Registration for vaccination in Hua Hin
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Despite the fact that the Thai government said that foreigners could only register for vaccination from June 7, 2021, Hua Hin Hospital already started registration this week. They have therefore set up registration posts in Market Village and Bluport. Registration is also possible at the hospital itself.
In Market Village it is on the ground floor near the Bata shoe store and in Bluport also on the ground floor opposite Coffee Club. Registration is open from 11 a.m. to 16 p.m. and will run through next week.
This morning Thursday 28th May it was busy at registration in Market Village as I arrived just after 11 am and got queue number 87 and I was not registered until 13.30 pm. Anyway, while you wait, you can drink coffee, do some shopping and have lunch.
The registration is for 60 years and older and for anyone from one or more of the seven health risk groups. I myself live in Samroiyod and could simply register and a copy of the identity page of your passport is sufficient. Upon arrival, you will be handed a one-page form that you must complete in advance.
The actual vaccination is at Hua Hin Hospital, starting on July 7 and the vaccine that will be given is that of AstraZenica.
Small omission: the vaccination in Hua Hin will start on June 7. This does not mean that the uncertainty has disappeared, because contact with the Hua Hin Hospital shows that some people there assume June 8. The first tranche is only intended for the elderly and people with one of the seven underlying diseases. People who signed up through Market Village and Bluport will get their turn in July or August. Again, this is subject to change.
Hello all,
For information:
I registered for this vaccination at Market Village last Wednesday. Only saw “farang” waiting to be registered. Registration was for 60 years and older, younger than 60 you were told that next week young people could also register. After registration I received a printed form, slightly smaller than half A-four, with my full name as stated in my passport, age, and registration number (everything is processed in the computer). One side in English, other side in Thai. The form also states the date of vaccination, in my case July 6 at 14.00 p.m., and the location in Hua Hin Hospital where the vaccination will take place. An acquaintance registered on Thursday and will be vaccinated on July 7 according to his form.
Registration starts at 11am and ends for farang at 4pm. There is only a certain amount of registrations possible per location (Blu Port and Market Village) I was told, as far as I understood locally 100 people per day per location.
Best regards and hope this clarifies things a bit.
Why do you have to register as a patient at a hospital for a 'free' vaccination program from the government? Just the typical red tape that Thailand is notorious for? (No idea what people through the หมอพร้อม / moh-phrom app was necessary)
Or is this an alternative commercial route, and hence that last sentence that you agree and pay for all necessary examinations and treatment yourself?
Maybe it's something as simple as hospitals wanting to know how many vaccines they need?
Perhaps it could also be to provide you with a vaccination passport
Why such a negative response. It is also never good apparently in (your) eyes.
When I look at the Netherlands. To test, you must first make an appointment and then you can be tested the next day. So another day has already been lost.
Now also in the Netherlands you will first receive a call to make an appointment. Then you can get the injection.
The moh-phrom turned out not to work very well. But IT matters often turn out not to be the case, but all abuses in the Netherlands with Apps.
I also received an invitation from the doctor in the village to register with her at the state hospital for the vaccination. So I did that and will be notified when it is my turn.
This doctor continues her home practice every day after working at the hospital. Especially for problems with the legs. Many people come there every day and on weekends. I've been there regularly and the costs have been ZERO for two years. For the consultation, injection and medication. While she has someone who registers you and measures blood pressure, an assistant also works. How she does it I don't know.
But that too is Thailand.
Negative? It is nice that vaccinations seem to be slowly starting to move. I'm just confused about all the different ways to sign up. From extensive forms to sending a photo of the ID or waiting for a visit from the health volunteers with a clipboard. That gives me the impression that it happens differently everywhere and that different information is requested and that makes me wonder “how does this work?”. Just because I am curious and want to understand things.
Wanting to understand things makes little sense in Thailand. Each hotemetoot has his own little kingdom and pretends to have invented gunpowder. Yes, the vaccination strategy in Thailand is a mess because of these fiefdoms. My turn is on June 7, but maybe on June 8. It's no use getting worked up about it, it is the way it is… But I will never understand it.
I didn't understand that from your response. But it is certainly not like in the Netherlands where everything is organized. As a result, everything costs much more and sometimes takes much longer. Or one has too many lots.
There is of course no population register like in the Netherlands, where people know exactly where someone lives. So one can both live in Sisaket but actually stay in Pattaya.
When voting you know that you have to go back to your original place.
No, apparently every hospital can see what needs it has. One does this using a form, such as the one in this article. In Kantharalak it's just a clipboard with a list of six columns. Enter your name, passport/ID, date of birth, telephone number, and whether you have any medical complaints. Other than that it doesn't matter anyway.
You will find out on which date it is your turn. That was no different in the Netherlands. There too, there used to be too few vaccines and now they have ones that people don't want. We have read enough about it.
If you want it organized like in the Netherlands, I would say get on a plane and you will arrive in paradise. Otherwise you adapt to the country and also its restrictions.
Now I know that you do not live in Thailand and only it mainly follows the political side and you certainly have nothing to do with officials wherever they work or are present.
The injection may be free for the patient, but the hospitals would like to see money from the government for their actions. I have no idea how much one gets per shot from Prayut. And yes, transparency in this country requires a paper showing exactly to whom the injection was given, and when.
Rob, just like in the Netherlands, the oldest and most vulnerable people are meant to be vaccinated first. If you want to prevent a stampede from arising and the right of the strongest and richest to prevail, you must order. I agree with you about bureaucratic red tape in Thailand, but the logic of order comes to me in this case. For the time being, the vaccinations are free, so there does not seem to be an alternative commercial route. For an injection team you need about thirty people, a doctor, nurses, injections, administrators, etc. Centralization seems obvious, as if it could have been thought of before eight injection sites were announced. This also applies to the injection site on the top and tenth floors of the parking garage of the Hua Hin Hospital…
Perhaps that last sentence has something to do with insurance, or rather being uninsured.
The paid injections are usually offered with insurance for side effects.
These free injections are possibly/presumably uninsured and you agree that you will pay for the treatment of side effects yourself.
We registered in the McCormicc hospital in Chiang Mai yesterday. First free AZ jab on July 11
I am surprised that the Mc Cormic hospital in Chiangmai, I know it, which is a private hospital with a Christian American background and is medically affiliated with the Payap University, also in CM, can already give free AZ injections to non-Thai nationals.
And other private hospitals such as the Bangkok group do not yet.
Further explanation please.
Jan Beute.
We also checked with the Bangkok hospital, because we are known there, but they don't do it. Then I read on face book that someone had gone to McCormic hospital. So after a phone call we went too. There was a wait of 1 hour
I also registered last week for Covid injection at the MC Cormick hospital in Chiang Mai for 60 years and older for 50 years and older registration after May 31. There was talk about AZ injection, but that was not yet certain, probably, probably. Let's just assume they are AZ injections. You can also register at LANA hospital in Chaing Mai, but only via the website in THAI, where you will be asked which vaccine you want. You can choose from Pfizer, Moderna, AZ, and Sinovac. I filled in Moderna. 4 days later I received an email that the Sinovac was available. You had to pay for Lanna Hospital, MC Cormick Hospital for free. Pfizer and Moderna do not yet have approval from the Thai government, although if approval is granted, the private hospitals may purchase Pfizer and Moderna independently and if approval is granted, this will happen. Advantage you have Pfizer or Moderna disadvantage you will pay for it. So be it
I was able to register here at Buriram Hospital via an app on May 10, I had to send a photo of my pink ID or yellow booklet and I am now expected on June 18 at 10:00 am for my first AZ vaccination.
At every hour they have a different group come by appointment, to avoid the crowds at certain times, for now they will start vaccinating here on June 7 from 08:00 am to 17:00 pm.
I already registered in the Pattaya memorial hospital last week. The condition was that one was already known in this hospital. The expectation there is that the vaccines will be in July or August at the earliest and the injections can begin. By the way, these are injections that have to be paid for. The price has not yet been determined. In the state hospitals, such as the Banglamung hospital and Pattaya Central hospital, registration is not yet possible and the government's free program will be rolled out there. There the Thai people go before the foreign ones. My Thai insurance covers all possible expenses that may occur after the vaccination, both with the self-paid and the government program provided free of charge.
Hmm, assuming that kite goes up nationally, Rembrand's message may involve a commercial (paid) 'accelerated' route to obtain a syringe. While the free (okay, everyone pays taxes such as VAT, free is strictly speaking not free) vaccine runs through other hospitals. From previous correspondence, officials said that those shots would be given in order of medical priority (age, medical condition, your workplace, etc.) regardless of nationality. Then “all Thais first”, then again “no, we do not take nationality into account in the ranking”. The rollout via the free government injection is expected to take months to reach the last resident.
Preliminary conclusion: The (relatively) younger residents (Thai or non-Thai) who cannot wait for a free syringe, who first go to the old people, may opt for the faster, alternative, paid route.
Unless the HuaHin hospital participates in the free government syringe, and due to bureaucratic reasons everyone must be registered as a complete patient with all kinds of associated information, even if it is only a syringe based on age, etc. Could also still be possible given the love for papers in civil service country.
When I read your reactions to what is going on in Thailand, I have the impression that neither government nor middle management nor any agency / hospital / private clinic can do well in terms of vaccination. Every day a lot of comments as if you make it a daily activity every day. Obsession? Let them anyway. Thailand is not unequivocal. An opp. as that of Germany or France with at least 3.5 times more inhabitants than the Netherlands. A civil service that is there for the highest boss and not for the bourgeoisie. (In the Netherlands it is against the bourgeoisie!) In addition, the situation in Chiangmai is completely different from Huahin. Or do you sometimes think you can influence from your home in the Netherlands? Look, I do share your criticism of the political situation. But then it stops.
We digress.
The point is that this whole vaccine mess is the achievement of an incompetent government crew that, aided by anti-democratic groups, has come to power through a coup.
The 'vaccination policy' is 1 big chaos, from purchase through distribution to communication.
I've never experienced anything like it.
case: you entered with a visa and were in ASQ and you have the policy 100.000 USD. Suppose you become very ill (hospital) after the injection obtained in Thailand, who then pays the bill? Let me guess…