The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has recruited more hospitals to its gold card universal health scheme after it scrapped contracts with nine private hospitals in Bangkok.
The hospitals were found to have wrongly collected fees, which provided the ground for scrapping the contracts, which ended officially on Oct 1. The move affects about 700,000 patients who had registered for service with the hospitals.
Dr Lalitaya Kongkam, deputy secretary-general of NHSO, yesterday said the NHSO is looking for at least 3-4 hospitals to take part in the scheme in the capital's eastern zone, and also alleviate the workload of Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital in Bangkok's Kan Na Yao district.