Vasectomy In Bangkok

[whatawonderfulday]

Searching the threads throws up some very old subject matter so therefore I am asking has anybody undergone a vasectomy in Bangkok recently, say the last 6 months, and was that surgical or a nonsurgical procedure ?

If so, which hospital do you recommend and what was the cost ? additionally any comments, good or bad, on the procedure and services provided by the hospital would be welcome.

Edited November 25, 2008 by whatawonderfulday

[garyh]

Should just be a local anesthetic, takes under an hour. So need to stay in hospital, just don't do anything after that may cause further injury as it can be very painful. I can't speak for anywhere in Bangkok though, but if you find a good doctor it should not cost more than 1 or 2 thousand baht.

[manarak]

I'd like to revive this subject as I am considering undergoing this procedure.

From health-tourism website, I learned that there are 3 types of vasectomy:

- No-Scalpel Vasectomy, also called Key-Hole Vasectomy

- Open-Ended Vasectomy

- Vas-Clip Vasectomy

The open ended method lets the semen flow into the scrotum (is said to avoid some of the potential cases of chronic pain).

Which procedure is the best to get?

[sinbin]

Here you go boys. A free one.

A Restaurant with a Mission: Cabbages and Condoms, Bangkok

By Kit Snedaker

A free vasectomy from the clinic next door is one of the perks for males dining at Bangkok’s Cabbages and Condoms. All diners get a condom with coffee, instead of an after-dinner mint because C&C is the only restaurant in the world dedicated to birth control. Luckily, it also serves delicious and innovative Thai food. Spicy Condom Salad, for example –- fried Shanghai noodles spiced with herbs.

http://www.gonomad.com/features/0011/snedaker_cabbages.html

[John Doze]

Thanks to the last reply here and the accompanying article link, I had a vasectomy last month at the Population and Community Development Association (PDA) clinic, upstairs from the Cabbages and Condoms café, in Bangkok. I was extremely pleased and am happy to wholeheartedly endorse the place for numerous reasons.

I live in western China but my doc suggested the quality of care in Bangkok vs. China made it worth the trip. The only place I could find online that performed the procedure was Bumrungrad Hospital, but the price was so prohibitive and confusion about the doctor’s qualifications – he was a kidney specialist – made me nervous. I flew to Bangkok with no appointment.

I called PDA and asked about vasectomies. No one there spoke much English, but one said to come in after 8AM and someone would help me. He could tell me nothing about the price, the doc, his experience, or even if I could be seen on short notice.

So it was that I walked in Monday morning at 9AM. The place was very clean and pleasant, free family planning clinic. A steady stream of young couples, single women and men filed in to be seen at the front desk. Quite a few women shuffled painfully out the door. They also provided STD testing, birth control pills, condoms and advice.

The women at the front desk sent me to the nurses’ station at the back of the room. An RN asked me a few questions about my age, number of children, allergies and general health, but drew no blood. I asked her the price. She said it was strictly by donation. I thought I'd give them 7,000 TB, around $210, out of gratitude and support for their cause.

A few minutes later, she shuffled me into the "Vasectomy Room," according to the sign above the door, which reassured me about their experience. She and a young tech told me to drop my drawers and lay down. They shaved me, prepped me, and a few minutes later the doc walked in. He never said a word to me. Supposedly he gave me a local anesthetic injection but I felt every bit of it -- the cutting, the tugging, the pinching. It wasn’t excruciating but it made me nervous, considering the consequences and the speed of the work. My friend had just written that a certain percentage left Junior soft, so that was ringing in my ears. Yet, both doc and nurse went straight to work, never fumbled, and gave me to believe that, whatever he lacked in bedside manner, they knew what they were doing. Fifteen minutes later, the walked out, having never spoken a word to me. As I hitched my pants, the tech showed me the two excised duct portions.

The nurse said they performed an average of two vasectomies a day. That was more information than I could get from the Bumrungrad staff. She led me to a consulting room for post-op instructions, some antibiotics and pain pills, and finally asked me to sign my name in the to donation book. Most donations were 500 or 1000 baht. Considering that, I dropped my plan to 5,000 but the nurse handed me back four thousand. One thousand baht’s around $30.

I had an HIV and syphilis test for another 350 baht, and went back to my hotel. I spent the next day in bed, holding cold Coke cans from the fridge against my crotch. I even got a great deal on the hotel, half-price through Expedia, so a perfectly adequate room at the Nasa Vegas Hotel cost $100 for the week

Population and Community Development Association (PDA)

6 Sukhumvit 12, Klongtoey, Bangkok 10110

Tel : (+66)2229-4611-28 Fax : (+66)2229-4632

Edited January 24, 2013 by sbk

[Khonwan]

I would also recommend PDA; I had my vasectomy there 11 years ago. I could speak Thai so enjoyed chatting with the nurses. The procedure was quick, effective, and painless. I had guessed that I might have to pay around Bt1,000 but the nurses asked me how long I had lived in Thailand – I replied I had been living here for 8 years. They said (at that time) that the procedure was free for all Thais and for foreigners living here for 10 years but they said they would extend that offer to me due to my ability to converse with them in Thai. Afterwards, they explained that people usually donated around Bt50-100 (11yrs ago; they also showed me the donation book unrequested to demonstrate they were on the level). I happily gave them Bt1,000 since I had expected to be out that much anyway. I’d rather give the money to the worthy cause of the PDA (coincidently run by a lukrung Scot) than the shareholders of a private hospital. I note from this thread that it is now free for all regardless of length of stay.

[itchybum]

This place makes me nervous.

Sounds a bit rough and ready.

[Sheryl]

It's no frills but they do a solid good job.

[itchybum]

It's no frills but they do a solid good job.

Not speaking from personal experience I gather.

Easy to say on the other end of the stick.

[tonymontana32]

Anyone been to the PDA above CC lately?  I went there today at 8am and a nurse said I had to make an appointment, the earliest being 10th November.  She also said it costs 5k.

 

Have they stopped doing the free (donations) vasectomy?

[brewsterbudgen]

26 minutes ago, tonymontana32 said:

Anyone been to the PDA above CC lately?  I went there today at 8am and a nurse said I had to make an appointment, the earliest being 10th November.  She also said it costs 5k.

 

Have they stopped doing the free (donations) vasectomy?

I had it done there last month.  I had to make an appointment about 3 weeks in advance.  The "donation" of 5,000 baht is compulsory, but as I was quoted 20,000 by a hospital in Bangkok, it's well worth it.   The procedure is very quick (no scalpel) and the staff are great.  I have mild hypertension, and the doctor was worried about my blood pressure, so I had to have a lie-down for 30 minutes before they would do it! 

[tonymontana32]

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I had it done there last month.  I had to make an appointment about 3 weeks in advance.  The "donation" of 5,000 baht is compulsory, but as I was quoted 20,000 by a hospital in Bangkok, it's well worth it.   The procedure is very quick (no scalpel) and the staff are great.  I have mild hypertension, and the doctor was worried about my blood pressure, so I had to have a lie-down for 30 minutes before they would do it! 

Nice one Brewster for confirming what they told me. Cheers mate.

 

 

[username415]

On 10/5/2021 at 12:07 PM, brewsterbudgen said:

I had it done there last month.  I had to make an appointment about 3 weeks in advance.  The "donation" of 5,000 baht is compulsory, but as I was quoted 20,000 by a hospital in Bangkok, it's well worth it.   The procedure is very quick (no scalpel) and the staff are great.  I have mild hypertension, and the doctor was worried about my blood pressure, so I had to have a lie-down for 30 minutes before they would do it! 

How did you make the appointment? I’ve had no luck calling or email. Thanks in advance for the info

[brewsterbudgen]

3 hours ago, username415 said:

How did you make the appointment? I’ve had no luck calling or email. Thanks in advance for the info

My wife called them:  02 2294611-28