Thread: my mate got a 47,000 baht bill for 10 stitches

We had a situation were wife's father needed Emergency treatment we took him to some private hospital in Yasothon,were he got wrongly diagnosed,By a junior doctor then they moved him to khon kaen and then he got moved to Ubon general and the cheeky bstards tried to charge me 65,000 baht I kicked up a stink, and told them junior doctors shouldn't be making a diagnosis.

The father got kept in hospital for a week or so, the Yaso hospital kept ringing Ubon, the Ubon doctor asked us why they were keeping on ringing when we informed why,he must of said something to Yaso Hospital as when i went back to cause murder, they backed right off.

And asked me how much I thought was fair,ended up paying 15 grand.

The wife went mad with me,as she'd never heard of anyone questioning a doctor before. told her well you pay the fuckers then,that put a stop to that.

The stupid one does not seem to be the hospital....

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Cost me 90,000 baht to sew my arm back on (well half of it) and hundreds of stitches internally and externally.

One night in jail and I was out.

Did a good job and I am starting to play drums half decent again.

Sounds over the top unless they had to reconnect tendons etc.

Lesson learnt, stay away from the angle grinders

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

it's true

47,000 bahts for 10 stitches...she knocked her foot while on a bike and cut it

they kept her in for two days too

i hate private medication

Laminectomy in Lanna Hospital. In for one week. Private room. All the morphine I could take. Other than the private room, which was B500 a night, I didn't pay a single satang. Also took one week from diagnosis to surgery. Thai social security, pisses on what's available in the UK.

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that's interesting

thanks bob

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

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that's interesting

thanks bob

If you're working legally you should have social security, it provides excellent cover. If you're Thai but not working you can easily find an employer who will stick you on their books and allow you to pay your monthly social security tab through them, it starts at about B150 a month (my knowledge of costs is a few years out of date now) and you won't find a better basic health insurance option anywhere in country.

That's interesting to know.

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

Lesson learnt, stay away from the angle grinders

I wondered how long it would take in 2016 before the angle grinder was mentioned

DONT MENTION THE BLOODY ANGLE GRINDER !