https://loyaltylobby.com/2023/12/14/tourist-death-in-bangkok-private-hospital-refuses-unconscious-accident-victim-leaves-him-to-die/
Tänkte direkt på den här tråden när jag läste den här artikeln.
Några utdrag från länk.
Thailand is in the news for all the wrong reasons again, and this time, it’s about a Taiwanese tourist who became the victim of a hit-and-run accident and was rushed to a nearby hospital but refused emergency treatment over payment concerns – a fateful decision.
The Taiwanese tourist is thought to have been the victim of a hit and run accident on the night of December 8th. He was found unconscious on a road in the Phatthanakan area and rushed to the nearby Vibharam Hospital by a rescue unit. The hospital allegedly refused to treat him because he was “a foreigner”, forcing the emergency unit to take him to a state hospital, which was about 10 kilometres away. He died en route.
the privately run Vibharam Hospital in Bangkok (the nearest to the accident site, where the ambulance carried the patient) refused the admission of the unconscious patient “because he was a foreigner and might not have medical insurance to cover his treatment.”
Sen några inlägg som jag fann intressanta.
To live in Thailand without health insurance is just asking for trouble no matter how much money you have. The only real excuse not to have one is if you're old and they won't take you.
I always keep my (local Thai) insurance card and hospital patient cards well visible in my wallet to avoid such situations.
Even with insurance it is some times a risk here. Because private hospitals in Thailand are pretty much just money factories. And the more they can "find" to cure (if you can pay of course), the better it is for them.
Tjejen i tråden. Kom hon direkt till ett sk state hospital eller låg hon på ett privat sjukhus? Om det var ett privat sjukhus. Hade hon tur att de inte blockerade ingången som i fallet som beskrivs i länken? Eller tog man för givet att en blond västerländsk kvinna kanske har råd men en Taiwanese anses för fattig för att bry sig om?