Medical tourism center to be proposed for Phuket

[rooster59]

Medical tourism center to be proposed for Phuket

Benjamin Rujopakarn

 

 

PHUKET (NNT) - Vachira Phuket Hospital, under the Ministry of Public Health, is to propose an International Medical and Public Health Service Center in Phuket’s Talang district to upgrade medical tourism to the province. The proposal will be put to the Prime Minister during a mobile Cabinet meeting set to take place on November 2-3.

 

Vachira Phuket Hospital Director Dr. Chalermpong Sukhontaphol, has explained that the proposed center would be located on state land in Ban Ta Chat on a 141 Rai plot. It would upgrade Phuket as a hub for medical services ranging from instruction and research to treatment. The center would specialiaze in handling emerging diseases and tropical illnesses, and include a quarantine facility conforming to international standards.

 

Global standard medical services will be offered in the center, including geriatric services, radiation therapy, tropical pharmaceuticals, a terminal illness ward and rehabilitation of cancer patients. It is projected to cost over three billion baht to construct.

 

The director noted that if supported by the government, the center would serve as a health tourism beacon drawing medical tourists from across the world, creating job opportunities and propping up Phuket’s economy. He said bridging tourism and other sectors could add tens of billions of baht to the economy each year.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2020-11-01

 

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[Bob12345]

7 hours ago, rooster59 said:

drawing medical tourists from across the world

We are talking about a government hospital here, right? Shouldn't that be serving the population of Phuket/Thailand, as they are the ones paying for this (through tax money)?

 

Or is this supposed to be a profit center, competing with the private hospitals in Thailand? Something similar to the Vachira Mahogany center right next to their hospital? Should the government be competing with private businesses? There are almost no countries in the world where the government is able to succesfully compete with the private sector, let alone that the corrupted Thai government are going to do well here. 

[madmitch]

They can't even get Chalong Hospital finished. The building has been empty since the structural work was completed well over a year ago.

Edited November 1, 2020 by madmitch

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Medical tourism center to be proposed for Phuket

Grabbing at anything and everything to get a few baht.

[Burma Bill]

9 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Medical tourism center to be proposed for Phuket