Bangkok: The Thai Medical Error Network made another call, on May 17, on the prime minister to ban private hospitals from collecting advance deposit or from mandating relatives of patients to sign medical bills acceptance from within the first 72 hours after their emergency admissions.
The network, led by Mrs Preeyanan Lorsermvattana, thanked Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha after its first call was quickly responded. The network on May 19 filed a petition, signed by 33,000 people, calling on Gen Prayut to impose controls on private hospital’s charging of medical service fees which they said are unreasonably high. |
