Bumrungrad or Pattaya

[butterfly]

I'm finally going to make the move from Bangkok to Pattaya.

A long story. Anyway my biggest concern is changing from Bumrungrad to a Pattaya hospital. Yes, lot's of dated info on the board but I am looking for any updates on what hospital to have a relationship with in Pattaya.

[SingaporeSteve]

something run of the mill i'd use Pattaya International over all the other hospitals.

 

For anything serious, I'd be heading straight up the motorway to Bumrungrad - they only charge 1500 baht for the ambulance to come from BKK and take you back and are normally there within 2 hours. I and many other long term expats would rather go to BKK than go to a local hospital.

 

Bangkok Pattaya Hospital is in my opinion a rip off wih many sub standard doctors and higher prices than Bumrungrad for far lower quality of doctor and healthcare. Nothing scientific in that analysis other than personal examples of mis-diagnosis and almost everybody I talk to has had problems there including poor diabetes knowledge, lasik eye surgery problems up to heart treatment errors. Personally I have never come across anybody that has these problems with the doctors at Bumrungrad.

 

Also I am not aware of ANY 'teaching' doctors working in Pattaya - Bumrungrad has stacks of them working primarily at Chula medical school - similar to a teaching hospital in say the UK where generally the level of knowledge of the top doctors is way higher than in a smaller provincial hospital. If your British think of a Guys or Royal Marsden hospital versus High Wycombe General - the professors are at Guys and Royal Marsden.

 

Then imagine it this way, if your a top flight Thai doctor where would you aspire to work? Then you have your answer and in my book it aint Pattaya. Pattaya International is slightly different in that its privately owned by a very very good surgeon and most of the specialists are actually working for the highly regarded military hospital at Sattahip.

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SingaporeSteve said:

something run of the mill i'd use Pattaya International over all the other hospitals.

 

For anything serious, I'd be heading straight up the motorway to Bumrungrad - they only charge 1500 baht for the ambulance to come from BKK and take you back and are normally there within 2 hours. I and many other long term expats would rather go to BKK than go to a local hospital.

 

This view was shared my many Pattaya expats during a discussion on another board.

 

In summary:

 

First choice Pattaya hospital

 

Name: Pattaya International Hospital

Website: http://www.pih-inter.com/

Address: Soi 4, Pattaya 2nd Rd, Pattaya City, Cholburi 20260, Thailand

(On the left side of Soi 4, between Beach Rd. & Pattaya 2nd Rd. Opposite PIC Plaza)

Telephone: 038- 424560, 038-428374/5

Fax: 038-422773

Email: picpih@ptty.loxinfo.co.th

 

Second choice Pattaya hospital

 

Name: Bangkok Pattaya Hospital

Website: http://www.bph.co.th/pages/main.html

Address: 301 Moo 6 Sukhumvit Road. KM. 143, Banglamung, Chonburi, Thailand 20150

(On left side of Sukhumvit, about 1 km. After intersection with North Pattaya Rd.)

Telephone: 03825-9999

International tel.: 03825-9999 # 1155

Emergency: Call 03825-9911

Fax: 03825-9999

Email: inquiry@bph.co.th

 

First choice hospital in the whole of Thailand

 

Name: Bumrungrad in Bangkok

Website: http://www.bumrungrad.com/

Address: 33 Sukhumvit 3 (Soi Nana Nua), Wattana, Bangkok 10110 Thailand

Telephone: 66 (0) 2667 1000

Tel. - Emergency: 66 (0) 2667 2999

Tel. - Dental Appointment: 66 (0) 2667 2300

Fax: 66 (0) 2667 2525

Ambulance

Telephone: 038 282 008

Telephone: 038 428 135

 

Pattaya Clinic

 

Name: Dr Belen (she speaks excellent English)

Address: Soi Sukruedee, 370/37 Second Road

(2nd Road going toward Soi 7. Turn left at the bank and her clinic is 50 meters down the soi on the right. Less then 3 minutes' walk from soi 6)

Telephone: 427-569, 410-295/7