Medical services for Covid-19 patients must be paid for by their own or by pre-existing health insurance schemes after Thailand enters a post-pandemic stage on July 1, the government said.
National Health Security Office (NHSO) deputy secretary-general Attaporn Limpanyalert said on Wednesday the Public Health Ministry’s plan to declare the country in a post-pandemic stage on Friday would return medical services to normality. This meant that Covid-19 infected people would have to rely on their own health insurance coverage for medical services, or pre-existing schemes such as social security or the universal health care programme. Before transferring patients to other hospitals, patients' conditions would be assessed and the Covid-19 illness would be treated like a common cold, Dr Attaporn said.
