Health Clinic

[ChopperRay]

Could I have your views and comments please on a this post

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I have a UK lady doctor who would like to build and run a Health clinic here in Thailand with Thai staff.

Can she build a clinic here?

Can she practice a a doctor here and work here?

I do not think myself that there are many private health clinics like they have in the UK and Australia. I maybe wrong on this point.

Thanking you all for your input.

[chiang mai]

Almost every town in Thailand has a health clinic, my guess is that there are more than a thousand in Chiang Mai and everyone is private - perhaps you are talking about a different model that is unclear?

A UK doctor cannot practice here unless certified by the Thai Ministry for health and presumably, in possession of a work permit, I only know of one American doctor practicing in Chiang Mai and he is at the major government hospital.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/235859-medical-council-opposed-import-of-foreign-doctors/

http://www.tmc.or.th/news02.php

[Sheryl]

As above, it is extremely difficult for a foreign doctor to obtain license to practice medicine in Thailand and very, very few ever succeed.

And, there are private clinics galore already, at least in the cities and towns.