Chula Hospital

[junkofdavid2]

How much are rooms in Chula hospital compared to others? Expensive or cheap?

How much does a single private room with toilet cost per day?

How much is ICU per day?

[lopburi3]

Room price depends on your ability to pay. But for top level it will be about the same as a fair hotel as I recall. Sorry can't provide figures; and they would be out of date in any case. It will not be as high as top private hospitals but closer to the range of Saint Louis. Also there are several buildings and expect the price varies between them.

[lopburi3]

Last inpatient at Chula was March 2002 and price was 1,300 baht per night plus 200 baht Thai food and 200 baht nursing service. This was in high rise main building at the Rama IV corner.

[junkofdavid2]

Last inpatient at Chula was March 2002 and price was 1,300 baht per night plus 200 baht Thai food and 200 baht nursing service. This was in high rise main building at the Rama IV corner.

Egad... that's extremely cheap. Did patient have own toilet in private room?

[lopburi3]

Yes large private room with western toilet/shower/hot water. And overnight couch for family member.

[frenchFARANGbkk]

Hi,

When you pay more in public hospitals do you just get better room or also better service ? I mean, why is everybody going to private hospitals, just a trend or they believe that doctors are better there ?

Thanks.

[lopburi3]

Above thread is several years old and price was old then so expect it is more now. With private hospital you obtain room of your choosing and often available. In public hospital it will be availability (often full). Nursing care should be better in private hospital but I have some doubts on that. Paperwork, or anything out of the ordinary, is normally easier at a private hospital. But for most people private hospital is there choice as they can attend anytime and be treated in short order - a public hospital OPD visit requires early arrival to complete paperwork and then long waits for doctors that may never arrive (they are extremely overworked).

As to why private expect the reasons are varied. Some for status. Some for respect; that is often lacking in public facilities. Some for conveyance. Some for having a personal doctor. Some for better facilities; cleaner, brighter, newer. Some to keep up with the 'Joneses'. As good as doctors are at public facilities they all face restraints - time is the obvious one but this includes medical tests and drugs. This can lead to the often used shotgun approach of providing a fist full of cheap medications in hope that they will take care of the untested problem. Although private does not eliminate that risk completely.

Private hospitals act like a soi clinic with long hours for routine visits and much better testing facilities. This acts to bring people back to the same doctor in the facilities and for people to use them for in-patient treatment when required.

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Above thread is several years old and price was old then so expect it is more now. With private hospital you obtain room of your choosing and often available. In public hospital it will be availability (often full). Nursing care should be better in private hospital but I have some doubts on that. Paperwork, or anything out of the ordinary, is normally easier at a private hospital. But for most people private hospital is there choice as they can attend anytime and be treated in short order - a public hospital OPD visit requires early arrival to complete paperwork and then long waits for doctors that may never arrive (they are extremely overworked).

As to why private expect the reasons are varied. Some for status. Some for respect; that is often lacking in public facilities. Some for conveyance. Some for having a personal doctor. Some for better facilities; cleaner, brighter, newer. Some to keep up with the 'Joneses'. As good as doctors are at public facilities they all face restraints - time is the obvious one but this includes medical tests and drugs. This can lead to the often used shotgun approach of providing a fist full of cheap medications in hope that they will take care of the untested problem. Although private does not eliminate that risk completely.

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But I found the most important thing is you can pick a hospital that speaks your language it makes thing much safer