Doctors fear foreign buy-up

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Published: 18 Mar 2013 at 00.00
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Rural doctors and civil society groups are warning that plans to allow increased foreign ownership of private health services will lead to a shortage of doctors in public hospitals.

Foreign investors will be able to own up to 70% of private hospitals when the Asean Economic Community (AEC) is introduced in 2015. Foreign investment is currently capped at 49%.

Kriangsak Watcharanukulkiat, the Rural Doctors Society's president, said the foreign share increase in private hospitals would encourage a "brain drain" of doctors from state hospitals.

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jacksprat
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Discussion 3 : 18 Mar 2013 at 10.253
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@discussion 1 - It means that citizens of ASEAN countries may own up to 70%. Only Farangs who happened to be citizens of those countries are included.
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Discussion 2 : 18 Mar 2013 at 09.182
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Many of Thailand's problems would become solved if foreigners had the same basic rights as Thais.
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Discussion 1 : 18 Mar 2013 at 06.281
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Oh! Does this now mean, along the same line of thinking, the Farang can own up to 70% of businesses and homes, property? Healthcare provision and the land and buildings used to provide it are exempt? It would not surprise me.
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