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I have had the privilege of living in Thailand for a period of time and needed services several times. I immediately informed them of my HIV status and it made no difference to any of the Doctors or nurses, in fact they were very attentive of my needs. I was almost always seen immediately and treated without waiting more than a few minutes. They had a lot of patients and the hospital was more updated with equipment than I have seen in USA. Why is that? We sould look at why we can handle the capsity of patients that other countries seem to handle. Each time I made a visit, I left with complete satisfaction they had addressed my problem and admistered the proper treatment, brought me to the in hospital pharmacy where my prescriptions were waiting for me and the cashier where I paid the bill. The BILL was extremely cheap and yet I received medications that were so expensive in USA. The ER was very inexpensive, usually total bill with medications was under 100 bucks, less than my insurance co-pay for the same treatment. Plus the ease of going in and coming out in a fraction of the time. I waited the longest to pay my bill since there was about 200 people waiting for prescrips and bills. Very busy hospital but totally organized, wish it would happen in USA but our medical staff are so concerned about catching HIV they don't do there jobs properly. I know I have been discriminated in USA many times because I am HIV pos, so I will not go to a hospital unless I am in capacitated. I had a kidney stone recently, which I have had before and just waited out the severe pain then to go to the hospital.
Tribhanga Sundara das
thank you for sharing your story, yes I have being treated so bad also in the A & E, Now I will only go their if I am half dead, I live in new zealand and if you have HIv/Aids you still cannot get medical insurance. tribhangha
April 25, 2013