Queen Sirijit's hospital in Sattahip. Beware!
I have been to the Queens Hospital several times and apart from the long waits, been very happy with the care. BUT if you have a very serious condition they simply do not have the Doctors to handle it, if my friends experience last week
is typical......
Les was a Coal Miner for over 30yrs in the North of England, and like so many Miners he was afflicted with Pneumoconiosis. His lungs are badly damaged by Coal Dust and breathing is difficult.
It was SO hard for him to take his breath that he was taken to Sattahip where they simply had no idea what to do for him, and he lay there gasping for breath and actually dying as Pnumonia developed in his only working Lung.....To be fair. The Doctors who attended him were young and Pheumoconiosis was not a disease with which they were familiar.
It doesn't exist here in LOS.
Fortunately, Les has a good Sister, and when she heard he was at death's door she came out immediately, and in the nick of time ,had him rushed to Pattaya Bangkok Hospital.
There they plugged him in to the high-tec gear in intensive care, and literally saved him, I am glad to say.
Government Hospitals are fine as long as it is a straight forward problem that you have. But in such extreme cases they are next to useless......imo.
Of course, The Bill from BPH is high. About 400000bht!
Incidentally, they are now offering a 14000bht plastic card, that entitles the holder to a number of good reductions for treatment and accomodation.
It's worth looking into my friends.