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Thanks Sheryl. Someone on another forum mentioned you and said you had a encyclopedic knowledge of anything medical related in Thailand, and surely you did not dissapoint! Also, thanks for letting me know about the defamation law. Have you heard of Dr. Boonsri in Semitivej? Dr. Patama looks great and we will be sure to take a look. About the insurance, god forbid, our son does not arrive pre-term, but do you have any recommendations on Thai policies? We have a domestic US policy and overseas care needs to be reimbursed (and often gets denied) from reimbursement. I was looking into Allianz Ayudhya or AIA as we heard at least they're reasonable (or as reasonable as insurance companies can be anywhere in the world I guess).

My name is Otto, my wife is 26wks pregnant and I am looking for an OB/GYN recommendation to help manage our pregnancy in Bangkok. My wife has gestational diabetes but otherwise healthy. She is 44 years old, and we conceived our child through IVF. Our son is healthy with great movement throughout the day. We are looking into Semitivej for a couple of reasons: 1) their Google Review is 4.8 stars (and 6,300 people have raved about them) 2) one of the only Level IV NICU centers in Bangkok 3) My wife likes them b/c alot of celebrities have gotten their deliveries there In California, we had a great indian female doctor who was very thorough. We liked that she did not leave any stones unturned. She also employed a rigorous scientific approach to medicine and never relented. After coming to Bangkok, we have been going to Dr. X in Hospital X after reading some recommendations online. A mid-wife based in Bangkok recommended him, and we valued her opinion since she's an industry insider with lots of exposure. I'm sure she has been to alot of delivery rooms. So far our experience with Dr. X has been mixed: 1) He delegates often due to his executive role, but his network of Bumrungrad referrals were all excellent, top-notch people 2) He's probably seen it all and has a good sense of what's critical and what's not. Hence, he is not as detailed as we'd like As you can see, his strengths are also his weaknesses. Keep in mind, some doctors are good routine-care doctors, and some doctors are just great in the OR with split second decisions etc, so this isn't a criticsm on anyone's part. We have always assumed these would be the trade-offs for high-profile doctors such as Dr. X. But what if he was just a busy department head with mediocore skills? Also, another motivation for exploring other doctors is that we had a incident with Hosputal X dental center (pregnant women are prone to getting gum/dental issues) where the doctor there placed Amalgam filling inside my wife's mouth. Amalgam, for those who are unfamiliar, is 50-55% mercury and banned in the EU completely (US allows it for non-pregnantt people). We are just surprised that doctors in Hospital X were not aware of the latest recommendations from FDA and the EU. The way they have responded is that "Amalgam filling is allowed per Thai-FDA". I challenged this, and said your name contains the word "International" but your standards are no different than Thai public hospitals, to which they said "We are International because we receive international customers". Extremely Dissapointing.