Like all the large private hospitals in Bangkok, Bumrungrad International offers comprehensive health screening packages. One advantage that Bumrungrad claims is that all health screening services are located in one complete full service center. Registration, consultations, imaging, tests and payments are handled in the center, providing for maximum convenience and time savings. And all data […]

Another spa conveniently located in one of Bangkok’s busy shopping districts is Avanti. Located on the second floor of the Lido theatre, Avanti is right at the edge of popular Siam Square and close to the BTS Sky Train Siam Square station. They offer a variety of facial and body treatments as well as therapeutic […]

An August 13 story in the Los Angeles Daily News is titled “Low rates lure more Americans to venture abroad to have surgery”. It has some interesting tid bits about medical tourism.
One item is the story of how Planet Hospital got its start. They are a service that connects western patients with overseas doctors and […]

Piyavate Hospital has established a Chinese Medicine Center, part of its “Centers of Excellence” concept. Treatments available in Piyavate’s Chinese Medicine Center include acupuncture, a thousand year old traditional treatment from China that was certified by the World Health Organization in 1979 as a legitimate form of medical treatment. Acupuncture has been proven effective in […]