Private hospitals must provide emergency care to all fund patients: PM
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Saturday insisted that private hospitals must provide emergency medical treatment to save the lives of critically ill patients.
Yingluck said some private hospitals may not know that people who are registered under the three national healthcare schemes are eligible to receive emergency medical treatment at private hospitals taking part in any of the schemes, without having to foot any medical bills.
The three national healthcare schemes are the National Health Security Fund, the Social Security Fund and the Civil Servants Medical Benefit Fund.
“Private hospitals must provide emergency medical treatment to save the patient’s life, based on humanitarian principles,” the prime minister said.
The Nation
