Tom Vanderlay

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Hello, Just wondering if anyone knows where to get a cheap(er) PCR test in Bangkok? There seems to be a wide range of prices. Thank you.

Hi, I'm having some difficulty getting a TEE (Transesophageal Echocardiography) test for a normal price. I just got quoted 100,000 bht from Thonburi hospital lol. Evidently they were talking about having to get a room? And being in the CCU?If anyone has done this test and you were pleased with the hospital, doctor, and treatment - could you please let me know where you had this done and what the price was (estimate)? Many thanks.

Hi, I'm having some difficulty getting a TEE (Transesophageal Echocardiography) test for a normal price. I just got quoted 100,000 bht from Thonburi hospital lol. Evidently they were talking a bout having to get a room? And being in the CCU? If anyone has done this test and you were pleased with the hospital, doctor, and treatment - could you please let me know where you had this done and what the price was (estimate)? Many thanks.

Thanks again for your help Sheryl. If anyone else has experience or recommendations on Cardiologists (surgeons or interventionalists (especially those who are experts in SAVR or TAVI)) please feel free to chime in. Also, expert echocardiologists and best hospitals to to a TEE test. Many thanks.

Understood

Yes it is, have had a problem for a while but nosedived right after I took the second vaccine (Pfizer). No one can tell me if its connected. Thank you for the info. and the recommendation. I will be going to Bumrungrad for a consultation. As for treatment there- I might need to crowdfund to pay their prices. I have a consultation appointment with Dr. Pattanasak Lertpradit at Bumrungrad next week (if I can get a TEE test before then). He is a surgeon, but I believe he has TAVI experience as well. I'm trying to get a TEE test scheduled before I consult with any more doctors (been to about 6 so far). I was recommended for the TEE to an echocardiologist - Dr. Decho Chakrapanichkul, by Dr Taweesak Chotivatanapong at Vejthani (whom I really like). I can't seem to track him down however as he has moved from Siriraj private hospital to the government part of Siriraj. Do you have any recommendations for a doctor or place to get a TEE test? In case I can't get an appointment with Dr. Decho. I want to assess the degree of calcification, if it is bicuspid, and the exact anatomy of the size , shape depth of the aorta and aortic root to help me make decisions going ahead. I will note your recommendation also and possibly see him. I haven't had much luck with interventionalists thus far. One was fairly open-minded and knowledgable at Bangkok Hospital (dr. rapin kukreja). Have you received treatment or know someone who has from the Dr. Wattanaphol Phipathananunth? Did they have a TAVI procedure? Thanks

Hi, I'm in BKK. ejection fraction is 28.

Many thanks for spending the time to write. Just looked at my current contract and it mentions "Any other statutory leave which you are eligible for will be given as per the local law." So then I guess they are following the 30 day policy as per Thailand? Will have to make sure of this. Yes, I'm looking into TAVI/TAVR. I've only found 1 doctor so far who is not emphatically insisting "you're too young" (mid 50's), before I even finish saying it. Age is only 1 factor, everything has to be taken into account.

Thank you for your reply. I would be too ill to travel as I will have to have major surgery. I would contemplate a retirement visa (i am over 50), but I am not sure I will have 800,000 left after paying for the surgery. I believe I need to have this in a Thai bank when applying . It is a foreign owned language school, and I'm not sure about their medical leave policy, I havent conferred with them yet. But that is interesting about: "their contracts are supposed to provide benefits not less than those for teachers in government schools which would suggest that sick benefit should be the same" I wish I had a confidant to find out this information. 30 days might be enough for me to recover, though even at that I will probably need more time. Sternum is probably getting cracked open.

Thanks Joe. Just to clarify, I need to wait until the day it is cancelled, then go to immigration and submit the paperwork? Can I have an agent do it? Thanks.

Hello I am currently working and am on a B extension, have been for a while. I have recently gotten diagnosed with a serious medical condition and will require surgery. I will have to resign (or accept a severance package currently being offered) from my job due to this surgery and recovery time. Can I get (or convert to) a medical visa if I am having this surgery in Thailand? Thank you.