Hi

A foreign lady friend of mine is looking for a hospital in BKK or the surrounding areas to have an Immunotherapy treatment for cancer,

as this kind of treatment is horrendously expensive, I'm trying to help and to see if any of the members here or the lady doctor who's

very helpful could land a clue as to where to look for best and fairest service and costs

Thank you all.

8 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Hi

A foreign lady friend of mine is looking for a hospital in BKK or the surrounding areas to have an Immunotherapy treatment for cancer,

as this kind of treatment is horrendously expensive, I'm trying to help and to see if any of the members here or the lady doctor who's

very helpful could land a clue as to where to look for best and fairest service and costs

Thank you all.

Bumrungrad Hospital.

Depends what kind of cancer and what stage.

Price might start from at least half a million Baht. Open end.

1 minute ago, newbee2022 said:

Bumrungrad Hospital.

Depends what kind of cancer and what stage.

Price might start from at least half a million Baht. Open end.

Thank you for that, I did ask for treatment for Immunotherapy and NOT for Immun-robbery.

2 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Thank you for that, I did ask for treatment for Immunotherapy and NOT for Immun-robbery.

As I said, it depends on some criteria.

It's never be a cheap therapy.

There are several hospitals around who offer this kind of service at much competitive fees, the question is who are they?

and since we're talking really big money here, every baht counts because it is lengthy procedure that can drian someone saving in no time. 

What type if immunothrrapy and for what disease? And do you know the name of tbe drug, so I can verify if availablr in Thailand?

 

If cancer there is a hovernment cancer hosoital in Chonburi town. May or may not have the dtug in question. 

 

If for an autoimmune or other  condition, that is another matter, hence the question. 

I was treated at a public hospital for several months with one immunotherapy drug (injection) bought at their pharmacy, and the second immunotherapy drug (tablet) bought from an outside third party at an inflated price.

The latter drug (tablet) I initially bought over the internet from India, but on relocation in Thailand the local customs office there chose to aggressively confiscate.

The drug price from the outside third party was about twice the cost from India.

 

My starting point for the all of the above was a visit to Siriraj Hospital, having picked out the most suitable speciality doctor there.

Ultimately, after blood testing and consultation at Siriraj, the speciality doctor was very helpful recommending a suitable public hospital near where I lived and giving me the telephone number of the outside third party in Bangkok who specialised in ‘importing’ drugs ‘unavailable’ in Thailand.

There are many drug outlets outside Siriraj Hospital , so it makes sense such drugs can be made available.

 

BTW, the treatment at the public hospital was good (blood test, treatment, consultation). The young doctor there was a former student of the speciality doctor at Siriraj. The treatment worked and now all bloodwork normal.

18 hours ago, Sheryl said:

What type if immunothrrapy and for what disease? And do you know the name of tbe drug, so I can verify if availablr in Thailand?

 

If cancer there is a hovernment cancer hosoital in Chonburi town. May or may not have the dtug in question. 

 

If for an autoimmune or other  condition, that is another matter, hence the question. 

Bumrungrad Hospital.

 

Depends what kind of cancer and what stage.

 

Price might start from at least half a million Baht. Open end.

I am not a medical doctor but to be specific, I think we are talking about tablets, injections or infusions, for treatment over a period of months – in the case of immunotherapy.

 

In my case, my weekly injection cost was 5,000 baht with a generic drug available in Thailand, my imported tablets were like 30,000 baht for a month supply i.e. not cheap.

Treatment cost depends on the medication involved; hopefully, generic and available locally.

 

In my case, once diagnosed the treatment regime was already well described, and I only needed access to medication (injections and tablets), with medical staff being involved in monitoring and the local public hospital was sufficient.

I should have added above that some specialist blood tests can be very expensive, like not must change out of 20,000 baht.

 

I was fortunate that the original proposal of 6 months treatment became more like 2 months treatment, as all blood test results reverted back to normal, and I opted to postpone further treatment.

To add yet again, treatment cost depends on whether you are being treated with an older medication regime, or one involving the latest drug treatment.

 

In my case, the treatment regime had been out for years and was the less expensive.

 

If this older treatment regime had not worked and I needed to move to the latest drugs, the cost would have been impossibly high and I would have needed to go back home and enter the public hospital system.