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Healthcare fees to rise

Public Health Minister Pradit Sintawanarong has insisted that a rise in state hospital fees will not affect the level of care offered to patients.

The ministry plans to increase fees by 5% to 10% on average at state hospitals nationwide. Some specialist service fees, such as brain and heart disease diagnoses, will rise by more than 50%.

Mr Pradit, speaking on Saturday on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s weekly radio programme, said fees for more than 700 medical services would be increased.

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  • Jim

    Discussion 2 : 04 Feb 2013 at 08.452

    As a foreigner you would have to be crazy or broke to go to a public hospital. They treat Thais badly and foreigners even worse.
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  • CMfarang

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    Discussion 1 : 03 Feb 2013 at 12.521

    In other words, healthcare fees will increase for foreigners.

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