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Gold card health care scheme 'on the brink', experts warn
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/11/2025
» The controversy over funding the 30-baht universal healthcare scheme has exposed a stark reality: Thailand's healthcare system may be teetering on the brink of financial collapse.
Thai PM Anutin mulls urgent fix for Gold Card debt
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/10/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has acknowledged that the National Health Security Office (NHSO) is deeply in debt to hospitals across the country under the Universal Healthcare Scheme, widely known as the "Gold Card" programme.
Ex-MP Sira jailed for defaming royalist doctor
News, Published on 19/06/2025
» Sira Jenjaka, a former Palang Pracharath Party MP for Bangkok, was sent to jail on Wednesday after the Supreme Court upheld a lower court's decision to imprison him without suspension in a case brought by Mongkutwattana Hospital director Rienthong Nanna.
Hospital stops taking 30-baht patient referrals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/12/2024
» Mongkutwattana Hospital has stopped treating outpatient referrals under the universal coverage healthcare card, or gold card scheme, to help contain financial losses.
Hospital cuts services over debt
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/10/2024
» Mongkutwattana Hospital has suspended services for universal healthcare cardholders transferred to the hospital from their primary care units, over an overdue debt owed by the National Health Security Office.
Bangkok hospital director promises 'gas chambers' for defiant smokers
Online Reporters, Published on 08/09/2024
» The director of Mongkutwattana Hospital in Bangkok has vowed to lock defiant smokers on his premises in “gas chambers” until they inhale 100% of their cigarette smoke.
Employer refuses to pay migrant worker’s medical bills
Published on 06/07/2024
» The Department of Employment has filed a police complaint against a Thai employer who reportedly refused to cover medical costs for a migrant worker who had entered the country illegally.
Teen caught smoking at hospital allegedly had heroin
Online Reporters, Published on 16/05/2024
» A 14-year-old boy, who was caught smoking in a restroom of Mongkutwattana Hospital and subsequently assaulted by its director, will undergo police questioning to see if he was also in possession of a packet of heroin, as reported.
Hospital chief admits slapping and stripping smoking teen
Online Reporters, Published on 15/05/2024
» A lawyer has asked police to press charges against Maj Gen Dr Rienthong Nanna, the outspoken director of Mongkutwattana Hospital, who has admitted to slapping the face of a 14-year-old boy and ordering him to walk naked out of the hospital as punishment for smoking in a restroom.
Rianthong found guilty of defaming Sira
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/08/2023
» The Criminal Court has sentenced Mongkutwattana Hospital director, Maj Gen Dr Rianthong Nanna, to five years in prison and fined him 100,000 baht for defaming Sira Jenjaka, a former Palang Pracharath Party MP for Bangkok.