Medical Tourist in Thailand for Heart Patients

Healthcare has been so expensive in the U.S., that many people can not afford. While Obama and Congress wrestle with the problem, many people find they can not wait. They need a surgery and now can not afford in the U.S.. Many are turning to third world countries which have comparable or even better health care than they can find in their countries of origin.

A few years ago I was living in Thailand. I needed an annual physical just to make everything to get it working properly. I stayed at the beach, so I went to a chain of hospitals known as Bangkok hospitals. They had a kiosk at a local shopping details about the services they offered and the pricing.

Here is an example – Standard Package includes Heart

    Physical
  • complete blood count
  • fasting glucose levels
  • Lip Profile
  • – Cholesterol
  • – Triglyceride
  • – HDL cholesterol
  • – LDL cholesterol
  • Kidney Creatinine Test
  • liver function tests
  • – SGOT
  • – SCPT
  • uric acid
  • Urninalysis
  • Chest X-Ray
  • electrocardiogram
  • Vascular Screening (ABI)
  • stress test (EST)

The pamphlet

told me not after seventeen days of eating before my test. I rang for an appointment but was told I could come in every morning at 10 hours. They accepted walk-ins.

I came to 10 hours on one morning. It was Christmastime. Although Thailand is a Buddhist country, the whole hospital was decorated for Christmas. I was greeted at the information desk of a pretty young secretaries who spoke near perfect English. She asked me questions that are typically found in the person filling out a questionnaire. Within minutes, they press me for an ID card.

She pointed to another girl dressed in a red mini-dress with a Santa hat trimmed with white fur around me to the examination office. I sat for a few minutes before being admitted to an examination room. One nurse, again speaking English, took my blood pressure, and drew the blood was pounding and tapping the basic you would expect in such a test. I sat for a few minutes and was then lead to another office where I waited for the “my” cardiologist meet.

He was a young guy, maybe 30. His English was almost better than mine. I remarked. He smiled. He earned his degrees at Stanford. He could have practiced in the U.S., but he wanted to come home and help his country and family.


My next stop was

my chest shaved so they get the heart to control equipment to confirm. When they hooked me to your equipment, brand new from HP and GE, “my” cardiologist back. He stayed with me throughout the duration of the test, about 20 minutes.

After getting dressed, we met in his office. All blood tests were complete. He went over all the results with me in person, recommended changes in my lifestyle and diet. He also mentioned that because the hospital was quite small, he was my assigned doctor for all my health care needs.

Imagine that! If I ever sick with the flu or a broken arm, would I use the services of a full Stanford trained cardiologist.

Try to understand in your mind what you would pay for similar services in the U.S. with a cardiologist in attendance. Would $ 1000? $ 2000? $ 10,000? I’m not sure, but man was I surprised when I pay the bill.

Total cost: $ 135 USD.

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