Popular Post opalred Posted August 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2014 i have lived here for 12yrs went to private hospital afew times charge like wounded bull this time having trouble with eyes wife says to go to local hospital first hospital in village see dr 2times and spend fullday there thats ok have plenty time pay 50bath get refferal to large hospital only frang no problem when in rome do as romains do see eye dr 2 times and nurses look eyes on machines 3times a full day waiting the bill 180bth for dr and machines 600bht for 3lots eye drops but have to visit regular for 2months and take drops 2times aday now if you have patiance and want to sit and look young nurses all day go to govt hospital cheap and find all staff smile and treat you as a person not a money man cheers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotsoup Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Go to Suan Dok in CM. Its as good as Lanna/Ram/McCormick. Of course there are 3 million people.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaamNaam Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Go to Suan Dok in CM. Its as good as Lanna/Ram/McCormick. Of course there are 3 million people.............. And most of them are in the waiting area. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Is Suan Dok a public hospital?? I heard it was not 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMSteve Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Suan Dok is a government hospital. Sriphat is a private hospital and shares a few floors in one of the Suan Dok buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naboo Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Suan Dok is a government hospital. Sriphat is a private hospital and shares a few floors in one of the Suan Dok buildings. Or Maharaj is the government hospital, Sripat the private and Suan Dok the buildings. I may be wrong, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMSteve Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I think you're closer to right. Maharaj is the name of the hospital, the building all have diff names. I think Suan Dok may be more of a nick name or something as that area in general is referred to as Suan Dok. Suan Dok is a government hospital. Sriphat is a private hospital and shares a few floors in one of the Suan Dok buildings. Or Maharaj is the government hospital, Sripat the private and Suan Dok the buildings. I may be wrong, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Is Suan Dok a public hospital?? I heard it was not It is and it isn't. it has a complex administrative structure. They have been trying to go in the direction of semi-privatization for a couple of years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Out patient treatment including seeing specialists is reasonably priced in private hospitals, without all the waiting. Once they admit you, it's a different story. Recent visit to Ram cost me 200bt to see a GE specialist, 1700bt for a abdomen ultrasound (VERY beautiful doc) & 60 baht for checking I was alive before all of that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyL Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Yes, out-patient treatment at the private hospitals is usually fairly inexpensive and the wait times can be reasonable. However, prescription meds can be expensive in the private hospitals. They're very reasonable at Suan Dok -- which is the nickname for Maharaj. The "official name" of Suan Dok is Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai. It's the teaching hospital associated with Chiang Mai University. It's a large tertiary hospital -- a regional hospital. For the Thai people in the 30 baht universal health care program, they have to have a referral from their local amphur hospital in order to receive treatment there. Many doctors in the city practice at more than one hospital -- both gov't and private. Some also have store-front clinics in the evening or weekends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Yes, out-patient treatment at the private hospitals is usually fairly inexpensive and the wait times can be reasonable. However, prescription meds can be expensive in the private hospitals. They're very reasonable at Suan Dok -- which is the nickname for Maharaj. Ask the doctor to write down the meds & dosage. Buy elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherOneAmerican Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Suan Dok is a government hospital. Sriphat is a private hospital and shares a few floors in one of the Suan Dok buildings. Or Maharaj is the government hospital, Sripat the private and Suan Dok the buildings. I may be wrong, however. I was under the impression the hospital official name is Maharaj and it's nickname is Suan Dok cos that's the area it's in. (OK NancyL, you beat me) Edited August 29, 2014 by AnotherOneAmerican Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Yes, out-patient treatment at the private hospitals is usually fairly inexpensive and the wait times can be reasonable. However, prescription meds can be expensive in the private hospitals. They're very reasonable at Suan Dok -- which is the nickname for Maharaj. The "official name" of Suan Dok is Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai. It's the teaching hospital associated with Chiang Mai University. It's a large tertiary hospital -- a regional hospital. For the Thai people in the 30 baht universal health care program, they have to have a referral from their local amphur hospital in order to receive treatment there. Many doctors in the city practice at more than one hospital -- both gov't and private. Some also have store-front clinics in the evening or weekends. To see one of my doctors at Chiang Mai Ram, it costs 610 Baht (500 for the doctor and 110 for Ram). To see him at his private clinic it costs 200 Baht. Obviously I don't see him at Ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherOneAmerican Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Many doctors in the city practice at more than one hospital -- both gov't and private. Some also have store-front clinics in the evening or weekends. To see one of my doctors at Chiang Mai Ram, it costs 610 Baht (500 for the doctor and 110 for Ram). To see him at his private clinic it costs 200 Baht. Obviously I don't see him at Ram. And to see him at the government hospital (or clinic) is 60bht. Edited August 29, 2014 by AnotherOneAmerican Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 The SanSai hospital is very good,go for diabetes and blood pressure, every two months,the tablets are a lot cheaper than,Lanna where i used to go before,the Dr. was not too pleased when i used to ask for only a weeks supply of medicine,and then buy the same tablets at pharmacy for half the price Lanna charged.anyway i prefer the Govt. hospital as the Dr.s and nurses are a lot more pleasant,and your not viewed as a cash machine. regards worgeordie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthedarkside Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Off topic post removed. The topic is about hospitals - try to stay on that topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalblue Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I have heard it a number of times that at private hospitals the doctors get a % of the meds prescribed... If true, it is an unethical practice on so many levels...it equates to bad medicine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opalred Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 i think you right as my wife has insurance and goes private and every time comes away with bags of tablets she doesnt need and ihave told her the more meds they move the supply agents give bonuses like holidays etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I have heard it a number of times that at private hospitals the doctors get a % of the meds prescribed... If true, it is an unethical practice on so many levels...it equates to bad medicine... To the best of my knowledge, this is common practice in almost all countries in the world. Probably not in Iran, Cuba, Belarus, or North Korea, but most likely almost everywhere else. If not a % of sales, then a fully prepaid week golf excursion in a nice resort in the Bahamas, etc. for the doctor. This is how pharmaceutical companies market their products, offering an incentive for the doctors to prescribe their products. Been going on for decades. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalblue Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Electrikied, Not true in America. In our org that I worked, our doctors gave the prescription to the patient and can be filled anywhere. It didn't have to be filled at our pharmacy; They could go to the outside so we had to offer competitive prices. It's called a free marketplace... It was not required that you had to pay for the hospital's medicine before receiving it (as in thailand) as the patient can go to any pharmacy or on-line to compare prices and purchase their medicine. Our doctors do not get a % of that prescription when purchased or part of our membership. It's a conflict of interest. The product selection is a different issue in which you are referring to... CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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