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Home » Expats and retirees » Get sick in Pattaya and then?
Get sick in Pattaya and then?
Most people in Pattaya and Jomtien are aged 55+ and live part or all of the year in this area. Some people are in a relationship, but there are plenty of single people. “So far so good!”
It is especially important for the latter group to know what to do if you suddenly need medical help. What to do and who to approach, preferably someone with a car. In the Netherlands, the GP no longer visits and people will have to reach the emergency room themselves.
How is this arranged in Pattaya? For this situation, the Bangkok Hospital Pattaya has cars ready to come home with a doctor and nurse. For this, you need to call 1719 and they will provide first aid or possibly transport to the hospital. This service costs 3900 Baht. A translator can even be provided should the need arise.
I don't know how this is arranged in other areas in Thailand. It is of course sensible to investigate this once, so that in certain (emergency) situations, adequate action can be taken by the person himself or people in the immediate vicinity.
Thanks for this useful info, Lodewijk. I immediately put the said number in my phone.
That is a smart idea from Bangkok Hospital.
The question is which doctor they send and with what experience, I know from experience that those doctors who come to your home are money wolves and have little experience, and you still have to wait and see if they can help you on site, if not you pay 3900 Baht for ?? ?
i prefer to take a taxi to go myself to the hospital will be much cheaper.
Yes they know in Thailand how to get the Baht out of the farangs.
Most people are already happy that emergency aid is coming and for those few euros you get nothing in the Netherlands, the 3900 baht is a bargain, although it is a lot of money for Thais, you will be taken from home and treated further in the hospital if necessary
pfft better is frog country with weekend service; you only have to drive kilometers or 30 YOURSELF for help don't break my mouth open! or after 18.00 p.m. you can also save 🙁
Stay healthy and keep it that way!!!
Putting the last operation on a stend was more expensive here than in the Netherlands, so it is no longer cheap
it will indeed be significantly cheaper. I can even walk to the hospital, it's less than 500 meters, so even cheaper. I do not think that this is what is meant in the story of Lodewijk. Sometimes you won't be able to save all that, otherwise you won't call an emergency number. In any case, a doctor will come to your home with all the resources that are intended for an emergency. If you are simply insured for these types of situations, the costs will not be a concern to you.
4 years ago I was lying in front of my house with an open double leg fracture, due to a slippery step. Then there is no taxi to take to the hospital. First came such a worn-out “recue” station wagon with 4 men and a wooden plank to put my 130 kilos in the back. Refused, and waited for the Bangkok Hospital car, which had also been called by my wife. Never been so happy with a professional ambulance, competent doctor and nurse and properly strapped in, provided with morphine injection confidently to the hospital.
Perfect treatment, great surgery, great aftercare.
Unfortunately, I had to be in an ambulance in November 2016. The costs were 2500 baht, which is different from the 3900 baht mentioned here. Remains strange.
That 3.900 baht is not only for the ambulance, but also for the doctor to provide emergency assistance.
Here in the village, the ambulance ride costs a few hundred Baht.
It was offered to me when I had to go to the hospital for a check-up.
But I then rejected it and explained that I was not an emergency and it is better to have the ambulance ready in case an emergency comes.
By the way, it was a checkup at a state hospital, so they wouldn't have received any commission for that ride.
Something that does happen at private hospitals, to supply customers.
The general emergency number in Thailand is 1669
And you can indicate which hospital you want to be taken to, if there are several in the area.
If it is an emergency, the Thai may be taken to any hospital and nothing may be charged for the first three days. This applies to both state and private hospitals. I think this also applies to the non-Thai in Thailand. I myself have experienced it once, only had to pay for the medicines.
On Koh-Samet near the pier there is a branch of Bangkok Hospital that is incredibly greedy and takes money out of foreigners' pockets.
First credit card and then as many unnecessary tests as possible and ditto medicines.
Not normal what they ask there for a simple treatment.
Next to the police station is a local clinic where the doctors help you excellently and charge the normal local rate.
Highly qualified doctors who care about people and not money.
Example : anti biotic cure of 6 days with painkillers and consultation 100 Baht.
So it can also be different if you know where to go.
Old Amsterdam bar is diagonally opposite this clinic, so if you have any questions, drop by.
Recently had to take an ambulance for transport to hospital. Was very happy they were there and cost me 60 Euros - largely reimbursed by the health insurance fund.