A friend of mine will be visiting Bangkok to treat his back problem and his children's problem (Muscular Distrophy, i think?). He is 33 and just interested to know which hospital he should contact to.

A friend of mine will be visiting Bangkok to treat his back problem and his children's problem (Muscular Distrophy, i think?). He is 33 and just interested to know which hospital he should contact to.

Despite the general overall competance etc of any particulr hospital in BKK , I truly believe that one should investigate the actual competance in a given field or area of expertise . In the field of spinal problems for example , a miniscule diagnostic error with the accompanying treatment , could result in catroscopic results , for the patient of course , not the doctor .

Why would i pass such a comment you ask , a very dear friend of my eldest daughters had suffered considerable trauma with back pain for quite a lenghty period of time , when she was finaly diagnosed by a specialist of renowned competance , she had cancer . Despite treament (too late) of the requisite requirements , she succumbed in a short space of time , being renowned in a field of competance is much more requisit than merely being reliant on the status quo of a medical facility , that includes a history of results that you can feel confidant with .I am highly competant and renowned in my own field of of high performance engines and feel i deserve this in the field of others .

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hospitals usually have different areas of expertise, for his back? I would think BNH but for MD? I have no clue.

I use Bumrungrad, amused to see the MacDonalds there, and when the receptionist calls "Mr Mohammed" nearly everyone stands up.

Always check my symptons on the 'net first, refused an MRI scan for a few varicose veins. Tell the Doc, my sister is FRCS and I tell him what procedure I want.

I use Bumrungrad, amused to see the MacDonalds there, and when the receptionist calls "Mr Mohammed" nearly everyone stands up.

Always check my symptons on the 'net first, refused an MRI scan for a few varicose veins. Tell the Doc, my sister is FRCS and I tell him what procedure I want.

Have to inform the doc of the procedure required and you still go there ?

Why pay some-one(any one) for their incompetance ?

Did you mean this one?

Yeah I like it a lot.

I go there when Thai Nakarin can't help me.

Samitived is top notch & top notch prices.

http://www.bangkokhospital.com/

doc doing minor surgery, kept fretting about the unusual amount of blood.:"do you take aspirin ?"..sure

"did you take any today?"..nope

he continued to fret, cut and mop up.

when finished..I said to hime.."You asked the wrong question"

what ?

should have asked did I take Viagara.

Bumungrad Dermatology

As others have said, you have to choose the doctor, not the hospital.

No one hospital has the best doctors for every type of problem.

And you cannot rely on administrative staff at the hospital (including "international services" department staff") to necessarily recommend you to the best doctor on staff for your particulalr problem. Bumrungrad is especially bad in this regard. Fortunatelt it has an excellent search function on its website that makes it easy to select a doctor yourself by reviewing qualifications and specialties/sub-specialties.