Minister to speak on liquidity crunch at 18 public hospitals

The federation of regional and general hospitals posted on its Facebook page that 18 out of 1,000 public hospitals were in the red in the last quarter of 2016 and the first quarter of 2017 and they lacked liquidity because of inadequate financial support from the government.
The 18 hospitals have not received enough budget for patients under the universal healthcare programme and some hospitals were seen as having poor budget management, the federation explained.
The hospitals with liquidity crunch and running deficits in the first quarter this year included Phra Nangklao Hospital – Bt354 million deficit, Saraburi Hospital – Bt321 million, Uttaradit Hospital – Bt277 million, Sakon Nakhon Hospital – Bt255 million and Surat Thani Hospital – Bt219 million.