Public hospitals to take private hospital emergency cases
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The Emergency Medical Committee has designated 25 public hospitals in Bangkok and surrounding provinces to admit referral patients from Bangkok private hospitals following the first 72 hours of emergency treatment.
Upcountry patients will be referred to respective provincial hospitals.
The resolution was made at a meeting on Thursday to discuss the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients [UCEP] policy at the Public Health Ministry in Nonthaburi.
The 25 hospitals include Lerdsin Hospital, Rajavithi Hospital, Chulalongkorn Hospital, Siriraj Hospital, Pathum Thani Hospital and Nakhon Pathom Hospital.
The National Institute for Emergency Medicine said it would soon send a letter asking for the hospitals to co-operate and would arrange the signing of a memorandum of understanding with thee hospitals to the promote the UCEP policy.
