Private hospitals instructed not to charge medical fees for Covid-19

[Don Chance]

No need to require insurance for covid-19 for farangs arriving in Thailand then, right?

[dcnx]

Good luck with that.

 

Private hospitals will do what private hospitals want to do. One solution is simply not to accept COVID19 patients. 
 

 

[BangkokBoyJohnny]

Just curious, how much does a night in ICU cost in a Thai private hospital.

I've no insurance so just about to ring the bank and up my credit card limit !

[Enzian]

Way back on March 11 khaosodenglish.com had an article that said that expats would be covered along with Thais by the universal health care program, but not necessarily tourists. I unfortunately know a lot about public and private hospitals here, and I feel rather confident if someone on long stay goes into a public hospital with a positive reading they will be treated free. Private hospitals, I would like to hear any experiences people have had to date.

[BangkokBoyJohnny]

22 hours ago, Enzian said:

Way back on March 11 khaosodenglish.com had an article that said that expats would be covered along with Thais by the universal health care program, but not necessarily tourists. I unfortunately know a lot about public and private hospitals here, and I feel rather confident if someone on long stay goes into a public hospital with a positive reading they will be treated free. Private hospitals, I would like to hear any experiences people have had to date.

Thanks Enzian...

Yes would be very interesting to hear of Expast Covid experiences in Thai private and public hospitals...

[gk10002000]

funny because a month ago they made anybody traveling in to have insurance that had COV19 coverage, a dubious prospect at best

[cyril sneer]

friend had a test at Bangkok Hospital yesterday, no symptoms so had to pay, total came to 7034thb

 

they've obviously ditched the 25000thb 'promotion' advertised a few weeks ago

[Lemonltr]

4 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

friend had a test at Bangkok Hospital yesterday, no symptoms so had to pay, total came to 7034thb

 

they've obviously ditched the 25000thb 'promotion' advertised a few weeks ago

25.000 baht promotion designed to steer potential covid patients away from their hospital.