Social Security Cover In Phuket: Can I Use It In Bangkok?

[thaitanic]

I have social security cover in Phuket and I have a card that says "Mission Hospital" on the front. In the past I have got free health care at that hospital.

I'm in Bangkok for a few months and I have a shoulder problem. Does anyone know if I can use my social security health-cover here in Bangkok, and if so, at which hospital? Or is it locked to that one hospital in Phuket?

Thanks!

[thaitanic]

Apolgies for the bump.

Anyone? Is social security health insurance "portable" in Thailand between provinces?

[camerata]

Apparently not unless it is an emergency or an accident: http://www.sso.go.th/englishsite/page_288

[bellachg]

You can transfer to another Province/hospital. I think you have to effect the transfer at the hospital you wish to use instead. My daughter did that. I still kept up her voluntary coverage here in Phuket all the time