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Duly noted. Thanks.

And with regards to his age, would it maybe be better to wait a few years? The hernia only 'descends' some days and the operation seems to be elective.

Also forgot to mention, the operation will be sewing only, no net, which I thought were common now. Again, not something you get to choose.

Thanks for your advice. Very valuable. I'll definitely keep it all in mind next time we speak with them. Umphang was enticing because of the proximity for all the follow up meetings etc... (once you choose a hospital for a particular problem, all the meetings take place there)

I'm not sure that they would allow us to go to Nakhon Sawang, the choice given to us was either Umphang or maesot, and in my understanding, in the public system you don't get to choose so much... I will try nonetheless. In any case, do you think this is an important thing to push for, or is the risk so negligible we can pass over it? And assuming Maesot doesn't have a PICU, is there any reason to go there rather than Umphang?

Thank you for your input. As we are doing this through the public system, we have no say on who would perform the operation, but I'll keep this in mind. My main concern however would have to do with any complications resulting from the anesthesia, as the doctor told us it's more delicate at this young age. Is there any equipment (resuscitation?) might be missing in a local hospital vs a province capital one?

Hello, My 4 years old son (turning five in a month) son has a inguinal hernia. We've already been at the Umphang public hospital, met a very nice young doctor who told us that though these operations were previously done at maesot (bigger) hospital they have recently started doing them in Umphang as well ( a team of doctors and anesthetist traveling from maesot a few days a months to cary them out). She also gave us the option to go all the way to maesot to do it but assured us there's no difference from a safety point of view, she made a good impression on me. I just want to ask if someone knowledgeable knows if that is correct? Or is there some equipment (which one) in the bigger hospitals that makes these kinds of operations safer there?