Health care for Thais

[flighty 31]

What arrangements does the average Thai make for their health care...

Is it state funded, do they go private, or is the Thaksin 30 baht service still working...

(She's asking for help for an annual health check, says it costs lots of money)...

 

[CheshireTom 1,377]

What arrangements does the average Thai make for their health care...

Is it state funded, do they go private, or is the Thaksin 30 baht service still working...

(She's asking for help for an annual health check, says it costs lots of money)...

 

The 30 Baht scheme is still in existence although it's now free (Universal Health Care System) - basically for anyone not covered by the Civil Service and/or Social Security schemes (plus a few other exceptions, e.g. teachers at private schools).

 

That said, if you want an annual check-up (blood, x-ray, ultrasound etc) they are carried out at most, if not all, private hospitals and normally cost a couple of thousand Baht. Different checks are done according to sex/age.

[flighty 31]

Thanks Tom,

I'm thinking that if she has the private check up any treatment they advise has to be done privately, with the appropriate required funding of course

[CheshireTom 1,377]

Thanks Tom,

I'm thinking that if she has the private check up any treatment they advise has to be done privately, with the appropriate required funding of course

 

Not at all. Anything that's picked up, you can choose to then visit your nominated public hospital to deal with it. Everything will depend on which nominated hospital is shown on her card. If it's in Isaan and she lives away from home, that's where the problems come in for anything other than emergency treatment - if that makes sense.

Edited August 24, 2013 by CheshireTom