SailingHome Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Most of you that keep in touch with me here and email know that I am visiting friends/clients of my life/relationship/health coaching. Needed a huge panel of fairly obscure blood tests plus medicine management negotion taking quite a lot of doctor time. Total cost (foreigners) was a mere 3k baht. Mine, a smaller panel of tests and Parkinsons checkup was 290 Baht! Free hospital card and an address in the province then viola, ushered direcrly to the doctor and vampires. I am amazed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allane Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Which hospital please ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingHome Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 Phonthong. You maybe can use Happy Bungalow as your address? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnniey Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Are you saying foreigners pay more? Do you have a "prakan sang kom" social security card for working here? Just having an address doesn't give anyone cheaper treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingHome Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 (edited) No, I am saying pay EQUAL as Thai. I paid exact same and I am on a tourist visa. Dr. visit is 50 baht! Edited April 3, 2016 by SailingHome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiKneeTim Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 (edited) I don't think they know about dual pricing around here, but this isn't exactly tourist central. So far I've only used the local hospital for a dental check up but I paid the same as anyone else. EDIT: Typo corrected. Edited April 4, 2016 by ThaiKneeTim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquorice Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 You can register at any government hospital and receive care for the same cost as a Thai.....nothing new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Don't need an address in the province. As a foreigner (or for that matter any Thai) who is paying out of pocket, can go to any government hospital, any time. It is only for coverage under one of the government's free health care schemes that oen is limited to hospital that covers the location you live (or are recorded as living). Most government hospitals do not have different prices for foreigners, exception being some that see a high volume of foreign patients and have gotten, shall we say, entrepreneurial. Do not be deceived by the low cost of outpatient care. In a very serious illness or catastrophic injury, it is quite possible to wrack up bills of a million baht or more. Usually not at a provincial level hospital, but that is because they do not have specialty ICUs and much capacity for highly specialized surgeries, for which they they would refer you upward to a regional or national hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingHome Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 Don't need an address in the province. As a foreigner (or for that matter any Thai) who is paying out of pocket, can go to any government hospital, any time. It is only for coverage under one of the government's free health care schemes that oen is limited to hospital that covers the location you live (or are recorded as living). Most government hospitals do not have different prices for foreigners, exception being some that see a high volume of foreign patients and have gotten, shall we say, entrepreneurial. Do not be deceived by the low cost of outpatient care. In a very serious illness or catastrophic injury, it is quite possible to wrack up bills of a million baht or more. Usually not at a provincial level hospital, but that is because they do not have specialty ICUs and much capacity for highly specialized surgeries, for which they they would refer you upward to a regional or national hospital. Wow... good info. Sticky that, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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