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Published on December 14, 2007

This additional coverage would be expanded to all provinces by October 1, Public Health Minister Mongkol Na Songkhla said yesterday.

The scheme's kidney patients who did not to shift from hemodialysis to peritoneal dialysis must pay about one-third of their treatment charges while new patients wanting hemodialysis must pay the full bill on their own, he said.

Mongkol told a conference  that the Cabinet on October 30 extended the scheme to kidney transplants and regular peritoneal dialysis for new and old members suffering from the last phase of chronic kidney disease.

The first 23 hospitals include Maharat Nakhon Chiang Mai Hospital, Buddhashinnarat Hospital in Phitsanulok, Ra-yong Hospital, Khon Kaen's Srinakarin Hospital and Bang-kok's Ban Phaew Phronmmit Hospital.

The Nation