Hospitals In Thailand

[mart29]

Ive just come out of hospital after 2 nights after having a viral infection.

IM getting better and have some medication to take after being fairly ill.

My experience was absolutly fantastic, the hospital was beautiful and clean and the nurses and doctors were just amazing, all could speak english, they couldnt have given more care and even hung around to chat with me and my gf, so cheerful and happy yet very professional Im not going to tons of detail as ive only just got back and im feeling weak still but just wanted to post up what a fantastic level of service i had.

[Mobi]

Glad to read you were treated so well and that you're well on the road to recovery.

Now.. come on.. don't be coy...

Tell us the name of the hospital

[JonnieB]

as long as you can afford to pay, healthcare is of high quality (and still affordable by most standards) is available at many of the private hospitals around the Kingdom. don't expect any such treatment if you mai mee satang or mee nit noy

[toptuan]

My guess: a little hospital in a Moo Ban in Central Isaan! Right?

[Neeranam]

as long as you can afford to pay, healthcare is of high quality (and still affordable by most standards) is available at many of the private hospitals around the Kingdom. don't expect any such treatment if you mai mee satang or mee nit noy

My wife had a baby 7 months go in a govt. hospital and didn't spend any money. The treatment was excellent!

My elder daughter was born in Bamrungrad(expensive) and the service wasn't good.

[mart29]

as long as you can afford to pay, healthcare is of high quality (and still affordable by most standards) is available at many of the private hospitals around the Kingdom. don't expect any such treatment if you mai mee satang or mee nit noy

My wife had a baby 7 months go in a govt. hospital and didn't spend any money. The treatment was excellent!

My elder daughter was born in Bamrungrad(expensive) and the service wasn't good.

Do you know the new rules? Can't write any Thai in the forum unless the Thai section. Also no Thai writing in your signature or avatar.

It was a Samitivej hospital, i dont know where lol. cost about 400 quid, was fair price for the level of treatment i got i feel.

[Neeranam]

Sukh Soi 49?

[mart29]

Sukh Soi 49?

dont know mate sorry, i was in an ambulance going there and looking at the garden/water area after, it has a childrens hospital there and giant teddy bears on the long drive way up to it.

[lazeeboy]

Sukh Soi 49?

dont know mate sorry, i was in an ambulance going there and looking at the garden/water area after, it has a childrens hospital there and giant teddy bears on the long drive way up to it.

ive been to 3/4 hospitals over the years in thailand for ulcer problems ,all have been clean and helpfull ,never tried a government hospital though.

[taxexile]

my mother in law is undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer , she has treatment every three weeks , she will need 8 treatments.

she is being treated at the cancer centre in chulalongkorn hospital on rama 4 in bangkok.

each session normally lasts 3 hours , and involves 3 separate drips.

last week she went for her 3rd session , it only took 90 minutes.

she asked the nurse why it was so quick.

she was told that it was a quicker treatment and not to worry.

my wife , who was with her , asked again , and was told the same thing by the same nurse who also was answering the phone and doing paperwork whilst talking to my wife.

they left the hospital to go home.

an hour later , just as they were getting out of the taxi , they received a call from the hospital asking them to come back immediately for more treatment.

when they arrived back my mother in law was re attached to the drips and received the rest of her chemotherapy.

the head nurse in that department was extremely apologetic , saying that they are so overworked there and have so many patients to treat each day that sometimes they have to bring in nurses from other departments to help out , and some of these nurses have not had the relevant training enabling them to correctly administer chemotherapy drugs.

chulalongkorn hospital is a government hospital.

to all those being treated in (government) hospitals , question your treatment at all stages and check and re check that procedures are being carried out correctly.

overworked staff will as sure as night follows day , be prone to making errors.

[onethailand]

Sukh Soi 49?

dont know mate sorry, i was in an ambulance going there and looking at the garden/water area after, it has a childrens hospital there and giant teddy bears on the long drive way up to it.

Must be Samitvej Srinakarin - I can't remember any teddy bears or garden/water area, or even a long driveway in Soi 49 (Samitivej Sukhumvit). I've used the Soi 49 location since moving here 15 years ago and they've been good - expensive is relative, they may be one of the most expensive in Thailand but the service is fast and good.

Glad to hear that you're ok

Edited October 14, 2007 by onethailand

[mart29]

my mother in law is undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer , she has treatment every three weeks , she will need 8 treatments.

she is being treated at the cancer centre in chulalongkorn hospital on rama 4 in bangkok.

each session normally lasts 3 hours , and involves 3 separate drips.

last week she went for her 3rd session , it only took 90 minutes.

she asked the nurse why it was so quick.

she was told that it was a quicker treatment and not to worry.

my wife , who was with her , asked again , and was told the same thing by the same nurse who also was answering the phone and doing paperwork whilst talking to my wife.

they left the hospital to go home.

an hour later , just as they were getting out of the taxi , they received a call from the hospital asking them to come back immediately for more treatment.

when they arrived back my mother in law was re attached to the drips and received the rest of her chemotherapy.

the head nurse in that department was extremely apologetic , saying that they are so overworked there and have so many patients to treat each day that sometimes they have to bring in nurses from other departments to help out , and some of these nurses have not had the relevant training enabling them to correctly administer chemotherapy drugs.

chulalongkorn hospital is a government hospital.

to all those being treated in (government) hospitals , question your treatment at all stages and check and re check that procedures are being carried out correctly.

overworked staff will as sure as night follows day , be prone to making errors.

sorry to hear that, that would piss me off no end. i guess that explains the state of the hospitals in the uk as well though, massively over worked and massively understaffed.

hope your motherinlaw gets better soon

[t.s]

to all those being treated in (government) hospitals , question your treatment at all stages and check and re check that procedures are being carried out correctly.

overworked staff will as sure as night follows day , be prone to making errors.

this is true of all hospitals in all countries. It is in your best interest to take an active and critical role in your own care if you are able (concious).

that said, it is often out of your hands. The largest killer of patients in the US, Canada and the UK is medication errors. the rate is not that much higher here. People make mistakes and Drs have egos the world over.

http://www.fda.gov/FDAC/features/2003/303_meds.html

[t.s]

as long as you can afford to pay, healthcare is of high quality (and still affordable by most standards) is available at many of the private hospitals around the Kingdom. don't expect any such treatment if you mai mee satang or mee nit noy

My wife had a baby 7 months go in a govt. hospital and didn't spend any money. The treatment was excellent!

My elder daughter was born in Bamrungrad(expensive) and the service wasn't good.

i would thank my lucky stars nothing went wrong. if it had i know where i would rather be.

my other question would be if she had a c section and how how big is the scar?

i have seen the fine work govt hospitals can be capable of, conversely i have also seen the work of the bumrungrad surgeon that took care of my partner. her scar was less than 10 cm in length. her friend, who delivered in a govt hospital a week early was essentially bisected. Guess which one can wear a bikini now? Guess which one thanks me for insisting on BH?

Edited October 16, 2007 by t.s

[Payboy]

giant teddy bears on the long drive way up to it.

are you sure they gave you the right drugs....?

[think_too_mut]

Sukh Soi 49?

dont know mate sorry, i was in an ambulance going there and looking at the garden/water area after, it has a childrens hospital there and giant teddy bears on the long drive way up to it.

Must be Samitvej Srinakarin - I can't remember any teddy bears or garden/water area, or even a long driveway in Soi 49 (Samitivej Sukhumvit). I've used the Soi 49 location since moving here 15 years ago and they've been good - expensive is relative, they may be one of the most expensive in Thailand but the service is fast and good.

Glad to hear that you're ok

May daughter was born in Samitivej Soi 49 and goes there for vaccines and anything. There is kid's floor in the building to the right as you arrive but I don't remember children hospital, gardens and teddy bears.

There is one next to Floraville towers, drove past it, there is children hospital in it.

I thought it was already Bang Na.

[madjbs]

If government hospitals are good enough for the king, they are good enough for me.

(although I'm sure he has his own doctors, and I would just use my health insurance and go to Samitivej for free anyway)

[Neeranam]

If government hospitals are good enough for the king, they are good enough for me.

(although I'm sure he has his own doctors, and I would just use my health insurance and go to Samitivej for free anyway)

Exactly - why don't the royqal family use the 'best' hospitals like Bamrungrad and Samitivej?

[mart29]

giant teddy bears on the long drive way up to it.

are you sure they gave you the right drugs....?

HAHAHAHAH! excellent

[t.s]

If government hospitals are good enough for the king, they are good enough for me.

(although I'm sure he has his own doctors, and I would just use my health insurance and go to Samitivej for free anyway)

Exactly - why don't the royqal family use the 'best' hospitals like Bamrungrad and Samitivej?

there are most certainly members of the royal family who use bumrungrad.

As for the king, as with all all of his public actions, he is sending a message. he is actively endorsing the thai medical system or thai medicine in general

[t.s]

double post deleted

Edited October 16, 2007 by t.s

[Mobi]

In any event, I am sure that people of a certain strata would enjoy special, private facilities, and have the very best of medical teams on hand to treat them. The doctors do not even have to be attached to that hospital, so it really wouldn't matter where they were.

Not quite the same for the rest of us.

[Payboy]

If government hospitals are good enough for the king, they are good enough for me.

(although I'm sure he has his own doctors, and I would just use my health insurance and go to Samitivej for free anyway)

Exactly - why don't the royqal family use the 'best' hospitals like Bamrungrad and Samitivej?

there are most certainly members of the royal family who use bumrungrad.

As for the king, as with all all of his public actions, he is sending a message. he is actively endorsing the thai medical system or thai medicine in general

sriraj hosp has a separate wing for h.m. which is used only when he is in residence. that wing has state-of-the art equipment. almost all the doctors attending to h.m. there also practice at the other leading private hosp's and put-in just a couple of hours a week at sriraj when h.m. isn't in residence.

[johna]

Sukh Soi 49?

dont know mate sorry, i was in an ambulance going there and looking at the garden/water area after, it has a children's hospital there and giant teddy bears on the long drive way up to it.

I think you mean Samitivej Srinakarin on Sirinakorn road.

It fits your description description, specializing in pediatrics and has a long driveway.

I do not remember any teddy bears but its several years since I was there.

Sirinakorn Road runs from Bang Na Trat to Bang Kapi

[Neeranam]

as long as you can afford to pay, healthcare is of high quality (and still affordable by most standards) is available at many of the private hospitals around the Kingdom. don't expect any such treatment if you mai mee satang or mee nit noy

My wife had a baby 7 months go in a govt. hospital and didn't spend any money. The treatment was excellent!

My elder daughter was born in Bamrungrad(expensive) and the service wasn't good.

i would thank my lucky stars nothing went wrong. if it had i know where i would rather be.

my other question would be if she had a c section and how how big is the scar?

i have seen the fine work govt hospitals can be capable of, conversely i have also seen the work of the bumrungrad surgeon that took care of my partner. her scar was less than 10 cm in length. her friend, who delivered in a govt hospital a week early was essentially bisected. Guess which one can wear a bikini now? Guess which one thanks me for insisting on BH?

Do you think that I let my child be born there without taking advice from professionals? My friend's girfirend is a surgeon at the govt. hospital so I suppose we got better than average service. I have few doctor friends and all of them advised to go to the govt. one rather than the private. If something does go wrong, the govt. hospitals have better equipment

In Bangkok all the best doctors work in govt. hospitals as well as private. The trick is to get the good doctor without having to pay.

I could tell you a few horror stories about Bamrungrad.

The scar is small and she can wear bikinis, well actually she can't as she's overweight.