Tourist police to the rescue - British pensioner has no relatives left and owed 17,000 baht to the hospital

[zyphodb]

1 hour ago, EricTh said:

60 baht for outpatient charge but what about staying one night in  a govt hospital?

300 bht, 500 Bht for a private room...

[bbi1]

6 hours ago, steven100 said:

so he has been here 15 yrs and has no money and no relatives. geeeze .... 

he certainly didn't plan his exit.  Go fund me ... here we go again.

I say raise $800 and throw him on the plane to the UK.  One way ticket. 

Maybe he could get some Thai television channel tv reporter to report on his case via Facebook. Then Thai people will send him 8.3 million baht overnight in one day. He can close his account the next day and live very well moving forward. Where did I hear that before? Oh yes, it was a taxi driver from a week ago that became an instant millionaire overnight.

[ukrules]

6 hours ago, dcsw53 said:

The hospital should pursue him for the money. What about seizing the vehicle he was driving ?
Too many people over here chancing their arm by not having insurance. Make insurance mandatory, and provide cover at reasonable cost. Premiums would depend on the hospital you want to go to, high for the fancy internationals, lower for the basic municipal.

They will probably do what they normally do, arrange a payment plan.

 

[nausea]

17,000bt is nothing, if he can't raise this he shouldn't be here. Go home and put yourself on the mercies of Social Services. Guys hanging about here with nothing is crazy, a disaster waiting to happen. Yeah, you can get away with it for years, then the emergency happens and you're screwed. Personally, I always budget twice what I think I reasonably need. And I can tell you, my budget isn't showing a plus figure at the moment.

[transam]

Funny, all you keyboard warriors having orgasms trashing an old guy......????

 

Perhaps your day will come, may not be financials, there are many things that can go wrong....

 

What goes around, comes around......

[Bangkok Barry]

6 hours ago, dcsw53 said:

The hospital should pursue him for the money. What about seizing the vehicle he was driving ?
Too many people over here chancing their arm by not having insurance. Make insurance mandatory, and provide cover at reasonable cost. Premiums would depend on the hospital you want to go to, high for the fancy internationals, lower for the basic municipal.

When you're 75, let us know how you're doing with getting health insurance. Thanks.

[EricTh]

35 minutes ago, zyphodb said:

300 bht, 500 Bht for a private room...

 

300*4=1,200 baht so why was he charged 17,000 baht?

 

[DogNo1]

Many of us old timers came here when things were much, much cheaper and then fell victim to unexpected calamities.  That leaves many of us between a rock and a hard place.  We can’t afford insurance or medical expenses here but we can’t afford to return to our home countries either.  It would be nice if there were some fund to pay our medical expenses here or some charitable organization back home to welcome us back and help us get settled in.  I don’t suppose that some of the insanely rich companies like Microsoft, Apple, Google or Amazon would be willing to set up such a fund.  There seems to be plenty of money around for illegal immigrants.  Why not some for poor and stranded citizens?

[NightSky]

6 hours ago, steven100 said:

so he has been here 15 yrs and has no money and no relatives. geeeze .... 

he certainly didn't plan his exit.  Go fund me ... here we go again.

I say raise $800 and throw him on the plane to the UK.  One way ticket. 

the best laid plans and all that..

 

The poor bloke lost his beloved wife and was left alone in old age. Hope he finds some solace.

 

For the pittance of that hospital bill this story is not worth lighting up the pixels on the laptop for.

[zyphodb]

22 minutes ago, EricTh said:

 

300*4=1,200 baht so why was he charged 17,000 baht?

 

He either had a operation or two or he got the "special" price for Farangs, I think you can guess which is more likely...

[jinners]

6 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

I love it how the armchair judges look down on this guy. Maybe he did have an exit plan but it failed? He lost his wife 2 years ago. A million things could have happened to him between his wife's death and today. 

 

Too many of them to bear, can't wait to knock. One guy says throw the book at him then says affordable insurance should be available to all. Talk about  numb skull. Really helpful. My old Mum always told me if you can't say something nice don't bother to say anything at all. A lesson a lot on here could learn from.

[colinneil]

1 hour ago, zyphodb said:

300 bht, 500 Bht for a private room...

Your a bit off with your private room pricing, when i was in a private room at Khonkaen government hospital, it was 1200 baht per night.

[Puchaiyank]

Fifteen years ago...retiring to Thailand seemed the best possible choice...fast forward...dying broke and alone in a foreign country is not so attractive...

[overt2016]

7 hours ago, steven100 said:

so he has been here 15 yrs and has no money and no relatives. geeeze .... 

he certainly didn't plan his exit.  Go fund me ... here we go again.

I say raise $800 and throw him on the plane to the UK.  One way ticket. 

Just hope you never find yourself in trouble. DH!

[Jiggo]

7 hours ago, steven100 said:

so he has been here 15 yrs and has no money and no relatives. geeeze .... 

he certainly didn't plan his exit.  Go fund me ... here we go again.

I say raise $800 and throw him on the plane to the UK.  One way ticket. 

May be the same may happen too you one day you heartless burstard.

[rtco]

7 hours ago, steven100 said:

so he has been here 15 yrs and has no money and no relatives. geeeze .... 

he certainly didn't plan his exit.  Go fund me ... here we go again.

I say raise $800 and throw him on the plane to the UK.  One way ticket. 

Is it his fault that he has no relatives? You don't know the circumstances regarding his no money situation? Whatever happened to sympathy and understanding? People make plans and plans change for whatever reason. Nothing wrong with GoFundMe if the circumstances are relevant.

[steven100]

31 minutes ago, Jiggo said:

May be the same may happen too you one day you heartless burstard.

not heartless ...lol, i hope he finds a solution to his demise and gets back home.

what do you suggest ....  pass the hat around.  He needs someone from back home, friend maybe to help him to fly back.

[bkk6060]

 

8 hours ago, steven100 said:

so he has been here 15 yrs and has no money and no relatives. geeeze .... 

he certainly didn't plan his exit.  Go fund me ... here we go again.

I say raise $800 and throw him on the plane to the UK.  One way ticket. 

Yes.

Of course he cannot get insurance that is well known for a 75 year old.

If he is a "pensioner" he should have some money and I presume some health coverage in his home country.

It seems irresponsible for him to stay here if in poor health, and potentially being a further burden on the medical care services here.  To add, what kind of care is he going to get here if he is truly sick, needs to be hospitalized and continues with his "I have no money" theme.  

He should do the right thing especially for himself and go back to his home country.

[steven100]

40 minutes ago, overt2016 said:

Just hope you never find yourself in trouble. DH!

i feel sorry for him but, he needs to sort his life out ...  

what's your solution ?  I spoke the truth and you ridicule me for that.  lol

[pineapple01]

2 minutes ago, steven100 said:

i feel sorry for him but, he needs to sort his life out ...  

what's your solution ?  I spoke the truth and you ridicule me for that.  lol

You dont even know him.

[nausea]

It's a trick many ex-pats pull, oh, I'm broke; you usually find they have a sister or something hidden away, few expats are truly broke; like living on the edge with a safety net.

[KMartinHandyman]

Maybe after 15 years he’s just learned to play the game Thai style, “but I’m poor and have no money”.

 Might be smarter than he’s being given credit for on here. 

[natway09]

Sad story but,,, no pension...I thought Brits could draw a pension wherever they lived ?

[sprq]

52 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

 

Yes.

Of course he cannot get insurance that is well known for a 75 year old.

If he is a "pensioner" he should have some money and I presume some health coverage in his home country.

It seems irresponsible for him to stay here if in poor health, and potentially being a further burden on the medical care services here.  To add, what kind of care is he going to get here if he is truly sick, needs to be hospitalized and continues with his "I have no money" theme.  

He should do the right thing especially for himself and go back to his home country.

Suicide is better than going back to a cold wet home country and living in a grungy hostel on welfare.

 

[BritManToo]

14 minutes ago, sprq said:

Suicide is better than going back to a cold wet home country and living in a grungy hostel on welfare.

 

You may be right.

Luckily the worst I would have to face is moving to Siem Reap.

[digger70]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Tourist police to the rescue - British pensioner has no relatives left and owed 17,000 baht to the hospital

75 Yr old ,been here 15 Yrs . Must have a pension Right? Must have an Extension based on Marriage/Retirement Right? Hasn't got 2 Bob in his pocket .What's he do with his Money ? He's only by himself so should have Some money. Doesn't add up !

[Aussieroaming]

9 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

I love it how the armchair judges look down on this guy. Maybe he did have an exit plan but it failed? He lost his wife 2 years ago. A million things could have happened to him between his wife's death and today. 

 

Absolutely right, some of the critics on this forum need a right kick up the ass. Poor blokes wife dies when he's in his 70's and because he hasnt got it together now some of the scum here want him deported for failing to plan his life. Get a life people.

[EvetsKram]

10 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

I love it how the armchair judges look down on this guy. Maybe he did have an exit plan but it failed? He lost his wife 2 years ago. A million things could have happened to him between his wife's death and today. 

 

Totally agree.  Sometimes things happen beyond our control.  Don't judge,  it shows your own ignorance

[VBF]

15 minutes ago, Aussieroaming said:

Absolutely right, some of the critics on this forum need a right kick up the ass. Poor blokes wife dies when he's in his 70's and because he hasnt got it together now some of the scum here want him deported for failing to plan his life. Get a life people.

And the TRUE scumbags are the British Embassy. ANYONE with a British passport SHOULD be able to call on their Embassy for support: especially an old fellow in this situation.

 

Sadly the British embassies around the world sing the same tune "We're here to support trade". What about the people who pay your salaries, you pompous <deleted>!

As a Brit, I really hope I never have to rely on these intellectually-limited bottom orifices for anything critical!

 

[DaRoadrunner]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

Siam Rath did not report what happened to the hospital bill.

 

The story left the reader hanging, notes Thaivisa.

The standard of news reporting here! Nothing is more annoying than reading a news report that leaves one with unanswered questions because the reporter was useless.

 

As for the British Embassy; - don't bother us, we are too busy enjoying our overseas hardship pay, duty free privileges, accommodation allowances etc.

 

As for the guy having no money, has a Farang finally out-conned the Thais?