The Members' Floor is top line with all tests and facilities on just one floor thus eliminating the hassle of lifts and queues. The gamut of healthcare is all encompassing, quietly managed and calm. It focuses on seven key 'preventive medicine' areas like the digestive system, IVF, bone health, neurology, cardiac care and so on. The clinic is modern yet in classical decor like a posh private club replete with classical oil paintings, chandeliers, white panelled walls, navy blue carpeting, deep cream sofas and an air of unhurried elegance. The group offers comprehensive service for visiting patients from planning and pre-admission formalities and finding the right accommodation, tp providing interpreters and language translation facilities, and in-hospital minimarts and restaurants.Īdd to this the younger BDMS Wellness Clinic ( linked to the reborn Mövenpick BDMS Wellness Resort Bangkok - originally a Hilton - with spectacular green facilities, and you have an almost unbeatable preventive care combination in the heart of town. This 47-hospital combine offers broad reach for prospective patients seeking diagnosis, annual body check-ups, pharmaceuticals, or complex or simple procedures at competitive rates. Subsidiary companies include Bangkok Helicopter Services (for medical evacuations). Started in 1969, its hospital network has grown to encompass Bangkok Hospital, Samitivej Hospital, BNH Hospital, Phyathai Hospital, Paolo Hospital and the Royal Hospital.
▲ top Thailand medical tourism: beaches and bosomsĪ leading Thai medi-care conglomerate is Bangkok Dusit Medical Services ( BDMS). Mexico and India are considered the most popular travel destinations for medical tourists. In comparison, just the average simple hospital stay in USA costs around US$18,000. The survey concluded that medical tourists spend between US$7,400 and US$15,000 per trip – inclusive of travel and hospital expenses. US-based Medical Tourism Association (MTA) collaborated with The George Washington University to compile data on the benefits of travelling abroad for healthcare, in a 2013 MTA Medical Tourism Survey. A 2014 report from the Commonwealth Fund, and widely cited, ranked the US at the bottom of a list of 11 industrialised nations with the most inaccessible and expensive healthcare.īDMS Wellness plush members' area/ photo: Vijay Verghese It is hardly surprising that Americans are looking at alternative healthcare solutions. Trained “destination programme managers” accompany patients to all medical appointments, and the agency arranges transfers and accommodation for clients. One US-based medical tourism agency, MedRetreat ( /), “facilitates the healthcare needs” of North Americans by arranging treatments at hospitals in 10 destinations ranging from Latin America to South Africa to the popular Asian destinations: Thailand, Malaysia and India. Send us your Feedback / Letter to the Editor Special medical travel agencies have sprung up around the world, and top Asian hospitals routinely have special “international” desks and services to assist overseas patients with everything from doctors’ appointments to accommodation. In countries such as Singapore and Thailand, government agencies have been set up to help market their expertise globally. Several hospitals in Asia have carved such outstanding reputations for themselves that medical tourism has become a major money-spinner. Linda’s cosmetic dental procedure was just a tiny cog in the global medical tourism wheel, which – according to some estimates – is a US$40 billion global industry.
LINDA BEIER, an expatriate living in Hong Kong, had long been unhappy with the appearance of her teeth, so when she had the chance to join a friend for a 10-day break in Thailand, she scheduled in a visit to a well-known Bangkok dental practice, where the problem was fixed for a fraction of the cost in her adopted home.
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