or codein to relieve any headaches....NOT NSAIDs like para or ibuprofen. Maybe next month or year, a nice dose of cannabis will be able to help. If you fancy a beer or two....have them.

Just as I experienced. Thankfully it doesn't sound as if the mans had a serious bout. If he fancies a beer he cant be too bad. I wish him well.

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No non-alcoholic beer in Thailand.
 
Soda water as suggested, or soft drinks or fruit juices.
 
Dengue recovery is slow and leaves you pretty washed out. He may not find he's really up to going to bars for a while.
 
Warn him to expect depression during convalesence and it can be severe. They often forget to tell people this. It helps to know it is normal part of the disease.
 
 
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He's been in hospital since Tue, not lost any weight and fancies a beer, blood test was Dengue positive obviously not serious, got insurance but I'm guessing bill so far must 200k or more.

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Mate is in hospital with Dengue, Doc says not drink alcohol when discharged, can you get non alcoholic beer etc on Phuket, any suggestions on nice long non alcoholic drinks, do bars have non alcoholic or is it a waste of time thinking they have.

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As far as I know Phuket immigration will want a new power of attorney everytime.

Quick question regarding the power of attorney form, would I need to complete this form everytime I need to re register my address or is it a one time only?

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Sorted out my address registration this morning, would appear now that the power of attorney form is needed, very easy this morning.

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Badrabbit: also make sure the landlord signs with blue ink, they don't accept black even if the landlord is there in person. Been there, done that.
 
Also would be really good if you tried to talk to them about what Maestro said if you are renting a house on your name and hence are the house-master as far as the law is concerned and should be able to report yourself. Chances are they might not know about this case and maybe don't even want to know about it but it's worth a try. It would make things much easier for a lot of people if they accepted this in accordance with the law. I tried before in Phuket but didn't get far. If more people try to speak to them about it, maybe eventually they'll adjust?

Have you read this thread? OP was given wrong information from a volunteer before he got the chance to talk with in IO or hand in his correct documents

Then you should have insisted on talking with an IO, because obviously the volunteer gave you wrong information

Because the immigration official with whom you are dealing is abusing his authority. 

Where you live Phuket? Cha am? Pattaya? where?

No
They only need to sign copies of their own documents. You only need to sign yours.

And original Sign from the land lord not copy on every paper. 

Not needed if you are traveling within the country. Phuket wants one every time if you if you leave and re-enter the country.

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