News Forum - Cabinet approves budget to make Phuket a “world class health destination”

[Thaiger]

Thai officials plan to make Phuket a “world class health destination.” The Cabinet just approved a 1.411 billion baht budget to develop health and wellness centres on the island and improve medical services. Over 45 acres of state-owned land in Phuket will be used to develop health centres and facilities. The project was expected to take four years to complete and construction will start next year. The health facilities will be developed in line with world standards to place Phuket as a top destination for medical tourism, according to the prime minister’s spokesperson, Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana. The budget would be used […]

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[palooka]

1.411 Billion Baht.  The scammers are drooling already.

They want world standards and probably will try to build to world standards but will end up with Chinese copies, a few in jail and the top 10 in Thailand richer.

[Haole.TH]

55555   The money will go to the Phuket mafia.

Why not clean up the corruption first, then make the island into something people like and want to come to.

[JamesR]

15 hours ago, Haole.TH said:

55555   The money will go to the Phuket mafia.

Why not clean up the corruption first, then make the island into something people like and want to come to.

Millions of people already want to go to Phuket, look at the figures, the people are mostly families , couples or groups, the dregs go to Pattaya etc thank god. 

[JamesR]

Good news for Phuket.

It has been vastly improved over the last twenty years with new shopping centres, hotels etc which have gradually replaced the seedier side of the island, most of the girly bars have been replaced, it gets better every year. 

[Cabra]

Could spend the entire budget on sanitation (cleaning up the streets and beaches) and drug/crime interdiction, and it still wouldn't be world class

[HolyCowCm]

So about 114 Rai on a whim to make somehting World Class. Their definiton of world class better not mean following it with (world class) "my a-rse". Seems like a lot more public money being tossed away for something that is not needed and more than likely will be built and then degrade to be abandoned. They may be better off buying one more inferior CCP submarine without a motor.

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

On 3/1/2022 at 5:42 PM, Thaiger said:

The health facilities will be developed in line with world standards to place Phuket as a top destination for medical tourism,

What is "world standards"?

[Haole.TH]

9 hours ago, JamesR said:

Millions of people already want to go to Phuket, look at the figures, the people are mostly families , couples or groups, the dregs go to Pattaya etc thank god. 

These people that you mention probably don't realize the corruption / mafia at work in Phuket.  I hate going to Phuket just because of the mafia there.  If they would clean this up (as Pinocchio stated he would) then it would be a better place to vacation in and might become "world class" tourist location.

The corruption and belligerence in Phuket makes it so many people that go never come back.