Pattaya paediatrician

[wedders]

Searched but only found a couple of old threads that either advised going to Bangkok, or had mixed views about the BPH in Pattaya. Just wondered if anyone had come across a paediatric clinic or a doc who least treats kids, outside the hospitals. I have used the Bangkok Pattaya Hospital on numerous occasions for my own daughter but despite having fully comp annual cover for in- and outpatients, I find the treatment erratic in quality if mostly ok, their eagerness to find an excuse to admit a patient under the slightest pretext embarrassing, and their pharmacy prices ridiculous.

On this occasion I am childsitting a Thai 4 year old (no insurance) who of course chooses this moment to go down with chickenpox. I thought treatment was pretty standard for this, but two doctors in practices near where I live, including Dr. Monghol on Thappraya, have refused to treat her - saying she needs a specialist paediatrician (without being able to give me a contact name/number). Advice so far is "go hospital".

Don't want to shell out for the inevitable bill running into the thousands at the BPH for some cream, maybe some pointless pills so they can inflate the bill, and advice that I don't need (keep her at home for a week). All this after hanging around waiting my turn for a couple of hours. Surely there is a normal Thai doc somewhere in Pattaya that has enough confidence in the skills presumably learned at med school to prescribe for something as basic as chickenpox?

Edited February 17, 2015 by wedders

[Sheryl]

There are peds clinics at both Phyathai and Samitivej Sri Racha. Ditto Pattaya Memorial, and there are 3 pediatricians at PIH. HOWEVER none of these places will want you bringing a child with chickenpox in there (and it could be quite dangerous to their other patients especial elderly and any that are immune compromised.)

Frankly chickenpox in children is just managed symptomatically anyway: paracetemol for fever, plenty of fluids and if the itching is severe then chlorpehnamine which can be gotten at any pharmacy. And above all, keep the child away from other people until the sores have fully resolved and most urgently, away from any adults who did not have chickenpox as a child, as it is much more severe when adults catch it -- and it is extremely infectious.

[wedders]

Sheryl - thanks. I eventually found another place, Pawinee Clinic in Pattaya Klang (Dr Pawinee) opens daily at 5pm until 9pm. Think she's a paediatrician at Banglamung. Coming from the south on 3rd Road, left at Pattaya Klang lights, and it's just a few metres down.

I was surprised to see that this doctor treats chickenpox, if they catch it early enough, with acyclovir - both tablet and cream.

Reasonable cost in comparison to 'certain' hospitals. 580 baht including seeing the doctor, acyclovir cream and tablets, as well as something for the itching - probably chlorphenamine.

Child-friendly lady doctor. Quite impressed.