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Total BS! Unbelievable story! Maybe 60 injured, but I seriously doubt that many die every month! 

  I had back surgery 2 years ago at Chiangmai Ram Hospital that went bad and I ended up in ICU for 6 weeks! I had 4 operations, but only remember the 1st one. Got infection that went to my brain and had a difficult infection in my back that was hard to cure. There was also the fact that the nurses helping me out of bed to walk, dropped me maybe causing me injury. (A friend was visiting me at the time saw this and told me.) I lost maybe 2 weeks of remembering anything that had happened. 

   Then 2 years (last October) they came back and said I still owed 2.7 million! I paid what they asked when they released me 1.5 million. So I have a Thai friend who contacted a Thai Judge, and he said they were wrong and they have a 2 year period to collect, and after that time I was not liable to pay. So Chiangmai Ram sent me last month a letter in Thai saying I didn’t owe them anything! I need to get it translated to English to really know.

  I hope this is helpful. Not meaning to scare anyone, but I do hold a lot of resentment to Chiangmai Ram Hospital for trying to overcharge me! My condition now is the same as before I went in for surgery. Extremely difficult to walk without pain. (As in any surgery anything can go wrong and at least I’m alive!) in general I feel Chiangmai Ram Hospital does offer good services. 

 Utter insanity that 45% are from motorcycle accidents! Half of these motorcycles don’t wear a helmet, and 40% don’t bucket it on! No inforcment and road checks are almost nonexistent! Fines only maybe 200-300 baht! Used more for protection from the sun! No wonder the Thais are oblivious to the fact that helmets are to prevent deaths in crashes!

  There are both motorcyclists and car/truck drivers who drive like they own the road and will tailgate behind at 2-3 meters going over 100km! Then there are the people who won’t turn on their headlights till it’s dark! No campaign like in the US where “Lights On For Safety”! I’ve lived here over 15 years and I’ve seen so many rolled over cars and truck even here in Tak. (One of the safer areas!) Well done Thailand! 

Let’s not forget it’s ok to wear a helmet and not buckle it! It’s ok to drive after dusk with No headlights! It’s ok to carry  many people in the back of a pickup! TIT! 

About 2-3 weeks ago IPM changed their listing and eliminated any English movie channels that were available before! So now there are almost no English channels except for Real Stories, Asean News Channel, Fashion Network and a few Sports Channels! So if you like 500 channels of Thai Soap Opera, Info commercials and Thai News, I would check out either the DreamBox or OpenBox for watching satellite. IPM has given new meaning to 500 Channels and nothing on!! (Except if you're Thai!)