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Aren't you Thai? But they wouldn't know...

555 10 or 20 years ago? It's almost 150k now, not less than 100k If you are happy with the medical system of a middle-income country, 4m is way more than enough. Be sure you know what that means. If you want Western standards, dialysis more than in the UK, modern oncology, good ICU, the latest medicines, maybe even rehab....4m is hardly enough for a lifetime. The private hospitals who give you this standard are now more expensive than in Europe. Average lifetime medical costs there are about 200,000 € (7m baht). That's the average. I do know 2 guys who have very good insurance (1000 US per month) and who are way ahead already (one used just 3m just this year). They are not yet really old, and not less healthy than the average Pattaya expat. Medivac by Air Ambulace to Europe about 100,000 €, to US more. By commercial flight not less than 20,000

The list from FLCCC is dangerous. Ivermectin and HCQ are useless but may have side effects. Fluvoxamine is downright dangerous if you are not a doctor. Prednisone not much better.

Same here.

He means blood pressure will be too low. It may go down too much, too fast. Same effect if you are on blood pressure medication and take Cialis NB Grakcu isn't even cheaper than eg generic tadalafil or sildenafil in most countries (including Thailand). And with these, you at least know what you are taking.

That's correct. They can often still take it, but their regular medication may have to be modified or suspended, and the effects have to be monitored. That means supervision by a doctor, you cannot just give these patients a pack of Paxlovid and tell them just to take it. But there are many other patients. And it's the only medication that really works. 500 USD BTW is the official US price in the US medical system. Never compare US medical prices to anywhere else. Always divide by 5 or 10.

Unfortunately, the only really useful drug is Paxlovid. There is no shortage of Paxlovid globally. Germany is going to throw away millions of doses. Why doesn't Thailand have Paxlovid? (oh, i just remember the story of vaccinations here, Sinocrap and all this....)

Can I just rack up to a service counter with my parcel, addresses and ID? yes, you can passport or TDL the more Thai the better

If it's that bad you can go to the hospital tomorrow. They can do x-rays, blood work, and they may be able to call your doctor in. That wouldn't be unusual in this kind of private hospital. And if they really think it's infected they can start antibiotics.

Yes. Most definitely.

You can call the hospital and ask for an ambulance. Cheaper: book a London taxi through their "cabb" app. Tell their call center about the problem. Once you arrive at the hospital, the hospital has a wheelchair for you. Usually free. At airports, you can ask for wheelchair assistance. Call your airline, it's free, but must be booked in advance. Ask for WCHS, not only WCHR. WCHR means you may be able to climb stairs. WCHS is wheelchair to the door of the plane, inside the plane you must use your crutches. You will be asked for a certificate of fitness to fly. Have your doctor write one.

Yes, I should add a question mark after the title. How to do that? I asked mod. (I wrote the title when they were stonewalling about the history, that really seemed fishy. Next time I will just look it up at the machine like crossy said)

Yes And since covid i try to do it touchless, not rubbing the card over the reader but holding it an inch (or a cm) over the reader. Nobody does this, and i suspect the system isn't really up to it. (I learned my covid behavior in Taiwan where people don't even touch handrails. You really internalize these things after a while)

I was suspicious because many, many times i get refused at the turnstile when i enter BTS. Get the reed screen "please try again". But they really never deducted money when this happens (happens 70% of the time)

Thx I will remember this. When I asked for the history in the morning they obviously didn't bother to request it from head office. And when I really showed up again after 2 hours, they told me "maybe tomorrow" Only when I just didn't go away and instead called call center again, they started to ask for ID etc. Took 45 minutes, and they had the print-out. Print-out is fine. I really forgot several trips. So, everything is fine.

Credit went down fast the last couple of months. But when it jumped from 9xx to 7xx I was like "did I forget any trips I took?" Today credit jumped from 7xx to 5xx, I went to BTS Thonglor and asked for the history. They promised it in 2 hours. Callcenter confirmed, it takes 1 hour. After 3 hours they told me to come back tomorrow, maybe, maybe they will have the history... Call Center: "wait 5-10 minutes".... that was 30 minutes ago. Oh, and they refuse to print out that now there are 527 baht on the card. The card is only used for BTS. Any experience like this? How to handle this?

Thailand is their main market, they are a Thai company, directors all Thai (except Patrick Lorentz), associated with THG as others mentioned.

This list is slightly outdated. Just 3 points: PHITSANULOK wing 46 is not where you want to go for cataract surgery There is a Bangkok Hospital now in town UDON Panyavej has been bought by Bangkok Hospital 10 years ago, it's now Bangkok Hospital Udon. This and Aek Udon are generally the best places to go for pretty much everything in Udon. KHON KAEN Ratchapruek and Bangkok Hospital do most of the farang business these days, but i don't know about cataract surgery

Some complaints on a Vietnam forum https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=782846 https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=782986

If they are modelled after a French mutuelle (or maybe a German VVaG, but they mention the French system in their brochure) there may be no underwriter/no insurance company. Actually, this is what they are saying in their brochure: no Bentleys, no business trips, no stock dividends. Socialism with Thai characteristics ????

This whole discussion of WrLife in Anglo-Saxon terms misses the whole point of WrLife. Just read (and understand) their brochure. They come from French thinking. They don't want to be a stock-market company. They want to be mutualiste. They don't compare themselves to AIG, but to CFE (CFE has been explained on TVF before). Having said that, before signing up I would want to know a lot more than what their website says.

In my experience, it depends a bit on the specialty. Neurosurgeons most definitely do it the way Sheryl said. (Neurologists tend to follow the radiologist.) GI doctors, and especially abdominal surgeons, do their own reading, too. Urologists follow the radiologist (and the discussion with the radiologist mentioned by Anti was actually a discussion between me and the radiologist)

That's a 30% increase but obviously TV members don't see a problem. Wait until beer increases by 30% and see the reactions here.

Thank you No need for 4-10, once in several days is good enough

They had a counter on the ground floor yesterday, selling Moderna for 750. I didn't need it, I was there for other reasons.