Kirstie asks… Medical Tourism in Bangkok, help please!!? 7 yrs ago I was diagnosed with MS "Multiple Sclerosis" for you who don’t know what MS is please check this link http://www.medical-advisor.org/Multiple-Sclerosis.php?keyword=symptoms-of-multiple-sclerosis&engine=google&contextual=no 4 yrs ago I went to Bangkok for treatment at Bumrungrad hospital http://www.bumrungrad.com/htm/eng/main.asp And it was fine the doctors were good and every thing was fine, thank god… now I'm going again in … [Read more...]
Eye Care in Bangkok
July 12, 2011 by
It’s always nice to be able to say something good when you seek medical care from a previously untried source, and the results are genuinely beyond your expectations. This was my experience coming to Praram 9 Hospital for the first time seeking treatment for conjunctivitis, an unusually annoying affliction of the eyes which causes impaired vision combined with extreme itchiness, and is so contagious, that it’s sometimes described as being transmittable just by looking at someone. The condition may persist for a … [Read more...]
Murder in a Bangkok Hospital
July 10, 2011 by 1 Comment
Murder in a major Bangkok metropolitan hospital – controversial, at best; at worst- unthinkable. The sensational nature of the accusation cannot be ignored, but neither, here in Thailand, can the particulars be revealed in this discussion. The virulent anti-defamation statutes preclude specific references of any kind. But speaking generally, the topic touches on other contemporary issues of ethical (or not) medical practice, namely the black market trafficking in bodily organs, rampant nowadays based on … [Read more...]
What’s Wrong With Medical Tourism?
July 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
As true of any business, medical tourism has its share of unethical practitioners. These basically take advantage of the relative ignorance of some individuals who fail to go far enough in terms of researching the details when arranging for medical treatment abroad. The most advisable first step to avoid falling pray to proponents of fraud and misinformation, is to go further with one’s questions and to pay close attention to the comments of others who have participated in medical tourism in the past, whether their … [Read more...]
Coping With Seizures
July 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Seizures – An Overview Twelve years ago my mother got a visit from a close friend who’d sustained a broken wrist after having fallen from his bicycle in Central Park (New York City). Being the compassionate, level-headed, and well-organized individual she was, she comforted her friend and accompanied him in a taxi to Lenox Hill Hospital across town. As the man’s treatment was almost finished, my mother began to utter some incoherent phrases, repeating them several times. This observation was related to me … [Read more...]
