Hospitals for English Speakers in Thailand
Adequate medical treatment is available throughout Thailand. In Bangkok, excellent facilities exist for routine, long term and emergency medical care. All tourism destinations and provincial capitals have hospitals and clinics run by well trained doctors and nurses. In cases of emergencies an ambulance is just a call away. The medical expenses in Thailand are only a fraction of the expenses that you might incur in Europe and United States.
Thailand has over the years become a hotspot in medical tourism by extending excellent medical facilities to mostly European patients. The standard of treatment and technology is very high. The hospital environment is clearly more hospitable.
There are few medical hospitals in Thailand which finds favor among the foreigners for their renowned medical facilities. Bumrungrad Hospital in Sukhumvit area is very popular among the residents in the Sukhumvit area. However Bangkok General Hospital and Bangkok Nursing Home Hospital are also very popular. In fact Bumrungrad hospital attracts twice as many patients as India. This further underlines the fact that Thailand is the preferred destination among the westerners.
www.MediThai.net provides all the information an ESL teacher needs on the medical facilities available in Bangkok and other major cities of the country. It is an independent body with no affiliation to any dentist, clinic or intermediary medical service provider.
Information of vaccination and other health precautions can be obtained from CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention).
The hotline for international travelers is
1-877-FYI-TRIP (1-877-394-8747)
The internet site for CDC is http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/default.aspx. Further health information for travelers including infectious diseases can be obtained from http://www.who.int/ith/en.
There is an epidemic of HIV infection and AIDS in Thailand. Heterosexual transmissions account for most infections but HIV is also on the rise among men who have sex with other men. HIV is also very common among prostitutes of both sexes and injection drug abusers.
Caution: The CDC, WHO and Thai authorities have confirmed human cases of H5N1 strain of avian influenza, commonly known as ‘bird flu’. Travelers to Thailand and other countries affected by the virus should avoid poultry farms and contact with live animals in food markets. Please note that CDC and WHO recommend eating only fully cooked poultry and eggs.
