Medical Tourism on the Rise

[TotallyOz]

A fascinating CNN article on medical tourism and some employers willing to pay for plane tickets to Thailand and other countries to save costs.

 

'I can't afford surgery in the U.S.,' says bargain shopper - CNN.com

 

After you read the article, here is the list of approved accredited hospitals in Thailand:

Thailand

 

 

Bangkok Hospital Medical Center

Bangkok , Thailand

Program: Hospital

First Accredited: 30 June 2007

 

Program: DCSC Certification

Acute Coronary Syndrome

First Certified: 30 October 2008

 

Program: DCSC Certification

Breast Cancer Conserving Therapy Program

First Certified: 1 November 2008

 

Program: DCSC Certification

Heart Failure Program

First Certified: 29 October 2008

 

Program: DCSC Certification

Primary Stroke Center

First Certified: 31 October 2008

 

 

Bangkok Hospital Pattaya

Chonburi, Thailand

Program: Hospital

First Accredited: 19 September 2009

 

Bangkok Hospital Phuket

Phuket, Thailand

Program: Hospital

First Accredited: 23 May 2009

 

BNH Hospital

Bangkok, Thailand

Program: Hospital

First Accredited: 29 May 2009

 

 

 

 

Bumrungrad International

Bangkok, Thailand

Program: Hospital

First Accredited: 2 February 2002

Re-Accredited: 8 April 2005

Re-Accredited: 31 July 2008

 

Program: DCSC Certification Program

Primary Stroke Program

First Certified: 28 October 2006

Re-certified: 25 November 2009

 

Program: DCSC Certification Program

Acute Myocardial Infarction with ST Segment Elevation

First Certified: 28 October 2006

Re-certified: 27 November 2009

 

Program: CCPC Certification Program

Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 and 2

First Certified: 24 March 2010

 

Program: CCPC Certification Program

Chronic Kidney Disease Stage I to IV

First Certified: 26 March 2010

 

Chiangmai Ram Hospital

Chiangmai, Thailand

Program: Hospital

First Certified: 7 November 2009

 

 

 

Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital

Bangkok, Thailand

Program: Hospital

First Accredited: 11 August 2007

 

 

 

Program: DCSC Certification Program

Low Back Pain program

First Certified: 14 August 2009

 

Program: DCSC Certification Program

Primary Stroke program

First Certified: 12 August 2009

 

 

Samitivej Sriracha Hospital

Chonburi, Thailand

Program: Hospital

First Accredited: 8 November 2008

 

 

 

 

Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital

Bangkok, Thailand

Program: Hospital

First Accredited: 27 January 2007

Re-accredited: 13 February 2010

 

Program: DCSC Certification Program

Lung Cancer Program

First Certified: 6 December 2008

 

Program: DCSC Certification Program

Acute Myocardial Infarction Program

First Certified: 4 December 2008

 

Program: DCSC Certification Program

Osteoarthritis of the Knee Program

First Certified: 15 August 2009

 

http://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/JCI-Accredited-Organizations/

[Guest fountainhall]

It's not just Thailand. Many people are going to India where costs are well below those here.

[pong]

It's not just Thailand. Many people are going to India where costs are well below those here.

But then a fair lot of Indians come to Thailand-for medical treatment. Apparently they do not trust it in their own country or perceive it to be low quality. But in a well-renowned hosptial like Bamrungrat it seems over 70/80% of foreign patients hail from the Gulf-area. Some French health-insurance have contracts with some Bkk-Hospitals-so they send the bills directly (and probably under a discount contract) to the French office.

But as such this is old news-about 99% the same was printed at least one year ago in various newspapers.

[Guest fountainhall]

But then a fair lot of Indians come to Thailand-for medical treatment. Apparently they do not trust it in their own country or perceive it to be low quality. But in a well-renowned hosptial like Bamrungrat it seems over 70/80% of foreign patients hail from the Gulf-area.

With respect, I go to Bumrungrad quite a lot and, as you say, have seen many people from Arabian countries, but very few from India.