Good Doctor

[kenny999]

Looking for good doctor somewhere in this area?

[lopburi3]

Almost all better doctors here are specialist so perhaps you should be more specific on what you expect. General clinic type doctors are often not a good option for anything more than tennis elbow type medications.

[kenny999]

Almost all better doctors here are specialist so perhaps you should be more specific on what you expect. General clinic type doctors are often not a good option for anything more than tennis elbow type medications.

It's just for a chest problem, painfull over the last 2 days so maybe just a mild infection!

[lopburi3]

That could well involve a need for X-ray/tests I would guess (not medical person) so I would be looking for a hospital with such facilities rather than a doctor/clinic type place which normally has nothing more more technical than perhaps a digital scale or blood pressure meter. Hospital is the normal doctor visit here (OPD) not a doctors office in a mall or medical building as are sometimes found in other countries.

Sorry can not be of help as do not know the area.

[sanuk21]

Almost all better doctors here are specialist so perhaps you should be more specific on what you expect. General clinic type doctors are often not a good option for anything more than tennis elbow type medications.

It's just for a chest problem, painfull over the last 2 days so maybe just a mild infection!

If I'd had a pain in my chest, the first thing I'd be doing is discounting the possibility of a heart attack.

If I had any of the symptoms I'd get to Bangkok Hospital Phuket ASAP.

Maybe BHP is the most expensive but I think it is the best in Phuket.

If just a tickle in the throat and a sore chest from coughing Dr Chusak at Kata ....search Thaivisa Phuket Forum for the address.....

Sanuk

[Sheryl]

Yes, you should go to a hospital so that necessary tests (X-ray, lab work and if indicated EKG) are available. Seeing a doctor outisde of that setting is only marginally better than asking a pharmacist's advice. To make matters worse, in my experience Thai doctors tend not to refer patients elsewhere for diagnostic tests they do not have the capacity to perform (maybe it's the "loss of face:" thing) even when obviously indicated and to substitute a "shot gun" approach (treat with multiple drugs for every likely problem) instead.

In Phuket it boils down to BPH, Mission hospital, Phuket International or Wachira (the government hospital)

Mission is quite reasonable in cost and usually OK in quality, not a bad choice as long as you don't require anything highly specialized. BPH will cost a great deal more for probably about the same quality of care, but has a wider range of specialists. You haven;t given enough information to be sure, but it sounds like all you need is an internists, in which case Mission or BPH would n=both do.

I haven't gotten much feedback on Phuket International but have the general impression it will be similiar to BPH in cost and may be less in quality. Certainly it's website is a mess.

Wachira I would not recommend for outpatient care -- long, long waits and lots of bewildering red tape. A viable place to go in case of an accident or other serious emergency, though.