Briton's Dream Anniversary Trip to Thailand Turns into a Medical Nightmare

[hotandsticky]

12 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

Oh are the Brit's a race?? 

 

 

I didn't think you understood racism.

 

Point proved.

[Nick Carter icp]

There need to be a travel insurance that covers absolutely everything for any amount of time with no get out clauses .

[newbee2022]

1 minute ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

I didn't think you understood racism.

 

Point proved.

🤣🤣🤣 I admire your wisdom🤗

[bkk6060]

Sad, but stupid unprepared people.

 

[blazes]

Surely, the first mistake they made (apart from not having sufficient insurance) was spending time in  India, the filthiest place in the world.

[Scottie12]

Yet another GoFundMe due to inadequate insurance,won't get a penny from me.

[newbee2022]

15 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Irish people don't like British people .

Its xenophobia more than racism 

Yeah, we farmers are a plague for the poms, aren't we?🤣

[hotandsticky]

3 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

🤣🤣🤣 I admire your wisdom🤗

 

 

Thank you..............you are not the first..............

[The Fugitive]

2 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

There need to be a travel insurance that covers absolutely everything for any amount of time with no get out clauses .

Absolutely. People don't injure or make themselves ill deliberately. In UK NHS treatment isn't refused or restricted due to the patients recklessness.

[hotandsticky]

Just now, The Fugitive said:

Absolutely. People don't injure or make themselves ill deliberately. In UK NHS treatment isn't refused or restricted due to the patients recklessness.

 

 

....or wallet size

[newbee2022]

Just now, hotandsticky said:

 

 

Thank you..............you are not the first..............

....but obviously the last. Sorry.🤣

[Kenny Boy]

2 hours ago, frank83628 said:

Why, the ice isn't tap water

How do you know ? 
It is India, could be anything 

[Kenny Boy]

10 minutes ago, blazes said:

Surely, the first mistake they made (apart from not having sufficient insurance) was spending time in  India, the filthiest place in the world.

You’ve obviously never visited Bangladesh 

[runamok27]

Those prices seem ridiculously high.

 

.....four surgeries to remove infected tissue, incurring medical expenses of £15,300 (approximately 651,000 baht).

 

.....expected total expenses reaching at least £33,300 (about 1.42 million baht).

 

A commercial flight with a stretcher could cost around £42,500 (approximately 1.81 million baht), while an air ambulance is estimated at £140,000 (about 5.97 million baht).

[Easterneye]

Another pair of goons travelling without proper health insurance . 
Nevermind we will go on ya social meeeeeeja if it all goes tits up and get crowdfunded 

[frank83628]

24 minutes ago, Kenny Boy said:

How do you know ? 
It is India, could be anything 

I was of thinking Thailand, not india

[frank83628]

1 hour ago, kuzmabruk said:

Maybe the entire story is fake news and just a way to make money. Seems this story keeps replaying with different names and photos - but always same story.  

Not seen many needing throat operations

[kwaiYai]

I’m from the UK but lived in Thailand most of the time from 2004 - 2016. That is until my existing health conditions required regularly hospital visits. So now my Thai wife and I live in the UK and just return to Thailand for December, January and February each year, if we can afford it.
I’m 73 years old now and the travel insurance premium went up after my 70 th birthday. For our current stay (which ends tomorrow 🥹) our 3 months travel insurance cost nearly £2,000. That is for both of us, but I think about 80% at least was to cover me. I am not a wealthy man, but we want to come here, and insurance for me is a necessity. In all the years (1997 to today) my pre-existing medical conditions have never been a problem!

However, in January 2018 I got an infected insect bite on my toe, which very quickly became serious. It was a flesh eating infection and the back of my lower right leg continued to be eaten away for the first week in hospital. My infection level was super high, the doctor was afraid of sepsis. I could have died or at least lost my leg. 2 weeks in Bangkok hospital, no ICU, or operation, just bed and antibiotics cost my insurance company over 700,000 Baht. There’s no way I could afford that! 
You have to declare ALL pre-existing conditions to the insurance company because if you don’t and there’s a big payout, they will want to see your medical records. If you get hit by a truck but do didn’t declare you had high blood pressure, they will use that as a get out. For the insurance policy you have to sign to agree with this.

 

 I wish this lady well, very much hope she recovers quickly and is able to get home ASAP, but I advise everyone to get insurance. 

 

[riverhigh]

Tonsillitis contracted in India, not covered by insurace? precondition? It appears that rather than going back to the UK from India they decided to continue their holiday to Thailand.  It also appears that she was rushed to the Thai hospital after they had celebrated her birthday. Party first, hospital emergency second? Maybe some poor decision making??  Hope she gets better, but ....

[Funkymover]

1 hour ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

You just can't escape your racism, can you.....

I bet despite your clear bitter hatred for the brits, if you meet them, you are all nice and buddy buddy to their face... why the hatred ?  was you bullied by one when you were a kid ?

[PeeJayEm]

Another case of people neglecting proper insurance and then expecting the public to cough up......

quote from Daily Mail....

<<<

John said: 'We have two insurance policies. One was for like 134 days, which covered us for India. And of course, we came over to Thailand. 

'What they're saying, because we were in India and then went to Thailand, we're not covered on the insurance policy. 

 

'The [other] they're saying you get 31 days of cover, which is free, but because we left the UK on November 2, that cover ran out on December 2. We were thinking that would cover us for Thailand, but it didn't.'
>>>
Idiotic - making assumptions instead of reading the policies. (The first was for India only and the other appears to be their U.K. health insurance which gives 31 days instead of the 134++ days they spent away. Basic wilful ignorance.)

[shackleton]

They  are not the first or the last to use the Gofundme money raiser

Good luck to them 

[Iron Tongue]

Good luck to the ol' lady.  I hope she makes it back home and gets the care she needs.

At 69 and willing to travel to rough places for their Golden Anniversary gets my respect.  

I doubt that 1-in-10 members here would have bothered or been able to afford full medical insurance coverage.

[Albaby]

4 hours ago, MikeandDow said:

Is gofundme a public listed company yet ? would like to buy some shares make a fortune !

Not from me

[newbee2022]

1 hour ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Irish people don't like British people .

Its xenophobia more than racism 

Arachnophobia, Sir 🤣

[RamblingOn]

3 hours ago, Jim Blue said:

Why do I think this is deja vu all over again , hope I spelt that right ....

Apart from the 2 accent grave you did!!

[Albaby]

3 minutes ago, Iron Tongue said:

Good luck to the ol' lady.  I hope she makes it back home and gets the care she needs.

At 69 and willing to travel to rough places for their Golden Anniversary gets my respect.  

I doubt that 1-in-10 members here would have bothered or been able to afford full medical insurance coverage.

No insurance, haven't got a paltry  15k in the bank, they need their heads examined, not good luck.

[Andytheburiramman]

Just give the hospital a an IOU and walk out.  Thousands do it every year here, so go with the flow.

[John Drake]

Give them some money. Or don't give them anything. That's all that is required. No need to put them in this digital version of a pillory so everyone can throw the equivalent of electronic rotten vegetables at them.

[2long]

Moderators and the newsroom, PLEASE STOP posting reports like this from the Daily FAIL.

It's not news, and you're just lowering yourselves to the Daily Fail's very low standards.

They need to fill column inches but Asean Now doesn't.

Come on guys!