Thailand’s Social Security Office has warned that hospitals that refuse to deal with Covid-19 patients risk being removed from its listing of contracted medical amenities. Boonsong Thapchaiyuth, SSO secretary-general, says he’s instructed personal hospitals to adhere to the regulations and provide full treatment to members of the social security fund registered at those hospitals. According to a Bangkok Post report, the SSO has threatened to cancel next year’s contracts with hospitals that flip sufferers away.
The warning comes as 2 sufferers, both members of the social safety fund, declare they had been refused treatment at personal hospitals. Both patients filed complaints with the SSO, in accordance with deputy secretary-general, Ladda Saelee.
The first affected person was a lady who went to the personal hospital the place she is registered, in search of treatment for Covid-19. Unexplained s understood the lady requested the antiviral remedy, favipiravir, and was informed the hospital had already given the therapy to its most of 100 patients a day. The lady was advised she may purchase the drug herself for 15,000 baht. Meanwhile, a second Covid-19 patient was turned away by a private hospital in a similar method and informed to purchase over-the-counter medication..