Thailand reader question: Hospitalization in Thailand and prepayment?

A man with a lot of experience.
At least in the Changmai Ram Hospital.
No problems with unexpected admission for surgery or examination.
When they are discharged, if they have not yet received the money from the ZKV, you can do 3 things, continue to wait, pay, or hand in your passport.
For inspection by appointment, I always email the ANWB alarm center with attach, 3 weeks in advance, whether they want to send the bank guarantee to the relevant hospital.
Also if they want to give me the file number as well.
Usually within 2 days I receive a message back.
Hans van Mourik

Additional to my response.
Make sure you always have your ZKV policy with you.
With address, email, fax, and telephone number.
Your own copy of your passport.
As soon as you are admitted, the hospital goes to work.
But you will be helped, at least I did.
Then they come and say it's OK.
Don't know what it's like when you're unconscious.
Hans van Mourik

Years ago, my mother was suddenly hospitalized in Bangkok.
I was immediately asked for my credit card and a 40.000 Thai Baht deposit was debited.
The next day I immediately got this back after the insurance in the Netherlands had given a guarantee.
Important always take a credit card abroad!
Later, the insurance emergency center even called daily to ask how things were going and whether there were any problems. Top

Been to a Thai hospital several times since 1993. Always be able to answer the question for a credit card positively.
Highest bill € 3700,-
First I asked my health insurer VGZ what to do. By e-mail: advance there, declare here”.
Until the account is declared:
Unreadable (because in Thai/English), then: not specified enough (up to a needle of 50 THB), and finally: ineffective care. Bumrungrad, Dr Verapan, who lectures internationally on new developments in his field. Operated with the Thai scans in VGZ contract zhs AZ Klina – Brasschaat, WITH the Thai MRI scans and further investigation.
Draw your conclusion!

Five years ago I had an emergency operation at the Haripunchai private hospital in the city of Lamphun, the hospital is located near the Nikhom industrial estate.
Lying there for more than a week after surgery.
Never had any nagging about the bill whether we were insured, my wife told me when we pay cash, but the administrator came around every day in the morning with the state of affairs of the account.
I just had to sign every day.
Do have a credit card and walk around here uninsured all these years.
I also pay from my own resources.
Two years ago already major surgery in Sundok governments hospital and CMU medical faculty in Chiangmai.
Lying in a single room for 15 days and having a major cancer operation performed by two teams started at 07.00:17.00 in the morning and I regained consciousness at XNUMX:XNUMX.
I'm not writing nonsense here, but I asked a few times about the status of the account.
But still got no answer.
It was only on the last day that they came with the bill, which I paid with the help of my stepson at the cashier before departure, of course.
It resulted that after a few recurring examinations for control, I still gave a considerable donation to the hospital.
I am now completely healed, kudos to the doctors and the team.
Also in the Lamphun government hospital where I have had two catarac operations on both eyes never complain about money matters.
But there are also other stories I have heard about private hospitals that refuse you, and these are often the more luxurious hospitals that write with a fork, and ensure that the machines and equipment continue to run whether it is necessary or not.

Jan Beute.