Govt urged to revoke Traffic Victims Act

Health advocates yesterday called for the government to revoke the Traffic Victims Protection Act, saying it fails to cover all the hospital bills of patients and most of them end up going broke.

"Most traffic victims did not receive as much compensation as they need to pay for medical treatment while staying in the hospital and finally they become bankrupt because they don't have enough money to pay the hospital. The blame is on the ineffectiveness of this act," said Dr Paiboon Suriyawongepaisal of Ramathibodi Hospital.

Paiboon, who conducted an evaluation of the....