Staff members handle documents of Covid-19 patients at Nopparatrajathanee Hospital in Bangkok on Tuesday. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)
More than 101 billion baht of the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (Ucep) scheme has been spent treating Covid-19 sufferers, mostly with mild symptoms, over the past two years, says the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin said Ucep will carry on being used for Covid-19 treatments, adding that any changes to the scheme must not hinder people’s access to treatment.
Dr Taweesilp’s remarks follow the Public Health Ministry’s request that the cabinet defer indefinitely the plan to remove Covid-19 treatment for sufferers with no or mild symptoms from the list of conditions covered by the Ucep scheme.
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