The authorities has warned non-public hospitals to not reject Covid-19 sufferers before planned adjustments to the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients scheme come into impact. Under the UCEP scheme, sufferers may be treated at any hospital for the first three days, after which they are transferred to the hospital the place their state welfare or insurance coverage scheme is registered.
However, from March 1, Covid-19 treatment for patients who are not seriously ill won’t be lined. If they want to be treated at personal hospitals, these patients will be required to pay for it. Until the policy takes effect on March 1 nonetheless, authorities spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana says non-public hospitals that refuse to treat Covid sufferers shall be penalised beneath the Medical Facilities Act.
“Until the coverage change takes effect (on March 1), Covid-19 patients can search medical therapy at non-public hospitals without being charged.”
บริษัทติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์ชั้นนำ says Covid patients with solely delicate symptoms shall be asked to self-isolate at home or at community isolation facilities. According to a Bangkok Post report, the price of the isolation facility might be paid by state welfare schemes, corresponding to common well being protection, social security, or the Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme.
According to Thanakorn, the government plans to introduce a new scheme called Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients Plus. The new scheme will cover Covid patients with reasonable to severe signs..