Medical tourism

great_lakes_mom
Fri, 01 Feb 2019 20:28:42 +0000

The hospital I work in spends an inordinate amount of time and care preparing for and remaining JCAHO compliant, so I’d not say they are a joke. If not in compliance, they return, and return again. For the smallest detail.

Regardless, Thailand has the advantage of many US trained physicians as well as academics. They are very internationally aware. My dad lived, and then died in BKK after a number of medical procedures, byass surgery included. His illnesses were of his own making, smoking essentially. But I would not fault their medical system which impressed me for the most part. He was not in Bumrumgrad, but another major Bangkok hospital. One of the public hospitals there has very high level standard care as well.

My Korean step mom in Bangkok says Koreans in the know come for Bangkok for lower cost plastic surgery.

My D, getting dental care in DC, was surprised to find that composite fillings seemed to be standard of care, unlike here where amalgam is still used for the most part on molars. They did charge more out of pocket for composite, and when she wanted the less expensive option, the dentist gave her the composite for no extra charge.

A friend just had a cleaning in Mexico for $25 and was happy with the experience.

Professor Plum, your costs are lower than the upper Midwest. Cleaning are around $100 at my clinic, and the implant in process, $7000 start to finish.