A Thai woman who went online to get breast augmentation surgery said it went completely wrong.

“Ann” (an assumed name) thought she was going to get a wonderful cut-price treatment after contacting an agency.

But all the surgery succeeded in doing was spoiling her looks and alienating her boyfriend.   The boyfriend left her because he didn’t want to have sex with her anymore.

Another woman called “Mild” told Sanook that she was attracted by a great deal on Facebook that led her to join a Line group with 300 members.

There were all sorts of breast promotions that an agency said they could organize through clinics.  Promotions catered to students and featured pay-as-you-go.

She was originally scheduled to go to a clinic in Rangsit but this was later changed to Bangkok.

The results were terrible – her nipples ended up pointing in unnatural directions and her chest went all rotten.

The two ladies were among a group of 20 women who have made a complaint about the agency.

Source: Sanook

IN A move to tackle the issue of overpriced medicines and treatment, the Commerce Industry has garnered cooperation from 100 private hospitals nationwide to reveal the prices they charge for 1,000 medicines and some key medical treatments.

These prices will be displayed on the hospitals’ own websites as well as a central website.

This information, which will allow consumers to compare prices, will be released on April 13 as a Songkran gift to the public, said Prayoth Benyasut, deputy chief of the Department of Internal Trade (DIT).

He said DIT had no authority to have private hospitals to lower their prices, adding that private medical facilities procured medicines and equipment at a higher cost, unlike state hospitals, which can buy supplies in bulk.

The decision to reveal prices stems from a recent meeting DIT had with the Private Hospital Association, whose members agreed in principle to help solve the problem of overpricing.

It is hoped that once this information is out in the open, private hospitals will be less likely to overcharge patients, he said.

The Public Health Ministry’s Health Service Support Department will hold further discussions with private hospitals about the prices of which items should be revealed and present this conclusion at a Commerce Ministry-hosted meeting on January 15.

However, Saree Ongsomwang, secretary-general of the Foundation for Consumers, said revealing the price of medicines online will not necessarily tackle the issue of overpricing. She also said that the department’s claim of having no power to control prices as private hospitals had higher costs was not convincing at all.

“Nowadays, many private hospitals have come together to form groups and some even have their own pharmaceutical companies, so controls can be put in place such as prohibiting private hospitals from charging more than twice as much as pharmacies for medicines.

Some private hospitals charge 60 to 400 times more for some medicines. For instance, a vitamin B-complex shot, which costs just Bt1.5 at a state hospital can cost up to Bt600 at a private hospital, or a 50mg painkiller shot which costs Bt6.5 at a state hospital becomes Bt450 at a private hospital,” she said.

Source: The Nation

A ten year old boy out admiring the New Year lights in Nakhon Phanom was lucky to live after being electrocuted on the banks of the Mekong River. 

Thai Rath reported that the youngster is recovering in Nakhon Phanom hospital.

The family called on the authorities in the city to check electrical installations such as fancy lights.

Provincial governor Siam Sirimongkhon ordered his minions to carry out inspections.

And he reminded the public not to let their children wander off into restricted areas.

Source: Thai Rath