Results 1 to 2 of 2
  1. #1
    Thailand Expat misskit's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2009
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Chiang Mai
    Posts
    48,094

    Private hospitals urged to reduce drug prices and medical service fees

    BANGKOK, 7 April 2019 (NNT) - Of a total of over 300 hospitals earlier advised to provide information about drug prices and medical service fees, only 295 hospitals have cooperated accordingly and about half of them have charged higher than allowed. Those hospitals are yet to consider reducing their prices and fees.


    Internal Trade Department Director General Wichai Phochanakit said a working group had considered the prices of 3,892 drugs and 868 sets of medical supplies and the fees for medical services for 5,286 patients and notified all 353 private hospitals to provide information about their drug prices and medical service fees to compare with the producing and servicing costs.


    He said 295 hospitals have cooperated accordingly while 58 others have not as yet. If found to have intentionally failed to cooperate, those uncooperative hospitals will be faced with legal action.


    Half of the 295 hospitals which had cooperated were found to have charged within the prices and fees as fixed by the Food and Drug Administration and the Comptroller General Department while the other half have charged higher than the medium prices and fees. The working group will call those hospitals for reduction in such high prices and fees. Legal action will be taken if they finally fail to cut them down.


    The medium prices and medical service fees will be posted on the website of the Internal Trade Department for people to compare.

    National News Bureau Of Thailand

  2. #2
    Thailand Expat jabir's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2016
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    12,009
    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    He said 295 hospitals have cooperated accordingly while 58 others have not as yet. If found to have intentionally failed to cooperate, those uncooperative hospitals will be faced with legal action.
    No need for legal action which is traditionally moderated if not subverted with a few brownies from one robber to another. Threaten to name and shame, and they'll get their act together pdq!

    Otoh this place is so bent that the mere threat of legal action could generate hush money.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •