A court will hear Tuesday the final arguments in an anti-discrimination suit brought by a Dutch national seeking to end dual-pricing at Thailand’s public hospitals.
The Administrative Court in Phetchaburi province will hold its final hearing in the two-year-old case brought by Erwin Buse, who is representing himself against health ministry lawyers to challenge the higher fees for non-Thais as unconstitutional.
In his suit, 52-year-old Buse contended that the new fare structure not only violated the constitution’s protections against discrimination, but also regulations stipulating that public hospital fees be determined by simple calculations of actual costs.
Reached for comment, Buse said Friday afternoon that he could not comment on the court proceedings until they were concluded, but noted that he hoped a positive ruling would benefit a much larger…
