Medical Tourism in Thailand Contest

As most of you know, I am David Hogan Jr, a travel writer, travel blogger, traveller and photographer for Malaysia Asia, and I have been doing this activity since early 2008.

My main focus is travel blogging for Southeast Asia, specifically Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia, and Thailand. This November 2010, I am doing something entirely different, so please read on.

Medical Tourism in Thailand Contest

From 21 November to 27 November 2010, I will be attending Thailand’s Medical Blog Contest. I was selected as one of the 12 Travel Bloggers worldwide to compete in this competition, which will last a whopping two months after our familiarisation trip.

On this trip, we will visit various Medical Facilities and Centers throughout 5 popular places around Thailand. These five places, which are well known worldwide for their impeccable medical procedures and hospitality, are;

Bangkok
Pattaya
Chiang Mai
Phuket
Koh Samui

Who would have guessed that some of the most beautiful tropical islands would have top-notch medical facilities?

Even I was surprised that these places did significant surgeries with a vacation-styled recovery program.

This opened up my curiosity to visit these places to see how they ran their Medical Tourism.

Thailand Medical Tourism Overview

With several growing health medical tourists seeking affordable vacation-style procedures, Thailand is no doubt one of the top three places in the world for this.

And now, with this trip, I will experience what a foreigner would face when they select Thailand as their destination for health procedures.

Thailand offers all kinds of medical procedures, check-ups and operations. Among the popular procedures included are Cardiac, Orthopedic, Stem Cell Therapy, Dental, Gender Reassignment, Cosmetic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, General Medical Check-Up and more. Prices are a fraction of what most would pay back in their country.

Here is a rough comparison of the cost of some common major surgeries in the USA and Thailand. Prices are in US Dollars below.

Procedure	US	Thailand
Heart bypass	130,000	11,000
Heart valve replacement	160,000	10,000
Angioplasty	57,000	13,000
Hip replacement	43,000	12,000
Knee replacement	40,000	10,000
Hysterectomy	20,000	4,500
Spinal fusion	62,000	7,000

david-hogan-with-iban-shaman-sarawak Medical Tourism in Thailand Contest

Me sitting with the last remaining Iban Shamans of Sarawak, Borneo.

Conclusion

I hope to share this article with all my readers and those seeking information about Health Tourism in Thailand. I will be documenting my daily experiences for one whole week around this beautiful country.

Please bookmark and visit this page for regular updates, pictures, videos and information. I will also be tweeting live and updating my Malaysia Asia Facebook Fan Page daily, so please ‘Follow’ my Twitter and ‘Like’ my Facebook page.

I also have a previous article on 5 Medical Tourism Areas in Thailand if you want to learn about these areas. Thank you for reading this, and have a lovely day wherever you may be.

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