Spirometer test cost in Korat.

[sinbin]

For anyone requiring a 'Spirometer Test' in Korat, and I suppose any other government hospital which has that facility come to that, then Suranaree Military Hospital will charge you 300 Baht. The same test done at the private hospital 'St Mary's' will cost you 3,000 Baht. Suranaree hospital also have a CT scanner. St Mary's charged me 8,000 Baht for a deep chest scan. Next time I'll use Suranaree.

Good luck.

[BOBAKAT]

How you  make a appointment for a military hospital ?  civilian are welcome ? Or farang welcome  :)

[Once Bitten]

Hi sinbin

 

I have recently been to St Mary’s hospital in Korat for a health checkup

as outlined here

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942725-could-i-have-diabetes/

 

 I have only ever used St Marys hospital , and most of the time happy with the costs and treatment , I have often thought about trying a non private hospital in Korat , so after reading your comment about Suranaree Military Hospital ,  I am now looking for more first hand information on this hospital.

Can you add any thing more about Suranaree Military Hospital .

 

 

 

 

[sinbin]

11 hours ago, BOBAKAT said:

How you  make a appointment for a military hospital ?  civilian are welcome ? Or farang welcome  :)

Firstly phone, regarding your condition, and they will tell you the doctor you need to see and the days he/she works on. Then you go and join the queue on the day. The likes of a 'Spirometer Test' is only carried out on a Thursday. 

Suranaree is a very efficient hospital and not like your normal government hospital. Farangs are welcome, along with civilians, and farangs pay the same prices as Thai that have to pay.

A few years back I had a hospital stay, due to an operation, and I couldn't fault the public wards. Very clean and well staffed.

All I can say to 'Once Bitten' is just try it. I admit I was unsure when it was first recommended to me but I on comparing it to other hospitals I was well impressed.

 

10 hours ago, Once Bitten said:

Can you add any thing more about Suranaree Military Hospital .

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 30, 2016 by sinbin

[BOBAKAT]

Thanks for the answer.

 

[SantiSuk]

The military hospital here in Ubon is similarly highly regarded by at least 4 falang I have spoken to (and no adverse comments) and is cheap Haven't tried it myself yet. I used private healthcare in the UK because you get quick treatment and appointments which mean you don't sit around with lots of ill people coughing and spluttering (and I had the dosh for good insurance).

 

I use  private hospitals here in Thailand (my ex-company's group scheme is particularly favourable even into my dotage and will pay for procedures in Thailand if my general programme of treatment is UK practitioner-led) but they still tend to make you sit around for a while with the splutterers if it's something general in nature. Definitely worth checking out the military hospitals I'd say.

 

You were lucky to get a chest scan at that Korat private hospital, rather than Bumrungrad in Bangkok (13,000 baht including some injected 'contrast' (die, I presume - to enhance the image) for a "spiral chest" scan, plus another 5,000 ish for compulsory (even if not needed) specialist screening and nurses and CDs and so on! Best part of 50,000 baht at a private UK hospital!

 

Bronchiectasis (mild luckily) patient.

[rice555]

I go to the army hospital, I went to a clinic for my HT and diabetes. The

Dr. is very good and did great job on getting my BP down, which has been

a struggle. Keeping the sugar level low is my part.

He closed the clinic and is back at the base hospital full time, good Eng!!!!!

Lines are smaller than the gov. hospital and the prices are way lower than

St.M's or BKK hospital.

See him every 90 days in morning clinic, and it's packed, but all the Md's are

having morning clinic. I go the day before and do my tests, blood/EKG so I

don't have to do that stuff with the hoard. Get meds for 90 days till next time.

If you have a problem, you can go any time.

rice555 

[Once Bitten]

47 minutes ago, rice555 said:

I go to the army hospital, I went to a clinic for my HT and diabetes. The

Dr. is very good and did great job on getting my BP down, which has been

a struggle. Keeping the sugar level low is my part.

He closed the clinic and is back at the base hospital full time, good Eng!!!!!

Lines are smaller than the gov. hospital and the prices are way lower than

St.M's or BKK hospital.

See him every 90 days in morning clinic, and it's packed, but all the Md's are

having morning clinic. I go the day before and do my tests, blood/EKG so I

don't have to do that stuff with the hoard. Get meds for 90 days till next time.

If you have a problem, you can go any time.

rice555 

 

Thanks for the info

 

In a couple of months I will be looking to get a blood test for-

 

Fasting Blood Sugar
Cholesterol
Triglyceride
HDL ( High Density Lipoprotein )
LDL  ( LowDensity Lipoprotein )

 

and a consultation with a doctor after the test results are known .

 

 

Do you get the blood tests results the same day as your visit , or do you have to return a few days later for the results and a doctors consultation .

 

Any tips for a first time visit , best times to go / registration / etc .

 

 

[sinbin]

3 hours ago, Once Bitten said:

 

Thanks for the info

 

In a couple of months I will be looking to get a blood test for-

 

Fasting Blood Sugar
Cholesterol
Triglyceride
HDL ( High Density Lipoprotein )
LDL  ( LowDensity Lipoprotein )

 

and a consultation with a doctor after the test results are known .

 

 

Do you get the blood tests results the same day as your visit , or do you have to return a few days later for the results and a doctors consultation .

 

Any tips for a first time visit , best times to go / registration / etc .

 

 

What usually happens at government hospitals is that you don't always see the specialist first visit. You may see a general physician first so's to filter out time wasters etc. As in my case I saw a GP first in the morning. Luckily the specialist worked the afternoon as well so I got to see him on the same day.  Which was handy as I live 110km away from Korat.

I'd imagine you'd see the GP first. Go for the tests. Go back to the GP with your results. If the results are negative then you'll be passed on. It then depends on the specialists work timetable. Once you've seen the specialist then you just go back to him straight for any follow ups.

Just my opinion but if you're budget limited and have a little spare time to wait around hospitals then Suranaree is the way to go.

[tifino]

 

why not firstly, visit a Pharmacy, and purchase a take home Asthma Lung Volume Home Tester?

 

just a combo cheap tubes and plastic cylinders.

 

You can use daily if you want,

and can see if your lungs are good at imparting relative volumes.

Chart your readings if you like,

and note variations over time.

 

The one I have had for over 15 years,

comprises three parallel tubes,

each with different gauges of ball-bearing-like plastic beads

 

I have it as part of my 'Industrial' Asthma treatment regime

 

[sinbin]

50 minutes ago, tifino said:

 

why not firstly, visit a Pharmacy, and purchase a take home Asthma Lung Volume Home Tester?

 

just a combo cheap tubes and plastic cylinders.

 

You can use daily if you want,

and can see if your lungs are good at imparting relative volumes.

Chart your readings if you like,

and note variations over time.

 

The one I have had for over 15 years,

comprises three parallel tubes,

each with different gauges of ball-bearing-like plastic beads

 

I have it as part of my 'Industrial' Asthma treatment regime

 

For over a year I had had a wheeze and a cough. In that year I saw 7-8 doctors. They first few diagnosed Chronic Bronchitis and treated me accordingly. I changed hospitals and was told I had Asthma and was treated accordingly. Medications they gave me for Asthma didn't work. Got told by one doctor that I couldn't be using the Steroid Inhalers correctly. I then went private to St Mary's. Specialist there told me I didn't have Asthma. And after I had a Spirometer Test he was stuck as it showed no irregularities even though he could detect the wheezing. He said the test must have been done wrong and sent me for a CT scan. CT scan showed thickening around the Lower Left Lobe on my lungs. He provided me no help other than to say 'if it gets worse, come back'.

Then I went to Suranaree and the specialist gave me medication and within one week I'm wheeze and cough free after a year and 7 doctors and god knows how much medication later, that didn't work.
Nah, don't (deleted) about with pharmacies. Go see a good doctor and don't give up until you're confident your condition is under control.

 

PS I know this topic should be in the medical thread but someone moved it to here initially. 

Edited October 2, 2016 by sinbin

[Once Bitten]

1 hour ago, sinbin said:

What usually happens at government hospitals is that you don't always see the specialist first visit. You may see a general physician first so's to filter out time wasters etc. As in my case I saw a GP first in the morning. Luckily the specialist worked the afternoon as well so I got to see him on the same day.  Which was handy as I live 110km away from Korat.

I'd imagine you'd see the GP first. Go for the tests. Go back to the GP with your results. If the results are negative then you'll be passed on. It then depends on the specialists work timetable. Once you've seen the specialist then you just go back to him straight for any follow ups.

Just my opinion but if you're budget limited and have a little spare time to wait around hospitals then Suranaree is the way to go.

 

Thanks for the info

I also live quite away from Korat , I wonder if when I’m nearer the time for a blood test to check my cholesterol levels , I get my Thai wife to ring the hospital and ask if its possible just to have a cholesterol blood test done and if necessary ( test results show a problem with cholesterol ) see a doctor on the same day .

I have plenty of time to spare and would just like to try another option other than my usual St Mary's hospital visit . I know the experience may not be the same as St Mary’s , but I would like to give it a try .

 

 

[rice555]

Hello All, BT's take 1-hour to get your results. I use to have to wait for the results

as I took it to him when he had his own clinic, so I saw the numbers before I saw

him.

The billing is trying, first you check in and then go up to the lab and turn in your

papers, then you go pay and come back and do your test/s. I you have a X-ray after,

you go to X-ray and turn in  your papers and then go pay and come back and have

your X-ray, EKG ect. ect. Second time a breeze.

rice555 

 

[sinbin]

10 hours ago, Once Bitten said:

 

Thanks for the info

I also live quite away from Korat ,

I have plenty of time to spare and would just like to try another option other than my usual St Mary's hospital visit .

 

 

Why don't you just go to your nearest government hospital? Irrespective of size, they should have a facility to enable a simple blood test ie cholesterol. The doctor there will tell you the results. The test will come back written in English and you can check your result on the net. Many sites giving breakdowns of blood analysts. In fact the test report should highlight high readings. Saves a trip to Korat only to have the same test. You only need to go to Korat if reading is abnormal.

Edited October 3, 2016 by sinbin

[meatboy]

On 9/30/2016 at 9:05 AM, sinbin said:

Firstly phone, regarding your condition, and they will tell you the doctor you need to see and the days he/she works on. Then you go and join the queue on the day. The likes of a 'Spirometer Test' is only carried out on a Thursday. 

Suranaree is a very efficient hospital and not like your normal government hospital. Farangs are welcome, along with civilians, and farangs pay the same prices as Thai that have to pay.

A few years back I had a hospital stay, due to an operation, and I couldn't fault the public wards. Very clean and well staffed.

All I can say to 'Once Bitten' is just try it. I admit I was unsure when it was first recommended to me but I on comparing it to other hospitals I was well impressed.

 

 

i to have had good reports about suranaree,i will keep this in mind,because my last emergency [SEIZURE] i was taken to my usual hospital

theparat and got there only to find that the brain scanner wasnt working so the ambulance then took me to maharat SAY NO MORE.

[Once Bitten]

On 10/3/2559 at 7:08 AM, sinbin said:

Why don't you just go to your nearest government hospital? Irrespective of size, they should have a facility to enable a simple blood test ie cholesterol. The doctor there will tell you the results. The test will come back written in English and you can check your result on the net. Many sites giving breakdowns of blood analysts. In fact the test report should highlight high readings. Saves a trip to Korat only to have the same test. You only need to go to Korat if reading is abnormal.

Thanks , that's some thing I will look into

[Once Bitten]

On 10/3/2559 at 7:30 AM, meatboy said:

i to have had good reports about suranaree,i will keep this in mind,because my last emergency [SEIZURE] i was taken to my usual hospital

theparat and got there only to find that the brain scanner wasnt working so the ambulance then took me to maharat SAY NO MORE.

Thanks , Ive just posted here about new health insurance prices  -

 

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/945259-over-60-had-a-health-problem-how-have-things-worked-out/?page=3

 

Post 54  , bit of shock