Hospitals Thailand can compete with top hotels
Well-trained doctors
Dat Thailand has an abundance of luxury hotels and resorts is well known. But fewer visitors know that the country has a network of excellent hospitals and dental clinics. This almost exclusively concerns private hospitals, particularly in the major cities and tourist attractions.
Bangkok acts as a focal point in this, with the Bumrungrad International Hospital in the heart of the city center as a major pioneer. Every year, the hospital provides top-quality care to more than 400.000 foreign patients from 190 countries and approximately 700.000 from the Netherlands. The hospital has 554 beds and approximately 1800 employees, excluding doctors. These are usually Thai doctors, with training abroad. English is an important language of instruction.
Bumrungrad in Bangkok
The Bumrungrad is a 'one stop' hospital, from check-ups to open heart surgery. Quality is of paramount importance here. Recently, the hospital also provides residence permits for patients who need to stay longer. Interest from the Arab countries is growing strongly, now that these generally wealthy customers are less welcome in the US. But more and more people are also coming from that corner who can be helped in Thailand for a third to a quarter of the price they have to pay in their own country. Thai health care is not only cheaper, but usually also better and with a service that is hardly unparalleled. The reputation of the Bumrungrad (with Bangkok Bank as the largest shareholder) is so great that the hospital is looking for international expansion.
Luxury rooms
In addition to the Bumrungrad, the Bangkok Hospital is also making progress. The Bangkok Heart Hospital is the first specialized heart hospital in Thailand. It complies with all international regulations and is equipped with the latest technologies. The doctors and surgeons are internationally recognized.
Specialized hospitals
In January 2005, all heart treatments were housed in a brand new building with the latest facilities in this area. According to the American College of Surgeons, a hospital is qualified when it has performed at least 200 heart surgeries and 100-125 open heart surgeries. Bangkok Heart Hospital is the only hospital in Thailand that claims to meet this requirement. Currently, more than 500 heart patients are operated on per year and bypass operations are a daily occurrence.
Specialized hospitals and clinics in the capital also have particularly attractive offers in the field of plastic surgery, from breast augmentation or reduction via liposuction to gender reassignment. An advantage of this private set-up is that prices remain competitive and there are hardly any waiting lists.
Hospitals outside Bangkok also provide first-class care. An example is the Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital in the seaside resort, where many foreigners traditionally stay. Big cities like Chiang Mai and a holidayislands like Phuket also boast top class hospitals.
Modern and quality
High level dentistry
Dental problems in Thailand are solved in an instant. Crowns are set within a day, bridges take a little longer. There are even dentists who work with foot or head massage during treatment to relax the patient. The prices of dental procedures in Thailand are about 1/3 of those in the Netherlands.
Massage school Wat Pho in Bangkok
The range of medical activities is not yet exhausted, because many institutes, clinics and even hospitals advertise medical spas, where the customer is not only relieved of his complaints, but at the same time relaxes in a great way. Thailand is also dotted with 'ordinary' massage parlors and spas. Many men and women who work here have been trained at Wat Pho in Bangkok, the national center for natural healing. Therefore, pay attention, because there is also a lot of chaff under the wheat under the salons. Ask tour operator, incoming agent or hotel for reliable addresses.
Broadly speaking, the possibilities? With traditional Thai massage, all the muscles in your body are thoroughly kneaded. Opt for a two-hour treatment. That provides more peace. During the foot massage, usually no longer than an hour, all muscles and bones below the knee are taken care of. A relief after a long day of shopping! During the oil massage, the masseur or masseuse rubs fragrant oil into your skin. Which then shines youthfully again.
Increasingly, foreign guests use their holidays to undergo a medical examination or to have them repaired or facelifted. They come back reborn.
Just like Bert, I also went to the Samitivej Hospital to visit an English friend who was lying there. Everything is arranged down to the last detail. You can stay overnight as a guest, order good food and drinks and in no time an army of nurses will be at your bedside if you ask for it.
No, let them here in the Netherlands continue to think that care has not yet been developed there. I do know that I would rather be in a hospital there than here in a random hospital.
I get the feeling that there is also a very large (too large ??) commercial factor involved.
Often they will try to accommodate you in a more expensive (the most expensive) room/suite under the guise that everything else is full!
The medicines and Thai doctors love medicines, believe me, they are often very expensive compared to the same medicines from a local pharmacist.
(a Dutch acquaintance of mine uses a spray for possible shortness of breath due to a heart condition. At Bangkok hospital he was asked for 800 baht while he buys it at the local pharmacy for 360 baht. "Well, just give 460", was the answer from the hospital pharmacy.)
You should also not expect a firm, independent action from the nurses. They wait for orders in everything, sometimes to the point of ridiculous.
General knowledge of the English language is also grossly exaggerated.
By the way, prices are also going up here.
2 years ago a room in the Bangkok hospital (Nakhorn Ratchasima) cost ranging from 1600 baht to 7500 baht per day.Currently from 4000 to 14000 baht per day.
A real relief is waiting time.
Try the Sukhumvit Hospital diagonally opposite Ekamai bus terminal next to a temple. The skytrain stops there.
It is 3 times cheaper and still has that old-fashioned cozy, Thai-happy / friendly atmosphere. I do not venture to compare medical-technical qualities.
Even in the Bumrungrad hospital big mistakes can be made.
I once went to the Samitivej hospital to have a friend help with something small. Ridiculously expensive, especially since my insurance does not cover such a thing of course.
In another hospital, whose name I forgot, I had surgery for a triple wrist fracture and perfect. With all those 'motosy' accidents, they have gained enormous experience in repairing bone fractures in Thailand.
If only it were all that easy. However, a five-star hospital is not necessarily the best choice. Some facts:
-It is not the environment but the doctor/specialist who is ultimately decisive. After all, the most important thing remains the correct diagnosis and the right treatment plan.
-A director of a large insurance company once told me that they have a blacklist that includes doctors from the top hospitals. This is not because of results achieved, but because of ridiculous declarations. But somehow it makes you think. There is a very thin line here between commerce and health care, a system in which doctors often work on a commission basis.
-Example: There is a private hospital in Bangkok where they have 100 doctors on 400 beds. So you would say that it almost has to provide good care. Or is it perhaps not so favorable at all if you are admitted and your specialist is only present on, for example, Friday morning between 9 and 11 and the rest of the time crosts up and down to other hospitals?
If I ever have something seriously wrong, I will still go to 1 of these toppers despite these comments. The chance of success is probably greater and the entourage is also very pleasant.
Matthieu, what I still wonder is why the Dutch health insurance company does not treat people here in certain cases who have to go on a long waiting list in NL, while the treatment here is fast and much cheaper.
In addition, there is also the extra cost of 1 longer stay under the Sickness Benefits Act.
My thoughts are that this can reduce the costs in NL quite a bit.
Or am I just that stupid?
No Pim, you are not stupid, but the Dutch insurers who do not look beyond their noses. I have said and written that before, but insurers cling to their own country like a drowning man in the North Sea. They still assume that Thailand is a 'monkey country'. The French government is much smarter in that regard. A Frenchman does not receive a bill at the Bangkok Hospital. It goes straight to France. Incidentally, the Sickness Benefits Act does not interest the insurers, because employers bear the greatest burden.
Then it is high time that The Hague intervenes Hans.
Or is the clearing of the people from the baby boom who have helped NL on top?
With their state pension they can live here with their rheumatism, too bad that this is not enough according to Thai law.
It would help many Thai girls find work as carers .
Need a crown costs me a maximum of 200 euros in Thailand, here in the Netherlands 1.200 euros
insurer other care does not agree. make you simple. Due to a follow-up of a rather complicated operation, I had to go to the Erasmus hospital, yes, academically, large hospitals in the Achterhoek cannot do that research.
However, had already booked a ticket to Thailand in advance.
In udon thani with an examination, an hour and a half later outside with the results and photos neatly converted into a folder costs 75,00 euros with the driving times and petrol prices I had lost all day and that money also think of the petrol.
Rather go to the Thai private hospitals than in the Netherlands to the normal hospitals, unfortunately I have experienced too much in the Netherlands that I dare to say frankly.
In my humble opinion, those good private hospitals are at least equal to or better than the hospitals in the Netherlands
Hans Bos,
Maybe you know about vaccinations, have heard different advice from different scientists, last time just let me vaccinate for everything, and you also hear different sounds and types of the malaria mosquitoes with different disease symptoms.
For example, there are areas where there would be no malaria mosquitoes, but where my girlfriend said that this truck blows shit into the sewers to kill the mosquitoes.
For advice on vaccinations, it is best to contact the GGD in the Netherlands. Vaccinating against everything never hurts. That is not yet possible against dengue (dengue fever) and chikunkunya (also transmitted by mosquitoes). Occurs throughout Thailand, but there is little you can do about it, except rub it in or spray it well. Malaria is still widespread in Thailand in the wooded border areas with Cambodia and Burma.
I now also know that it is best to go there, but doctors in the Netherlands are quite light-hearted about it, I have also heard from the GGD that vaccinations for hepatitis A and TB are also wise. Never heard from GP and health care. They also said that I could get the pills in Thailand in case of malaria, while a German strongly advised me against buying them in Thailand. Perhaps there is a doctor among us who knows how to explain this in great detail.
And those scary diseases you mention also occur in prachuap khiri khan 90 km south of hua hin
I spent 5 days in intensive care. In Thailand praise and praise again. It is better than in the Netherlands. Here you still have to make an effort to speak to a doctor.. and then just say that it is so good in the Netherlands. for me thailand is better
Bumrungrad International Hospital 400.000 from abroad and 700.000 from Thailand.
So that's 1.100.000 million, and dividing by 365 is more than 3000/day, perhaps a little bit of an exaggeration?
And first class too?
Hmmm makes you think, in short I think it's a lot
Dear Jack: This not only concerns in-patients, but also outpatient treatments in all departments. Just go and see how well they have organized things there.
hi i was in the chiang mai ram hospital from nov 26 to dec 1. she wanted to keep me much longer, but i insisted on taking antibiotic pills, the doctor finally gave in!
VIP room 1500 baht per day, with 3 and 2 seater sofa, microwave, refrigerator with contents (for a fee), dining table, crockery and cutlery, TV with 95 channels, large balcony, with a view of the 10th floor! Very nice staff, the doctor comes by twice a day, measuring temp and blood pressure 2 times a day
but this and the food all pay separately
I was on the IV, changing it, paying every time!! but after 4 days the stretch was gone. about 1750 euros for their standards, unaffordable for a Thai, for us that is not too bad because the unigarant (who contacted me 7 times also has the health insurance VGZ class!!) thought the bill looked reasonable. Also a diploma ceremony from Experienced 2 nurses, after 3 years of study and 1 year of practice!
beautiful alla america in black gown with headpiece with tassel
the condition was not nice but an unforgettable EXCURSION gr elly
.1500 tb for a vip room is dirt cheap, so next time go stay in the hospital instead of a hotel and you will also experience something.
That's all right, there's a problem.
I had surgery here in Bangkok Pattaya last year, I deliberately chose it because of all the benefits. (4-way bypass)
But…..my insurance Unive did not want to pay all the costs because they were 4000,- Euro higher than in the Netherlands.
I did it anyway..but be warned.
By the way, I am no longer at Unive because of the declaration system. I have to send every invoice, and when the settlement arrives after about 4-5 weeks, you don't know what it means. A great misery.
I ended up at FBTO by chance. No problem, scan and email the bill and 1 week later the money is in my account. Cheers!!
So: All the benefits here (your partner just sleeps in your room, etc.). AT SOMETIME
But: Be careful that ALL costs are covered.
By the way, I hope you all health and as little stay as possible in one of the
***** hospital here 🙂
Frank
unigarant and vgz paid for everything, including the telephone costs that I had no bill for!! gr ellie
Maybe there is someone here who has plastic surgery experience in Bumrungrad Hospital, I am thinking of having cosmetic treatment there and taking vacation at the same time. Now my question is what has your experience been and which doctor do you recommend or not for a mini lift with eyelid correction? Tips from another clinic are of course also welcome.