A few thousand Finns each year are already being treated in Thailand’s hospitals, hospital statistics show.
Thailand’s private hospitals attract patients with quick and friendly service as well as affordable prices. With their VIP rooms, quality restaurants and swimming pools, Thailand’s private hospitals resemble luxury hotels more than traditional hospitals. Hospitals also assist in travel arrangements, arrange hotels for their customers and even pick them up by limousine from the airport if asked.
Last year, Bumrungrad treated more than 430,000 foreign patients from 190 different countries, including a few hundred Finns. Bangkok Hospital treats 600 foreigners a day. During the winter season up to 650 Finnish patients visit the Pattaya hospital, and considerably more Swedes and Norwegians.
Figures from a few large Thai hospitals suggest that each year at least a few thousand Finns go to Thai hospitals each year for treatment. The numbers include Finns who live in Thailand, and tourists who unexpectedly require treatment. Hundreds of Finns travel to Thailand each year to get treatment.
Destination Beauty in Bangkok is a medical tourism agency, especially for Nordic customers seeking cosmetic surgery at Thai hospitals. It markets its services in ten languages on its website, helping to find the right hospital. It handles the paperwork with the doctors, and organises the travel. Of 1500 customers this year, 30 have been from Finland. There are agencies in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
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