Augmented reality surgery and virtual reality surgery are terms that will become more commonplace in the medical industry as advances in computer assisted operations move forward. And the Thai healthcare industry isn’t being left behind. Recently the first robotic sugery in Thailand was performed, a prostrate cancer operation at Bangkok Hospital using the Da Vinci […]

Next week Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital is scheduled to open a privately run medical center at Bangkok’s new Suvarnabhumi airport. The clinic is set to open on the third floor of the passenger terminal complex. It will mainly provide primary medical treatment, not only to foreign tourists but also airport staff and people working in and […]

Bumrungrad International will soon become the first hospital in Thailand to offer Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT). IGRT is a new technology for radiotherapy treatment of cancer that was first introduced in Europe in 2003. Though imaging technology has traditionally been used to identify the exact location of a tumor prior to treatment, difficulty arises when […]