International Media

Thailand: Medical hub for Nepalis | April, 2013

The number of Nepali medical tourists visiting Thailand has increased in recent days. The first class hospitals, high class medical technology, top-class physicians and significantly lower treatment costs have attracted many Nepali medical tourists.

 

Source: The Himalaya Times

The Bumrungrad story| February, 2013

In my last article, I told you about an experience my colleagues and I had on a business trip in Thailand. My friend needed new contacts, and didn’t have a chance to get them before he left DC. Since we were meeting in Bumrungrad, one of the leading medical tourism hospitals in the world, he decided to put them to the test, [blinking profusely the whole time, I might add.] With minutes, he was registered, seen by a nurse, seen by a doctor, tested and given a prescription for new lenses. M-i-n-u-t-e-s. Try finding that in the U.S., where I always end up spending three hours to get 30 seconds with a doc..

Patients Beyond Borders features Bumrungrad in their “Focus On” series about top international hospitals.| February, 2013

 Bumrungrad International is today, in my opinion, a candidate for the title of “Hospital to the World.” Its management team has worked nearly 15 years to attain a balance between quality, customer service, and price. As more international hospitals around the globe work to achieve this enviable position, we’ll begin to see a truly globalized provider community, one that patients can trust to offer top-quality medical services, cost and outcomes transparency, and excellent customer care. Speaking as a patient and a healthcare consumer advocate, that’s good news.

10 Top Health Care Destinations for 2012 | February, 2013

As U.S. health care costs continue to rise and the options for quality care overseas become more widely understood, I'm often asked -- by the media, in conferences and lectures, by friends and acquaintances -- "Where's the best place in the world to go for medical care?"

Accidental Tourist: Visiting the Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok| January, 2013

Among overseas medical destinations, no facility is mentioned more than Bumrungrad (last syllable rhymes with “hot”) Hospital. Bumrungrad is a privately owned but publicly traded 550 bed acute care hospital in central Bangkok. On a recent trip to Thailand, I stopped at Bumrungrad to find out what all the shouting was about and was really impressed with what I saw.

Looking abroad for healthcare| December, 2012

Number of medical tourists rises because of cheaper costs, services

The 35-year-old Beijing white-collar worker traveled to Bangkok in October for skin laser surgery to rejuvenate her appearance at Bumrungrad International Hospital, one of the world's top 10 multiple-specialty medical centers targeting patients globally.

(Source - chinadaily.com.cn)

Medical Tourism Is A Massive Opportunity For Emerging Nations Like Thailand| November, 2012

Medical tourism isn’t a new concept – Switzerland has been a mecca to foreigners for over 100 years by offering superior health care. Interestingly, a more recent trend of emerging, and even frontier, nations developing medical tourism industries has sprouted.

(Source - Forbes.com)

Two Myanmar children to get free heart surgery in Thailand | October, 2012

Bangkok-based Bumrungrad International Hospital is to offer free operations to two Myanmar children suffering from heart disease who cannot afford treatment.

The hospital has been giving free treatment to Thai children for the past five years, and has already performed 625 operations without charge. This is the first time they are offering free operations to foreign children.

(Source - Myanmar Times By Nuam Bawi   |   Monday, 29 October 2012)