You can take my comment or leave it. Your sight is the most important thing for me, & I can tell you for sure there are good doctors and not so good doctors for sure. I had both cataracts removed at the same time and replaced with the best lens 2 days ago. I also chose to have it with General Anesthetic. If you move your eye around while they are doing it they will inject under your eye towards the back with anesthetic to stop this. With general anesthetic this will not happen. The anesthetist spoke to me first & I was able to tell him somthing that happened in the past so we both ended up confindent. I was told 90 mins to 2 hours. Before the operation my Head of the eye section for 16y would be my Doctor for the operation she said after she has done the first eye she will walk out, change her clothes & scrub up again & all fresh sterilized instruments will be used for the other eye. After waking up my eye felt prickly but within 30 mins it had gone, I stayed in ICU for just over an hour. Yes I was told cos of being put to sleep I need to stay in over night. My food for dinner salmon, breakfast I chose without doubt the best ommlet of my life, Ramsay could have cooked it & early lunch a chicken burger with fries. Everybody spoke english even the nurses & all was always explained. I have to wear glasses for a week to protect from dust, polution, water & I have to have between 8am & 10Pm sometimes 2 sometime 4 drops every 2 hours, I wife takes care of me good. I can now read number plates good, my tv is brighter, the colour pops & I can read small subtitles. It was at Phuket Bangkok Hospital Phuket Town. My Head of Dept Sergeon says my sight will improve more each day, its already WOW to what is was like. This was my 5th operation under general anesthetic at this hospital. I am not a rich person & I chose not to have insurance, I will be 71 in May. This is the bit you want to know.....TOTAL COST for everything, including 8 bottles of drops for my eyes (you do not use your right eye drops in your left eye) the hospital is very very careful about cross contamination for the first week,
260,000 baht. for good vision, peace of mind, service, hopefully a one time thing. I have done the right thing for me. The sergeon is a lovely feamale Doctor with perfect english skills & the best bed side manner as they sah, she does tell you everything. I can't thank all who were infolved enough. It will be chocolates all around in a few days time.