Jump to content

wimpey1946

Member
  • Posts

    60
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by wimpey1946

  1. Good to hear a story like this, it should be told more then all the negatives, I have the same expierience, not in Esan but in rural area around Phichit.

    very nice family and also very nice nabours.

    so it is very well possible.

    I live here now over a year with my gf and I love it, nabours bring food when they cook nice and we help each other.

    • Like 1
  2. I try to get the card yesterday in Phichit, but I did not succeed, they sayd it was only for nabouring countrys (Laos,Cambodja and Myanmar)

    while my girlfriend asked it in the same hospital 2 weeks ago and then they sayd I could get one

    A German expat friend is already in possession of said card and has used it on numerous occasions with recent health issues,he is situated in Phetchabun not far from Lom Sak.

    So it does appear to be happening,mistakenly or not.

    There is much confusion from the local hospital as fellow expats have tried to obtain this card on the knowledge that this guy already has one without luck as yet.

    That said he did live and previously work in Thailand for some years prior to retiring,paying taxes and being in the system so to speak wether this had any advantage who knows.


    Which hospital in Petchabun did your friend get the card at? And are you sure it is this new insurance scheme and not SS? He would have had SS while employed and it can be maintained upon retirement as long as one keeps up the premiums.

    And which local hospital is it that people have had trouble getting cards? (I'm keeping a list).

    Thanks

    I've spoken to my friend and he obtained his card sometime ago from Lom Sak hospital,but he tells me any time he uses it he has to get an accompanying letter from the same hospital.

    For example he has a hospital appointment at Phetchabun hospital next month but must obtain said letter from Lom Sak first,he has had treatment in Phitsanulok govt hospital also and has never had to pay.

    The other guys I spoke to said they got knocked back at Lom Sak hospital,they are all on a yellow tabien bahn and stay on retirement visas.

    The guy with the card as I said before paid the maximum SS monthly payments all the time he was working here.


    Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app


  3. The Chinese sit on buses all day taking photos of decadent Thailand and its drunk foreign tourists then go home and report to the authorities. They dont spend much money here.

    Farangs spend the real money here but Thai gov couldnt care less.

    As far as they're concerned we must be controlled by stricter immigration regs and bankroll all of Thailand s poor families via Isan wives.

    Dont like it? no problem go home farang.

    Even the looney Russians get a much better deal than us.

    have some more to complain ??

  4. Sickening. This will only stop when the authorities put safety before money. What training and certification did the boat driver have? Did he have insurance? Had the boat and parasailing equipment been inspected regularly by an independent inspector?

    If this was a one off event you could say it was an unfortunate accident. But when tourists are dying at sea every few weeks there's something wrong with the system.

    Can't you just say it was a tragic accident and leave it at that! What use would insurance be or equipment inspections in preventing the accident? In 10 years of living in Patts, I've never heard about a similar accident and what, maybe a million sails without incident.

    Condolences to the husband on his tragic loss.

    the only smart quote

×
×
  • Create New...