"Bruce" wrote in message
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On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:24:33 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce wrote in
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Bruce in Bangkok


How is the medical business in Thailand?

Larry

Booming! Many of the Thai doctors are products of U.S. schools and we
are now inundated with "medical conglomerates". There is, for example,
a Bangkok Hospital; a Bangkok Phuket Hospital; a Bangkok Chang Mai
Hospital.

Medical care in these hospitals is excellence, fluent English, modern
medical appliances and care that you wouldn't believe. sort of 5 star
hotel treatment -- your wife is worried about you waking in the night;
no problem they will move an extra bed in the room so she can sleep
there.

The costs are substantially lower then other countries in the area and
(I'm told) a great deal lower then in America. A friend crashed a
motorcycle and smashed his ankle. I saw the x-rays and his ankle
looked like a handful of gravel. I carried him down to the hospital in
the back of my pickup with his foot in a picnic box full of ice.

The emergency staff met us at the hospital door, delivered the bloke,
and his wife straight to the surgeon's office, x-rays were taken; into
the operating room about 16:00 for a 6 hour surgery; private room;
wife had a bed in the room. The cost, including all out patient care,
physical therapy, follow up visits to the doctor, etc. was about US$
10,000.

Having said all that I go to a local hospital in Bangkok where the
English is marginal, the food is Thai, and the costs are about half
what the high toned "foreigner" hospitals charge.


Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeatgmaildotcom)

I found the same in Phuket International Hospital. There are several other
ones there, but
being a foreigner, I was taken to this one. Can't say enough about the
treatment and the staff.

Leanne