Hospital check ups and privacy?

[jacksprecht99]

Okay so coming from the US, we're big on privacy. Wondering if any of the big name hospitals if they do a full check up, and find some STDs, STIs, HIV kinda stuff, if any of that gets reported somewhere out to the health department? Asia isn't very big on privacy. It's been a while since I got checked and seems to be the time, and why not bundle it up as a whole check up, but then, got me thinking. Yes I know in BKK there's anonymous checks at the Red Cross, but anyway wondering if anyone know how hospitals handle this stuff.

[lopburi3]

Actually expect those conditions are much more likely to be reported in USA than Thailand.  Even next of kin can not access such information here in Thailand without your signature AFAIK.  

Edited December 15, 2018 by lopburi3

[Sheryl]

Nothing gets reported to the Ministry of Health or anyone else without your consent except insurance companies. If you submit an insurance claim in the process of so doing you grant the insurer access to your medical records and this can go beyond the immediate claim to include past records.

 

If you are not making an insurance claim and do not do so in future, non-issue.

 

And even if insurance company accesses it they will be interested only to the extent it is pertinent to your claim eligibility,

[MyFriend You]

I wasn't going to comment, but what can I say - I am free of any of that stuff -  that said - if you are HIV positive, have Tuberculosis, smallpox, communicable disease or any STD's whatsoever - you should be reported to the medical authorities - for statistical purposes if anything else.  Privacy??  Whats that, something to eat??

 

I have had about 10 full physicals in Bumrungrad in the past twenty years, nothing at all has been reported to my requiring agency............

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

Thailand has lots of laws and many are so often ignored that nobody even remembers if these laws still exist.

Maybe by law the hospitals should keep your details private. But I wouldn't bet on it...

[Sheryl]

I have  yet to hear of a single case where a hospital officially gave out patient information without permission. I have heard of cases in small upcountry hospitals where staff gossiped and it got around but that is not an issue for a foreigner going to a large Bangkok hospital.

[5633572526]

You are better off going to the Red Cross clinic for your std checks. The fee their is 400 baht. The hospital where I get my annual physical charges 6,000 baht for the same tests.