PRIVATE CARE

My hospital stay this week has at least given me something new to blog about.
I don't have any specific expat medical insurance, but I do pay the Thai equivalent of National Insurance which entitles me to basic treatment and care at one of the Thai hospitals. The reason I don't have insurance is purely cost. All of the schemes I looked at are aimed at expats on expat wages, and whilst my wages are not bad there's no way I can justify what would amount to about one third of my monthly salary for something I may never use. The reason it's so expensive is that it provides cover of expats that may need evacuating back to their home country. (I wonder how teachers and those on much lower wages than me would cope?)
My local 'international' hospital is about six miles away. It's certainly not one of the better known or centrally located hospitals but the standard of service is excellent.
Being a private hospital you pay for everything. My one day and one night stay came to around 200 quid, but that included a range of scans, tests and tablets. My room was really nice; a two-bed ward but with no one occupying the other bed. There was also satellite television which was just actually better than what I get at home!
Sadly I'm still feeling dizzy this morning (Friday) and need to hold onto something when making the dangerous journey from my bed to either the fridge or toilet. I can feel myself getting very slightly better every day but at this rate it will be Christmas before I am fully recovered. I hope whatever it is disappears as quickly as it arrived.