cavanami Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 I get the impression that if you come to Thailand and have some medical procedure done, they can do a good job of it. However, I am finding that for a Thai doctor to diagnose a condition, they are extremely poor! I go to the doctor and get the impression that they do not know what the condition is, so they go on to something else, unrelated and pisses me off!!! Is this the case where the Thai doctors can't diagnose their way out of a paper bag or am I running up with lousy doctors...and this is at the "better" hospitals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Hm, most of thai doctors I've met got their education in California so I guess it's not lower standard than in the US. Actually I so far just have met doctors having better qualifications than western doctors. :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted September 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 The doc I met with today was a product of Los Angeles, CA, but he was a dumb as a box of rocks! I think they go to the USA but they slide thru and go back to LOS. I, so far, have not been impressed with too many Thai doctors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Don't go to doctors. What was the last time one said, "there's nothing wrong with you, keep drinking and smoking and I'm sure you're immune to STDs, throw the condoms away". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 I, so far, have not been impressed with too many Thai doctors. Hm, if you don't need a surgery just ask in a pharmacy. I'm not impressed with any doctor even in farangland - they just give you the medicine you ask for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 I've had pretty good diagnostics - wife was pregnant not fat it turns out. Seriously though I have had good results Phayathai 2. Wife doesn't get good results but then she's a hypochondriac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 I get the impression that if you come to Thailand and have some medical procedure done, they can do a good job of it. However, I am finding that for a Thai doctor to diagnose a condition, they are extremely poor! I go to the doctor and get the impression that they do not know what the condition is, so they go on to something else, unrelated and pisses me off!!! Is this the case where the Thai doctors can't diagnose their way out of a paper bag or am I running up with lousy doctors...and this is at the "better" hospitals I have seen just the opposite. I got the feeling you haven't been to the doctors in the USA lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldFun Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 I always tend to get 'bad diagnosis' with doctors *anywhere* . However the good think in BKK is that it's easy & relatively quick, inexpensive & hassle free to visit most kind of doctors at any of the multiple medium to high end private hospitals I've used. So in case one feel he met a bonehead of a doctor he can just come again next day or try at the next hospital/clinic/desk. :-) I like that style... Further on diagnosis Thai doctors tend to be friendly & quick to either suggest/confirm a symptom & the treatment for it. OR say that there really is nothing wrong. Just go home & pay a nominal fee or nothing! Yes they do tend to oversubscribe meds in us westerners view, but I suppose we can reject those that we don't really want or simply don't use them... Ah well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koow Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Just about every single doc (and dentist) at Bumrun. AND BNH, and all other top bkk hospitals went to MEDICAL SCHOOL IN T-LAND. Yes, many did residencies or "fellowships" in USA, but med school is almost always T-land. You can easily verify this by going to the websites of the two hospitals above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted September 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 I go to the doctor, a "specialist", say a GI and expect him to diagnose some GI problem...instead he goes off and orders blood tests for something completely urelated and he even admits that it is unrelated!!! WTF!!! I see the Thai doctors, many of them (not all of them) that if they do not know the "answer" they make up some bullshit and give you a bag of pills. I am use to the docs in the USA where I can easily get a lawyer and sue them for such malpractice but TIT... Will try Ramkhamhaeng maybe next week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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