Thailand's healthcare system ranked among best in the world

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Thailand's health care system has been ranked among the best in the world, according to CEO WORLD magazine's Health Care Index.

They rank as high as any!

[ikwiljou]

Being married with a retired nurse I get perfect healthcare here in a public university hospital. Superb! And alll free of charge. Better and faster than 20 years ago in my home country.

[bbko]

4 minutes ago, meechai said:

I flew back to the USA & they laughed at me when I explained. To this day 5 years later I still have not had that operation or any ill effects from not having it.

 

So beware...I was really sorry that happened because I always thought after years of living in Thailand, speaking, writing & reading Thai that there were certain things I could count on....meaning medical examinations/ doctors but I was wrong, & it really was a kick in the teeth...broke my heart

I had the same situation but reversed, my dentist in the USA said I needed 4 crowns which I thought was odd because I had a check up 6 months earlier.  I knew I was returning to Thailand in a few months so I told the dentist I'll wait.  I returned to Thailand, saw my regular dentist here and asked if I needed 4 crowns, he asked why do I think I need so many crowns, I told him that's what the dentist in the USA said and he just smiled and a light laugh and reassured me I don't need crowns, and he was right.

[BritManToo]

6 minutes ago, Mickmouse1 said:

Very good news for those thinking to migrste and settle in Siam 55.

How about the cost for majority of thai people? Does the ordinary thai enjoy these facilities for free?

All my extended Thai family have certainly had very good free health care at government hospitals.

Easily as good (if not better) than the NHS ....... and without the excessive parking fees.

[SuwadeeS]

They must gave been drunk, when rhey praise the Thai system.

Never ever!!!!

Did they put the dual pricing in the consideration???? No.

The over pricing??? No!

 

If it would be so good as good free treatment, all refugees would go not to Germany, rhey would all come here.

 

[Swampy999]

59 minutes ago, sandyf said:

A lot more than you or others would like to think. I use the government hospital at Bang Saen and other than the queuing it cannot be faulted. Better treatment than I ever received in the UK. 

I have just returned from the UK and you cannot see a doctor unless it is an emergency. The NHS is in crisis and the government are having to intervene. It is delusional for anyone to think that healthcare system in the UK is free, those that pay tax are paying for it, myself being one of them.

I have a routine blood test at the hospital every 6 months and I can assure you there is no lack of locals queuing up.

The Cancer Hospital at Chonburi does a low cost healthcare package, it is by appointment with about a 6 week waiting list.

 

As for the covid vaccine, a problem created by selfish western governments.

I was going to comment on the original article but after reading your post I can now comment on both of them.

"Bol##cks" 

First class hospital care for the 1% of the population that own 68% of the counties wealth but you get out of the 'Disney Land' cities and come to Issan and your rose tinted glasses will be shattered.

[berrec]

Try this WHO Healthcare Ranking 2020 paper with all the measurement formulas.

 

https://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf

 

 

A little bit more realistic where Thailand sits, number 47 

[Chris.B]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

Yeah right among the best in the world.. good one to start the day a joke...

and the UK, there at 10th place, when you can't even book a face to face appointment with a GP. ☹️

 

[Almer]

46 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

I would like to see how the rankings were carried out, who the assessors were, what was the expertise, how long was the assessment carried out over, and did it include government and private facilities.

Did they do depersonalised client audits for medical mishaps, hospital acquired infections, misdiagnosis. if so how many files were audited and were they randomised?

Was infection control audited? Training and registrations ,and professional development assessed?

Without knowing the parameters and disciplines covered, it is a questionable ranking. 

 

Questionable indeed.

[Jerno]

Oh puh...lee...z !  Anybody who believes that hasn't been to local village hospital.  

[JimboB4]

This platform is so full of it LMAO 

[JimboB4]

Oh come on even the American health care system has many many things it does better. Seriously lol. 

[Ebumbu]

No link to source article? 

[Zack61]

My experiences have been relatively expensive ones within the private hospital system. Although they were a bit pricey the service was pretty good. The main downside was their reluctance to be up front with bad news. One can be dying but they wouldn't tell you that. An issue of "face" I think and you would have to work out the prognosis by yourself.

There is however, in this country, the opportunity to see a doctor or have treatment without having to go into life long debt. Especially if you are married to a public servant who gets it all for free. If you are going to marry a Thai I suggest marrying a public servant and in particular some-one from within the health department.

[wensiensheng]

Yup, compared to Norwegians and Germans the ordinary thai people have a much better standard of health care.

 

in other words, the survey is ridiculous in its content.

[micmichd]

17 minutes ago, SuwadeeS said:

They must gave been drunk, when rhey praise the Thai system.

Never ever!!!!

Did they put the dual pricing in the consideration???? No.

The over pricing??? No!

 

If it would be so good as good free treatment, all refugees would go not to Germany, rhey would all come here.

 

Refugees go to Germany for reasons other than the medical system. 

[Almer]

4 minutes ago, Swampy999 said:

I was going to comment on the original article but after reading your post I can now comment on both of them.

"Bol##cks" 

First class hospital care for the 1% of the population that own 68% of the counties wealth but you get out of the 'Disney Land' cities and come to Issan and your rose tinted glasses will be shattered.

Speak as you find, I have been receiving treatment for a stage 2 cancer in Khon Kaen Uni (self paid) and can only praise the whole thing, yes you turn up at 10.00 and find a hospital swamped with people, but a lot are relatives and it is nowhere as bad as it seems.

I found a reason to get an opinion on a lump, no appointment just turned up, waited about 1 hour to see the consultant, at 12.00 had a biopsy, returned 5 days later to be told I needed surgery at 2 pm I was in a bed and at 20.00 I was in theatre, this was 2 years ago, much has gone on since then all efficient and not expensive, for KK University i and many have commented on there positive experiences, thankyou you do a wonderful job possibly without some resources that you would like, in the Uk after 2 years i would still be waiting to see a consultant that is if I had lasted this long.

[ThomasThBKK]

1 hour ago, Misterwhisper said:

I think the magazine title in which this article appeared, CEO World, should give a hint. There is no denying that patients with the financial means and first-class health insurance can receive excellent medical treatment here and are courted like kings. But.... what about the vast majority of citizens, the so-called unwashed masses? I very much doubt they'd blow into the same horn as CEO World.

 

Receiving a few paracetamols or dispensed-like-candies antibiotics in a village medical center, or cueing up for countless hours in overcrowded public hospitals just to get a simple x-ray or change of wound dressing is perhaps not exactly what these people would laud as "among the best in the world." Not that CEO World editors bothered to do any research into that, did they?

 

Not even that, cmon, you think if u are rich u can magically find better doctors here than let's say in GERMANY or USA??? 

Heck no. Most leading specialists are in the west, some in Japan, some in China and co - but no one here. 

 

All those sheikhs coming to Germany for treatment or the USA... 

 

I have no idea where they messed up this ranking but it's utter <deleted>. 

 

according to this ranking Germany is the second best public healthcare system in the world: https://www.yahoo.com/now/countries-best-public-health-care-040100876.html

 

Quote

Countries With the Most Well-Developed Public Health Care Systems

1. Sweden

2. Germany

3. Denmark

4. Canada

5. Switzerland

6. Netherlands

7. Norway

8. United Kingdom

9. Finland

10. Japan

 

This looks more realistic than the rubbish they post here, if you have unlimited money than the USA is best tho I suppose, you just can't beat the amount of expensive specialists they have there. 

[Almer]

12 minutes ago, Jerno said:

Oh puh...lee...z !  Anybody who believes that hasn't been to local village hospital.  

But in your country do you have a local village hospital to compare?

[John Drake]

Thailand has quite an effective medical system, I think. It absolutely does deserve to rank above the US, as the OP indicates. Have a sudden illness in the US? Try calling your physician, if you're lucky enough to get one that will see you, and they will tell you to make an appointment (in two or three weeks at the earliest) or go to the emergency room at the nearest hospital and expect to pay $$$$$. In Thailand, when I need to see my inner ear specialist, for example, I just go over to the hospital twenty minutes away, wait in line for about five to 20 minutes, and then I'm in. Have a sudden eye problem? Same as the inner ear specialist. Same hospital. Go and be waited on within minutes and pay 750 baht for two retina scans. Try that in the US and see how many weeks and how much money you pay. I've had things like kidney stones treated here within 16 hours--different hospital. Medically, my care in Thailand is much superior to the US.

[Almer]

21 minutes ago, Chris.B said:

and the UK, there at 10th place, when you can't even book a face to face appointment with a GP. ☹️

 

And if you can get to see the doc what is the first thing he ask’s “what’s wrong with you” when he is the doctor ????????????

[Jiggo]

Who makes this nonsense up, ( CEO WORLD magazine's Health Care) Oh OK....

[WhiteBuffaloATM]

quite impossible. better than Norway or New Zealand. ludicrous public relations stunt, grouping private & public hospitals here. private hospitals with top service maybe but doubt it re. skills. Plus Western healthcare is basically free ( USA aside) as well as world class. 

[John Drake]

25 minutes ago, Swampy999 said:

I was going to comment on the original article but after reading your post I can now comment on both of them.

"Bol##cks" 

First class hospital care for the 1% of the population that own 68% of the counties wealth but you get out of the 'Disney Land' cities and come to Issan and your rose tinted glasses will be shattered.

Same doctors you see in the private hospitals you also see in the public ones. 

[Gottfrid]

I can read that brown envelopes are working fine with the US magazine too.

[ThaiFelix]

Makes me think about the female doctor who shrieked, looked down at my crotch, and sent me next door to a male doctor when I said I was pissing blood (bladder stone) and the dentist who gave me two antibiotic caps, just in case?, before extracting a tooth and the next dentist who told me to eat more mangoes to create more saliva when I mentioned the new dentures he fitted me for were loose??  I could go on but we've all often heard similar before.  Never mind, we are off to the moon soon lol.

[Harveyboy]

yes if you are rich ..private heath care beyond most people  as for government run hospital ive spent time in them after a serious accident   close to medival is all i can say om still suffering now over a year on because of their cock ups ..the local farangs call it the abattoir  

[Jimbo2014]

Good thing health care doesn't extend to a healthy environment.  Record pesticides in the crops, massive road toll, massive deaths from pollution and the burn season each year.

[Enzian]

I always thought that at a certain age I would have to move back to the US for good in order to be able to access my Medicare, but I've decided it is not that simple. If one knows one's way around and does the legwork and a lot of trial and error and checking places out, Thailand can be workable. And if worse comes to worse, hope you are good enough to get on a plane and return for treatment.

[Toscano]

I'm British and lived in Italy before moving to Thailand . In Britain or Italy , having a good doctor is very helpful to getting the best medical services , I have been fortunate in both countries .  In Thailand I'm fortunate to have health insurance that covers everything . I have had a heart attack 6 years ago and three keyhole operations at a government hospital , I had the good fortune to spend a week in intensive care , where the nursing is second to none . Prior to discharge I spent a night in a passage outside an intensely overcrowded regular ward , where desperate family members were doing the basic nursing . My regular doctor at the hospital is the same one who does the rounds in the intensive care unit , I am prescribe the very best medicines . With the danger of COVID-19 I am advised to stay away from the hospital , where outpatients is very crowded . I haven't seen my doctor since January 2021 , the hospital mails me my medicines COD at next appointment time . For minor ailments I can walk into our village hospital any time , the doctors and nurses are excellent , it has a laboratory , XRay , Pharmacy and emergency room . I hear from friends in Britain having to wait 5 days for a local doctor appointment , patients unable to have operations until months ahead .

When I first came to Thailand I didn't have insurance and paid for my medicines that were not too expensive and to last three months . My recollection of Britain is that doctors can be very casual and under prescribe .