Doctors expensive

[Photoguy21]

On 10/25/2024 at 11:58 AM, georgegeorgia said:

I can't believe the cost of seeing a Doctor here in Pattaya 

One (farang) doctor I saw here ,I was in his room 3 minutes before he said have a blood test

Total cost 2400 baht ($110 Australian dollars)

I could of seen a (paid) $40  doctor in Australia 3 times for that price or a free Medicare doctor.

 

He said come back tommrrw for your results 

I went back ,nothing wrong, he said but  then  checked my blood pressure 

Your blood pressure is high but don't worry I can sell you Amlodipone at 800 baht for 30 caps 

 

700 baht fee today they said on walking out to reception ,I was there 5 minutes plus your medication 

I said forget the medication!!

 

I said I only came for the results you could of emailed me !

300 baht to email results they said

 

These doctors are charging Western rates 

Not even a doctor in Australia charges $110 for 5 minutes (2400b)

 

I will stick with the free blood tests in Australia!! 

You wouldn't want to be sick here 

I'm going !!!

You have to realise that hospitals, private ones that is, operate as a company and are aimed at making money. They are businesses.

[NoshowJones]

5 hours ago, terryofcrete said:

I have attended the emergency department at Pattaya city hospital on soi Bukahao several times and was seen promptly and treated very professionally and amazed at the low cost.

I met a guy outside this hospital who said was asked to pay 500Bt just for a consultment then the charge for treatment.

[Ralf001]

19 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

 

I doubt that.

to be fair Bob Smith did.... well the username did anyways !

[PETERTHEEATER]

On 10/25/2024 at 6:03 AM, jvs said:

I have heard many reasons why people go to Pattaya,going there to get your blood checked is a new one!

I just wonder what you will come up with next.

Maybe try a brain scan?

Brain scan result negative. Nothing found.😀

[Captain Flack]

An off topic troll post and reply have been removed.

[scubascuba3]

4 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

 

A foreign doctor can practice in Thailand but they must have their medical qualifications recognized by the Thai Medical Council, pass the Thai Medical Licensing Examination, and get a work permit.

 

Cant really see a GP jumping through all those hoops to get a job paying feck all.

There's a well known foreign doctor in Jomtien, Dr Olivier 

[Ralf001]

7 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

There's a well known foreign doctor in Jomtien, Dr Olivier 

Welcome to earlier today.

[sandyf]

5 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

and Dr's can only practice medicine in Thailand if they studied Medicine in Thailand. 

That is not true, my niece did her BA in clinical medicine at university in China.

What they do have to do is part of the final year as an intern at a hospital in Thailand before they can apply for a licence to practice in Thailand.

Covid started during her internship and as she could speak Chinese was seconded to do assessments on the Chinese tourists at the time.

[bradiston]

4 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

You are obviously not a Pattaya person,just a once a year 2 week tourist right ?

Never stayed in Pattaya long ?

No idea ? Don't know where you are ,your certainly not in Pattaya it you have no idea 

You claim your in Pattaya ,you claim your the "Professor of Pattaya " yet have no idea 

Lived there 4 years, that's all. Own a condo there. And before that, 5 years elsewhere in Thailand. You seem to come and go on a regular basis.

 

Your bizarre reply is just deflection. Was he or wasn't he a "farang" doctor?

[georgegeorgia]

29 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Lived there 4 years, that's all. Own a condo there. And before that, 5 years elsewhere in Thailand. You seem to come and go on a regular basis.

 

Your bizarre reply is just deflection. Was he or wasn't he a "farang" doctor?

And yet I know more than you !

 

 

[bradiston]

17 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

And yet I know more than you !

 

 

Yet you can't answer the question.

[Olmate]

24 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Yet you can't answer the question.

Dr is whatever you fancy, itsall in the  bedpan addled 'boygeorge' brain implosion! lol

[barmatt]

For that price a short time voucher should have been included.

[jacko45k]

19 hours ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

I am willing to be proved wrong, but I call total BS on this as foreign doctors are not permitted to service the public in Thailand.

There was the late Dr Iain Corness  at BHP,  and there is Dr Olivier  still practicing.    

[Olmate]

22 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

There was the late Dr Iain Corness  at BHP,  and there is Dr Olivier  still practicing.    

Service the public, whats that even mean? At Chantaburri I know of two who treated  expat friends and one at Sattahip Queen Sirikit, several American Doctors in Chiang Mai.

[Pumpuynarak]

SUT Government Hospital in Korat used to have an American doctor Dr Ryan Lloyd, i saw him along with a load of other farangs for a couple of years, it was like visiting your GP in your home country, he was brill.

 

I'm sad to say he's moved on and is living elsewhere in Thailand with his Thai wife and children, he obviously was fluent in Thai, he is sorely missed.

 

[jaywalker2]

On 10/25/2024 at 3:13 PM, KhunLA said:

... "Amlodipone at 800 baht for 30 caps "  

 

Are people that stupid   

 

165 for 30 at siam pharmacy

[Celsius]

20 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Conversely, in the UK (NHS), I know two people who waited months and months. 

- One who waited 8 months - in constant pain

- Another who waited 2 years - in terrible pain and struggled to walk

 

 

You can get a quick private medical care in Europe for a lot less money than in Thailand. If UK does not have this option, they could have travelled to countries in Europe that do.

[bradiston]

https://visalibrary.com/jobs/immigrate-to-thailand-as-a-doctor/#:~:text=to the country.-,Can Foreigners Work as a Doctor in Thailand%3F,and get a work permit.

[EVENKEEL]

20 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

I met a guy outside this hospital who said was asked to pay 500Bt just for a consultment then the charge for treatment.

I was paying 1900 baht for Dr follow up visit after surgery. Just a look see and prescribe more oxy. My US insurance covered most all of surgery and follow up care.

[Gottfrid]

On 10/25/2024 at 11:58 AM, georgegeorgia said:

I can't believe the cost of seeing a Doctor here in Pattaya 

One (farang) doctor I saw here ,I was in his room 3 minutes before he said have a blood test

Total cost 2400 baht ($110 Australian dollars)

I could of seen a (paid) $40  doctor in Australia 3 times for that price or a free Medicare doctor.

 

He said come back tommrrw for your results 

I went back ,nothing wrong, he said but  then  checked my blood pressure 

Your blood pressure is high but don't worry I can sell you Amlodipone at 800 baht for 30 caps 

 

700 baht fee today they said on walking out to reception ,I was there 5 minutes plus your medication 

I said forget the medication!!

 

I said I only came for the results you could of emailed me !

300 baht to email results they said

 

These doctors are charging Western rates 

Not even a doctor in Australia charges $110 for 5 minutes (2400b)

 

I will stick with the free blood tests in Australia!! 

You wouldn't want to be sick here 

I'm going !!!

You´re going again? Yeah, maybe it´s best, as you seem to have serious problems with all from airfare and gyms as well as doctors and other terrible prices. 🤣

[DrPhibes]

On 10/25/2024 at 3:13 PM, KhunLA said:

... "Amlodipone at 800 baht for 30 caps "  

 

Are people that stupid   

 

While we are on the subject of Amlodipine.  I have marginal high blood pressure.  Read an article in a medical journal about 5 yrs ago about a large study of giving people like me small doses of 3 different common BP drugs.  Basically 1/2 the amount of the minimum dose I can find here in Thailand (have to cut the pills).  Completely keeps me dialed in for the last 5 yrs for BP.  All 3 drugs from the pharmacy, no need to see the Dr.  Here are the drugs and doses:

 

telmisartan (20 mg),

 

amlodipine (2.5 mg)

 

chlorthalidone (12.5 mg)

 

Costs me about $0.45 per day.  Funny note: The US now has a triple pill that is 2 out of 3 of the exact same drugs with the 3rd being an analog (functions the same) of the one I'm using.  Discounted online pharmacy... $13.00 per daily pill.  BTW, I also suffer a bit from BPH (have a naturally large prostate and beer seems to enlarge it), handle that with 5mg of Tadalafil (Apcalis in Thailand) daily and that works great.  Had a tiff with a Dr at BKK Hospital who said it's only for ED (that would be 10mg minimum) until I pointed out it was originally developed for heart circulation with ED being a side effect and that, at 5mg, is commonly prescribed in Europe for BPH. 

 

Hope all well with everyone!

[owl sees all]

Better to change yer lifestyle and diet.

[Kwaibill]

I use a provincial hospital primarily. My wife has also maintained an accident policy which was a godsend when I fractured my pelvis and later the proximal humerus in my shoulder. The local non-government hospital handled the billing for us.

The provincial hospital involves long queues, but the cost savings is considerable. They also have a number of teaching physicians on staff. I had a good experience with my gall bladder removal surgery there. First  provincial hospital referred me to another that was better equipped for the job.👍

[richard_smith237]

3 hours ago, Celsius said:

On 10/26/2024 at 10:21 AM, richard_smith237 said:

Conversely, in the UK (NHS), I know two people who waited months and months. 

- One who waited 8 months - in constant pain

- Another who waited 2 years - in terrible pain and struggled to walk

 

 

You can get a quick private medical care in Europe for a lot less money than in Thailand. If UK does not have this option, they could have travelled to countries in Europe that do.

 

Well - thats that then...  issues with the NHS resolved, just travel to a different country !!! 

[PeterCouling]

Much depends on where you go. A check-up following Cataract surgery for both eyes in Bangkok included a full battery of eye tests, consultation and eye drops cost 740 baht total. Removal of stitches after some dental work was 50 baht at one dentist in Pattaya. Hospital prices can vary by as much as 300% for the same procedure so shopping around is indicated.

[georgegeorgia]

30 minutes ago, owl sees all said:

Better to change yer lifestyle and diet.

The testereone injections cause my high blood pressure...but I need them 

[barryw52]

On 10/25/2024 at 11:58 AM, georgegeorgia said:

I can't believe the cost of seeing a Doctor here in Pattaya 

One (farang) doctor I saw here ,I was in his room 3 minutes before he said have a blood test

Total cost 2400 baht ($110 Australian dollars)

I could of seen a (paid) $40  doctor in Australia 3 times for that price or a free Medicare doctor.

 

He said come back tommrrw for your results 

I went back ,nothing wrong, he said but  then  checked my blood pressure 

Your blood pressure is high but don't worry I can sell you Amlodipone at 800 baht for 30 caps 

 

700 baht fee today they said on walking out to reception ,I was there 5 minutes plus your medication 

I said forget the medication!!

 

I said I only came for the results you could of emailed me !

300 baht to email results they said

 

These doctors are charging Western rates 

Not even a doctor in Australia charges $110 for 5 minutes (2400b)

 

I will stick with the free blood tests in Australia!! 

You wouldn't want to be sick here 

I'm going !!!

BNH in Bangkok 1200-1500 Baht with a specialist  Doctor not a GP.  Always go to a Pharmacy to get the Medication often half the price of the hospital.  

[marin]

21 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

..but I need them 

No you dont... As with all of your physical problems, they are in your head. 

[Celsius]

41 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Well - thats that then...  issues with the NHS resolved, just travel to a different country !!! 

 

Shouldn't Europe be this super duper well connected by train continent where you don't need Visas? I am sure it's simpler than to travel from Isaan to Bangkok for a procedure.