A Dutch national said today he will appeal a court ruling against his lawsuit challenging dual-pricing at Thailand’s public hospitals as unconstitutional.
Erwin Buse said the Administrative Court in Phetchaburi province relied on incorrect information provided by the health ministry in its Tuesday decision.
“I am very disappointed that the court mainly follows and repeat statements of the defendant without fact check,” Buse said Wednesday afternoon in a message. He noted that the ministry had changed how it defined labor costs, a key factor in determining hospital fees.
Erwin had asked the court to strike down the pricing structure in place since 2019 for violating the constitution’s equal protection guarantee, as by the ministry’s own regulations, the fees should be determined by actual costs.
In its judgment, the court said that it did not see that as…
