"Four private hospitals in Bangkok have withdrawn from the government's universal healthcare programme due to related heavy workload and financial burden.The withdrawal has affected 199,269 people, who were initially entitled to receive free treatment there. These people are being transferred to other health care service providers instead.
"We are solving the problem. Everything should run smoothly by April," Dr Suradej Waleeittikul said Tuesday in his capacity as the director of National Health Security Office's Area 13 Bangkok. Suradej said the Kasemrad Prachachuen, the Kasemrad Bang Khae, Kasemrad Sukhaphiban 3, and Srivichai 2 hospitals had expressed an interest to withdraw from the universal healthcare programme since late last year."
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4 private Bangkok hospitals withdraw from govt programs
Started by Sexpat, Feb 17 2010 09:29 AM
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Posted 19 February 2010 - 11:32 AM
There's been a lot of concern expressed by physicians and NGO's who are interested in the health care system, that the government programs to make Thailand a medical hub for foreign visitors has created a two-tier system of medical care in which the public sector based on universal health care is becoming a second-rate system for the poor, who simply could never afford to seek care in the private hospitals which are attracting the best and brightest doctors with big salaries.
