UNITED NATIONS

UN secretary general praises Thai healthcare

The Nation

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon yesterday lauded Thailand's healthcare system for providing security to the poor and underprivileged and medical attention to the public even in the face of a major disaster.

Thailand is a good model for other countries, he said on a layover during a worldwide campaign to prevent premature deaths of women and children.

He also was scheduled to visit flooded areas.

The country has a good health-security system for all people, which is run by the government and emphasises protection for the poor and underprivileged, especially by helping them avoid bankruptcy through unpaid medical bills accrued in treating a serious disease, he said.

The financial-management system for the health-security net is also open-ended and flexible, so it is efficient and secured. Other countries should learn from Thailand to develop similar healthcare systems for their people, the United Nations chief said.

Despite the massive flooding, people are well taken care of in terms of health, and the government has declared its intention to protect people during the current crisis by implementing the universal healthcare scheme, which has proved successful, Ban said.

Besides its important role in alleviating health impacts from the floods, the system to handle specific illnesses such as Aids, chronic kidney failure and other costly diseases and to ensure patients have access to necessary medicine makes people feel confident in their healthcare even amid a national crisis, he noted.

Thailand also cooperates with the private sector, including non-governmental organisations and the Private Hospital Association, to take care of people's health. This is admirable and deserved much praise, Ban said.

He added that in his campaign to promote women's and children's health, he would introduce the concept of the Thai healthcare system to other countries as a good example.

The latest study by the World Health Organisation found that a welfare system that covered all health issues of people was essential, especially when a country was facing a recession or an international disease outbreak, while the world's elderly populations needed care for chronic diseases.

The study said many countries could not meet the health goals they had ratified and many lacked sufficient healthcare for their people, while European nations, Japan, Chile, Mexico, Rwanda and Thailand were the countries that had been successful in providing universal healthcare to their people.

-- The Nation 2011-11-17

UN secretary general praises Thai healthcare

Why Ban Ki-moon is the world's most dangerous Korean.

He obviously has no idea what he is talking about.

My 6th week working at the Flood relief center infirmary (which is shockingly bad) and 11 years in the medical system in Thailand (which is honestly not too bad).

One more reason we have NO need for the UN in this world. Overpaid, corrupt, unorganized, out of control, bunch of incompetents!

When the Thai healthcare affects those you love, your perspective can quickly change. A young relative in Buriram was in a school van when it crashed. She was taken to the hospital with broken legs and the family was told how much money they had to show to get her treated. While gathering the money, the girl died from other undiagnosed internal injuries. The hospital never checked her for other injuries while waiting for the payment. Maybe she might have been saved. Maybe she was too badly injured, and would not have survived. But she wasn't given the care, and now she's gone.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon yesterday lauded Thailand's healthcare system for providing security to the poor and underprivileged and medical attention to the public even in the face of a major disaster.

How much did he earn for that little speech.

Would he have first haknowledgeege Thailand'snhealth careare system? We can all turn up to a hospital in Thailand and see a crowed waiting area and if we stay around long enough we can also see they have to wait the best part of a day.

When I lived near a small town in Korat. The norm was 1 Doctor to 100 patients.

This is in the Village. Dog runs in front of a guy on a motorbike, causing an accident. Ok the chap is only wearing a pair of shorts and is pissed (Lao Khao). He goes to Hospital, they stick some plasters on him,give him some pills for his headache. Send him home. Within 12hrs he's dead.

Another chap, wife and young children, diagnosed with Cancer, given some medication, sent home to die.

He wants other countries to learn from Thailand?

jb1

Edited November 17, 201114 yr by jimbeam1

BKM is a total wanke_r. He often goes around the world making stupid statements.