StevieAus

Have you walked through a public hospital recently, seen the people crammed together in wards, the standard of cleanliness, the waiting times etc. Its a lot more than fancy decorating. You stick with the government hospitals and I will continue to be pampered by the private system.

I live in Thailand and twice in the last six months my card has been used in the UK for purchases, usually they start with small amounts to test the reaction. I have no idea how they get the number but the only thing you can do from my experience is 1 have the system on your phone that shows an alert when any transaction is made. 2 Immediately contact your bank and have the card cancelled and a new one reissued 3 Have the bank cancel the transaction and a refund made to your account.

Unfortunately the people who appear to have money and those you would think are educated, from my observations also ignore seatbelts for children. My daughter attends a non government school and daily I see teachers nurses and business owners bundle their children into their cars without seat belts and often standing up on the front seats. One would think that nurses, who must see the injuries caused by motor vehicle accidents would have more sense, but then I see them riding motor cycles without helmets. Perhaps as you say they are arrogant, I put it down to stupidity or something I don’t understand about the culture.

No I was responding to someone else and as a comparison on costs mentioned what it cost me to see a specialist, x Ray and blood test equivalent of about about 35 UK pounds. I had never heard of this other procedure and hope I never require it.

An earlier poster I think it was Klong Song stated it had only been available here since January 2022 perhaps he was talking about Public Hospitals. I was responding to a poster who was suggesting that it is no longer cheaper for people to have medical procedures carried out privately in Thailand than the UK which I find hard to believe.

They are only money making schemes if people don’t comply. In other countries they are money-making schemes for the government. Comply and the money river dries up.

I don’t know if this procedure is considered expensive in Thailand because it’s relatively new but I think you will find many others are not. I recently saw a specialist at a private hospital, the total fee which included an X Ray and blood test was the equivalent of 35 UK pounds, all wrapped up within less than two hours.