No free sex-change operations for transgenders: Thai health office

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No free sex-change operations for transgenders: Health office

By The Nation

 

Sakchai Kanjanawattana NHSO secretary-general

 

The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has dismissed reports that transgenders will be able to get sex-change operations for free under the country’s universal healthcare scheme.

 

“The scheme provides medical help to intersex people, not for sex-change operations for transgenders,” NHSO secretary-general Sakchai Kanjanawattana recently said. 

 

Intersex people, formerly called hermaphrodites, are those “having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made”, according to the NHSO.

 

“An intersex person, for example, may have female breasts and body but with male genitals. If hormone tests show she is a woman, she will need medical help so that her [presentation] matches her true sex. The medical help towards that goal will be given for free under the universal healthcare scheme,” Sakchai said. 

 

He said the scheme did not cover sex-change operations for transgenders because their conditions were not considered health problems in Thailand.

 

The universal healthcare scheme is Thailand’s largest health programme, covering about 48 million people. 

 

Rumours claiming the scheme would provide free sex-change operations started to swirl after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) spoke up for the rights of intersex people. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30350101

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-07-16

[kannot]

good, bloody stupid idea

[lamyai3]

46 minutes ago, webfact said:

An intersex person, for example, may have female breasts and body but with male genitals

I thought it was both testicular and ovarian tissue present? The description above includes any number of guys with moobs... 

[mok199]

Drive it like a rental..

[r136dg]

Couldn't imagine the lines here for that service without any qualifying restrictions. Even with the qualifications just noted they'll be swamped.

Better get those tools sharpened!✂️

[ChrisY1]

If they did have free sex change operations....there'd be no-one left with any balls!

[BEngBKK]

Damnnnn. More transgengers could might have saved the Phuket turist industri......

[sawadeeken]

MY Opinion is ....... take care of the sick kids and 'normal people'.............. give the elderly Thai's and Thai kids   'ALL'    the help they need in medical attention.............. I doubt there would be any money left in the fund... But if there was money left Then use if for school lunches......... after that then any surpluses (impossible) can be considered for the ladyboys self-improvement..............

In other words.......... Let the screwed-up Trans-genders live their screwed-up lives stealing 'gold-chains and ripping off farangs on beach road' in Pattaya as usual........ Keep all those Medical Funds for those who are 'really sick' ...........

Just my personal opinion.................

[bedouin1990]

Until and unless transgenderism had been demonstrated to be a genetic condition, I agree.