Cabinet approves increased medical coverage for serious head injuries

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Employees who suffer serious head injury in the course of their work, requiring surgery or not, will soon be entitled to medical coverage of 65,000 baht, up from 50,000 baht, from their employers under a ministerial regulation approved by the cabinet on Tuesday.

 

Deputy government spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek said that, under the new ministerial regulation, employees who suffer a serious head injury, which does not require cranial surgery, will be entitled to increased medical coverage, in line with the changing economic and social circumstances.

 

The new ministerial regulation also covers:

Serious head injury that renders a victim unable to work as normal for more than 20 days.
Serious injury that may not require surgery or cannot be treated by surgery, such as fractured skull that leads to a brain haemorrhage.
Fall from height which results in cerebral haemorrhage that does not require surgery, but requires admission to ICU for three nights
Stomach bleed which does not need surgery

Broken rib(s) with internal bleeding and breathing difficulties, which does not require surgery.

Rachada said that the increased medical coverage will cost the state’s Compensation Fund an additional 2.27 billion baht for the 2023-24 fiscal years.

 

Source: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/cabinet-approves-increased-medical-coverage-for-serious-head-injuries/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2023-08-09

 

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[Kwasaki]

They wear hats and scarves how about wearing a helmet. 

[ikke1959]

exceptions if they don't follow safety measures...

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

They wear hats and scarves how about wearing a helmet. 

Past by a construction site near my home yesterday, a new railway station and track, plus road movements.

Migrant workers all over the place, dressed in civvies, no PPE at all.

[Kwasaki]

4 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Past by a construction site near my home yesterday, a new railway station and track, plus road movements.

Migrant workers all over the place, dressed in civvies, no PPE at all.

I suppose blame could be pointed at enployers, the builders bash hats are not expensive.

[jcmj]

They should just introduce workers compensation for those injured on the job, especially since most employers don’t give them the proper protections against injuries.