Bangkok: More than half of the 912 patients who sought the government’s much-advertised free emergency medical help between April 1 and 9 found themselves labelled “unqualified” at hospitals. \r\nEarlier this year, the Public Health Ministry vowed to ensure that all emergency patients would receive free medical services within 72 hours of developing life-threatening symptoms, from April 1 onwards. But 527 of 912 people whose families believed they were in life-or-death situations were declared ineligible for free medical treatment. |
