5 stitches, 18000 Baht

[Sheryl]

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

Private hospital in BKK, doctor visit, 2 x-rays, 5 different meds for a week 3451 thb

Which hospital? One of the non-profits?

[scubascuba3]

3 hours ago, Celsius said:

My wife slammed the finger with a car door. It started to look bad after a few days. The whole nail turned purple. She went to the hospital and insisted not to have the nail removed. Instead they took an x-ray and poked some holes in the nail to clear the puss. Price 4,300 baht. The hospital was nothing fancy private hospital a bit run down. I checked the bill afterwards.

 

1100 for thumb x-ray. I remember paying a 500b for x-ray a few years back at some fancy marble lobby hospital. Shocked. 

 

2000 specialist fee. I think medpark is cheaper, but whatever.

 

1200 for a painkiller haha

 

 

She told me she has accident insurance and will get refunded. I wait in anticipation to see that as this was a telesales insurance that costs her 189 baht a month. She said they paid before, so lets see.

Maybe it was a quiet month and needed to fleece a farang

[FritsSikkink]

2 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Which hospital? One of the non-profits?

Paulo in Lad Prao

[Celsius]

42 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Maybe it was a quiet month and needed to fleece a farang

 

I never pay her bills.

[lopburi3]

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

Paulo in Lad Prao

The one rated 2.1 from over 500 reviews on Google Maps?

[Lorry]

1 hour ago, lopburi3 said:

The one rated 2.1 from over 500 reviews on Google Maps?

I guess so.

Paolo Hospital Chokchai 4, near Ladprao, formerly Siam General Hospital. Belongs to the BDMS-Group (=  Bangkok Hospital group).

Not non-profit.

[liddelljohn]

Should have gone to government Hospital you would have had change from 1500 Baht

[Lorry]

3 minutes ago, liddelljohn said:

Should have gone to government Hospital you would have had change from 1500 Baht

Government hospital was 1 hour away, private hospital around the corner. 

[lopburi3]

12 hours ago, Lorry said:

I guess so.

Paolo Hospital Chokchai 4, near Ladprao, formerly Siam General Hospital. Belongs to the BDMS-Group (=  Bangkok Hospital group).

Not non-profit.

Note there does seem to be current construction (mostly hidden from road view) that seems to indicate money is being spent on facilities.  Website remains just about useless for any information on doctors (or much of anything) however. 

[Neeranam]

On 1/18/2023 at 1:15 PM, Celsius said:

A few years 

 

I dunno. A few years back I fell on my head at  night. Was out of it. Had CT scan, maybe 10-12 stitches. Antibiotics. Total cost 15k. Ramkhamheang private hospital 

A couple of hospitals tried to rip me off when I was drunk.

[FritsSikkink]

On 2/3/2023 at 6:16 PM, lopburi3 said:

The one rated 2.1 from over 500 reviews on Google Maps?

Been there several times and have had good experiences all the time. When you don't speak Thai it can be more difficult session but reviews from people who live in a country and refuse to learn the language because everybody needs to speak theirs don't count for much to me.

[Bangkok Barry]

44 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

reviews from people who live in a country and refuse to learn the language because everybody needs to speak theirs don't count for much to me

It has nothing to do with 'refuse'. It might be because those people don't have language skills. Some find it easy to learn a language, many don't. Are you good at everything? Hmm?

[lopburi3]

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

Been there several times and have had good experiences all the time. When you don't speak Thai it can be more difficult session but reviews from people who live in a country and refuse to learn the language because everybody needs to speak theirs don't count for much to me.

Glad to hear that and perhaps there has been improvement; as I mentioned.  But not able to find any real information on web site.   Suspect more than 90% of reviews were from Thai (likely almost all) - this is not in a location with many foreigners.  As for language - English is the medical language so would expect most doctors to be more fluent in English that most visitors are in Thai.  Your judgement that everybody refuses to learn Thai because all must speak our language I find highly offensive and totally off topic.