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Can anyone give me some knowledge and tips about using Bang Lamung government hospital in Pattaya please?  First question is how early do I need to get there to check in as a new patient at the outpatient clinic?  I have been told 5 am to 5:30 am  to take a que number. Is that correct? Is the clinic open that early, or just the office section that hands out the que number? Is the que number spit out by a machine or at a desk?

Which building is the clinic in? The big blue building? I hear they have several buildings numbered 1 to 9.

Does the hospital have a specialized heart clinic of any kind?

Thanks a bunch for any info or help.

 

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OK, thank you very much for that good information! I will definitely look into the Nawk Wela clinic. Sounds like just what I need! I will go to the hospital tomorrow afternoon to inquire about that specific thing and get the lay of the buildings and get registered as a patient if I can.

I appreciate that very helpful information! Have a good night!

RON

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Please make it certain for yourself that they can "read" ECG. Often they only know how to take it, but clueless about those little "dents" and "angles" of the diagram. There is a lot of information about your heart. Just have to know how to read it. 

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20 hours ago, NativeBob said:

Please make it certain for yourself that they can "read" ECG. Often they only know how to take it, but clueless about those little "dents" and "angles" of the diagram. There is a lot of information about your heart. Just have to know how to read it. 

The technicians (sic) who do the EKG are neither trained nor expected to read it. Cardiologist and cardiology nurses can. General doctors should also have a basic understanding but in practice, this is variable. 

 

The EKG machines often generate an automatic interpretation but yhis needs verification and correllation to the clinical presentation. 

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For the first public hospital that I visited, I found out the time that the ‘clinic’ started and arrived there about that time and then waited about 2 hours (plus?) to see the doctor.

For further visits, I was given an appointment time.

On arrival, I was given a queue number and waited about 1 hour to see the doctor.

 

I have recently visited Bang Lamung Hospital . My first doctor’s appointment was easy for me as I had a doctor’s referral from another hospital. The nurse near the registration desk was very good – telephoned the doctor and gave me a form with some blood tests to do prior to appointment.

 

I believe there are 10 buildings.

I know Building 10 is the building for blood tests, and I think Building 3 is where I see my specialist.

Buildings have a building number, plus some Thai writing underneath.

There are very few sign in English.

Easy to get confused, even on further visits.

 

This same hospital had a mention recently – don’t know how to copy the post – look at my posts on page 3 on this topic:

Foreigner friend - Broken leg - No insurance - 400k+ medical bills - What next?

I mention a bit about a “gold card” as something on Google reviews of hospital (as translated from Thai) – looks like it may facilitate treatment – still don’t know what this is.

Don't need it at the moment as my appointments are being neatly arranged.

Previously, at another public hospital, I enrolled at their Special Clinic.

It worked well, much as described by Sheryl above.

 

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6 minutes ago, John49 said:

This same hospital had a mention recently – don’t know how to copy the post – look at my posts on page 3 on this topic:

Foreigner friend - Broken leg - No insurance - 400k+ medical bills - What next?

I mention a bit about a “gold card” as something on Google reviews of hospital (as translated from Thai) – looks like it may facilitate treatment – still don’t know what this is.

Don't need it at the moment as my appointments are being neatly arranged.

Previously, at another public hospital, I enrolled at their Special Clinic.

It worked well, much as described by Sheryl above.

 

You can copy your post by clicking on the 3 dots in the top-right corner and choosing share, Then click on "copy to clipboard. Then you can paste the link.

https://aseannow.com/topic/1333460-foreigner-friend-broken-leg-no-insurance-400k-medical-bills-what-next/page/3/#findComment-19448588

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"Gold card" is one term for the universal free health care system which covers Thai citizens not under Social Security.

 

Not available to non Thai citizene. 

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