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My colleagues lady has cysts on her ovaries and requires a hysterectomy, she says she has to pay for the procedure even at a government run hospital. She hasn’t had a job for over 10 years as my colleague provides for her and their daughter, is this why she wouldn’t be entitled to free treatment as she hadn’t paid into the system ?

The Thaiger GMT program has went down a few notches since Tim left, more like a comedy show now with irrelevant news.

Renewed my sons U.K. Passport from here, 17 weeks, renewed his Mothers and his Thai Passport in Pattaya, in and out in 20 minutes albeit we had made an online appointment. The new Thai passports arrived in 2 days, Thai Passports have twice as many pages as a U.K. Passport as well.

Garages who sell used cars don’t display the price, is there a used car guide in English available ?

Currently a bill going through parliament second reading what’s going to legal and illegal so things could change. Pot smoking tourists not welcome in Thailand according to the Health Minister Anutin yet he was the one who stood on the mandate of legalising it ?

My insurance company won’t pay as it’s a pre existing condition ?

I post the news from the Thai government so people don’t think Thailand is a place where cannabis is freely available and you can smoke a joins anywhere you like. A quote from the Health Minister. Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul vowed to promote Thailand as a leading marijuana market for medical purposes and discourage foreign tourists who aimed to visit the country for recreational purposes. The Minister gave an interview with foreign press on Wednesday, August 17th, that the Ministry expected the marijuana market in Thailand to generate about 1.5 billion USD in early revenue and would grow 2-3 times higher after the first year of the decriminalization. He also reiterated that Thailand would focus on cannabis and hemp for medical use only and did not currently promote recreational use. Foreign tourists who planned to visit the country just to smoke the plant were, therefore, discouraged.

So smoking pot in the street or in a public place is deemed as for medical and health purposes ?

No you don’t understand, legal for medicinal purposes only.

I think you should check your facts prior to posting, Thailand's Ministry of Public Health has designated marijuana and hemp as controlled plants, legalising cannabis with the aim of promoting it for medical and health purposes, and limiting its possession and use to people aged 20 years and above (unless they have permission from a doctor)

The government are still discussing what is going to be legal or illegal, it was announced that cannabis was legal for medicinal purposes only a few weeks ago. I believe the strength sold could not be above .0.025%. It was also announced you could only grow and sell it if you have a licence. The deputy PM got elected on the criteria he was going to make cannabis legal. I don’t know why it was announced as being legal before being put through Parliament and the laws entered in the Royal Gazette ? I can’t imagine now how they are going to enforce any laws, a case of closing the gate after the horse has bolted.

I assume they are smoking it for medicinal purposes as that was the original intention of making cannabis legal ?

I do, I have bee drinking beer for 50 years so have some knowledge.

the above has been reduced to 4.8%, very bland now.

Yep Chang initially reduced the size of the large bottle and now the abv to keep the price down.

Where I live on Soi Arunotai outside the school white/yellow lines, warning lights etc, does anyone take any notice nope. There needs to be a massive graphic campaign on tv, police actually enforcing the laws, I watched a vlog from Vietnam last night, everyone wearing crash hats.

It’s back on in the Metro Bar, in LK Metro, I had a couple the other day, very good 220 baht a pint.

I have an appointment with Dr Santa, he only does BHP on Thursdays and Sundays, not Jomtien.

Why would anyone require a lab report not unless they found polyps and removed them as they do in the U.K. during the procedure. I had a colonoscopy in the U.K. a year or so back as blood was detected in a poo sample in the kit provided by the NHS, they send kits out from 60 years old till your 74 years old. The colonoscopy was carried out by a professor, after he had had finished the task he told me there and then I was all clear. I asked where did the blood come from, he said possibly from cleaning your teeth ?

It must be eye watering how much hospitals and others have made from Covid cases, i don’t mean the seriously people, including having a nurse on standby 24 hours a day at quarantine hotels, then the PCR Tests.

I am trying to set up an appointment with Dr Santa, I am waiting for a reply, he is not full time at BPH only a couple of days a week.

I was there yesterday, they don’t have the equipment to do the vision eye test for a prescription nor check the vision on my specs, They called Bangkok Pattaya where I attended before, they do not have the device to check the strength of my spectacles either.. Jomtien suggested going to Top Chareon which I won’t be because of my past expensive experience with them.

Thanks for the info, I only want an eye test, I don’t require any diagnosis or treatment.

I am specifically looking at Pattaya, I don’t have transport.

I had an eye test at Top Chareon a couple years back, on returning to the U.K. my optician told it was the wrong prescription so I had wasted my money basically. I have cataracts not serious enough to be operated on and glaucoma, is there anywhere I could have a proper eye test not one done with a young person who is only interested in selling you new spectacles in Pattaya ? Not Bangkok Pattaya hospital because all they appear to be interested in is trying to sell a package for my cataracts but at the same time admitting I might not be able see any better after having them done at just under 69000 baht an eye.