hip joint replecment in thailnd?

Question

price to replecment hip?

Answer 1

check out bangkok hosptial it has a fee listed on their web site for hip replacement about 500,000 baht. below is a list of hospitals most of these are international ones meeting standards for US and european people. Public hospital can do the same care but I won't try it myself for a operation like that. You can also email the hosptial financial department for a quota.

Answer 2

Check out a number of hospitals: Bangkok Hospital is supposed to be one of the best. www.bangkokhospital.com or this is the page for the Hip Replacement package

http://www.bangkokhospital.com/english/package/package_Hip.asp

Below is a website from www.thaiwebsites.com which is fairly current. Listing hospitals in Bangkok

http://www.thaiwebsites.com/hospitals.asp

Not all the hospitals seem to list the price of a hip replacement but, they are in english or they have an english version and you can inquire as to the approximate cost and time in hospital.

I had heard that Bangkok Hospital, Vejthani Hospital and Bumrungrad Hospital were the best. That can change. There are also some hospitals that will provide nearly hotel like rooms.

Good luck.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Also can check out Bumrundgrad International. It caters to many people form the mideast and if they come all that way for medical care, it should (repeat) should be good. It might be a little more expensive.

Answer 5

you can check from this websites.
www.bumrungrad.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paNRv---Adw

www.vejthani.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiYqqeRe1uw

good luck! :)

Answer 6

go to BKK HOSPITAL

Answer 7

There are many good hospitals in Bangkok, I know as I have worked in three of them. A hip replacement will cost about 5000 US dollars. The surgeons are mainly trained, or have gained experience in the US, UK or Australia.

I would recommend either the BNH Hospital in Convent Road or the Bumrungrad in Sukhumvit.

Check out the web sites below and you can review the procedures and the credentials of the orthopaedic surgeons too.

The little bit below is from a directory entry I recently wrote.




Modern international travel has revolutionised the health and hospitality industries. It is now just as simple to book a health check, dental work, a breast lift or spinal surgery at the same time as your annual holiday.

With its sofa’s and armchairs, concierge service, uniformed valets and fountain, you could be forgiven for mistaking the foyer of Bangkok’s Bumrungrad Hospital for a five star hotel. An impression further enhanced by the single-bed and balconied private wards, tea and coffee making facilities, alcohol-free mini-bar, a choice of four different menus – Japanese, Thai and two western selections, satellite TV, telephone, an en-suit bathroom with complimentary toiletries.

Internationally accredited the Bumrungrad is one of Asia’s best international hospitals, along with others, like the long established BNH Hospital, whose reputations are growing beyond Asia.

The medical tourism industry in Thailand is set to explode. According to the Health Ministry, in 2004 the country attracted 600,000 medical tourists, who generated 20 billion baht in revenue. In 2006, expectations are much higher. The sector is expected to grow by a staggering 66 percent, with approximately a million foreigners traveling to Thailand for medical treatment and health services, for a projected revenue of 27.5 billion baht.

For now, Thailand has a head start in the medical tourism stakes, the technology, standards of care and facilities in Thailand’s private hospitals are already on par with industrialized countries and offer a safe alternative to procedures performed in the patient’s home country.


Thai hospitals are renowned around the world; this is a fact of which the Thais are very proud. This asset also plays vital part in the private health services in which the quality and the standard are exceptionally high. With the country gearing towards long-stay health lifestyle tourism, medical services play an important part as well.

Health tourism in Thailand is booming because of long-suffering weariness of increasing health costs or of lengthening waiting times patients are running out of patience and are increasingly looking to Thailand to fulfil their health needs. In addition Thailand gives an opportunity to convalesce at one of the country’s many spas or beautiful beach resorts.

Health tourism is not new it has its roots in the ancient world. The Romans enjoyed the saline and sulphurous spas of France, Germany, Spain and Britain. However, until recently health tourism has been the realm of the rich and powerful; but, the ease and cost of modern international travel has placed health tourism within the reach of many more people. Although cosmetic surgery is the fastest growing sector, other specialities offer great value for money.

These and other factors like a realisation that the best of Thailand’s hospitals are equal to if not better than those at home are contributing to the raise in modern health tourism and are making people look further afield for their general health and cosmetic surgery needs.

More and more are discovering that Thailand offers excellent value for money with superb hospitals, state-of-the-art facilities, and well trained and educated doctors and nurses. The country’s health care standards and facilities are equal to world’s best, including its ancillary services such as blood transfusions.

Most of Bangkok’s private hospitals offer international quality standards, and immediate access to doctors and other services at prices that are 50% less than private healthcare in Europe and much less than in the USA.

The BNH Hospital boasts the country’s only spine centre and is one of the select few in Asia to perform Total Artificial Disc Replacement surgery, a procedure that was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration only in 2004. The hospital is now beginning to conduct seminars to transfer its technology to other countries in the region.

“Half the patients I treat with Artificial Disc Replacement come from overseas, and especially from North America. In the US, the disc implant costs about $11,000, and in Europe at least €5000 [US$6,158], not counting hospital fees and other associated costs. Here, it’s about $4,000,” says Dr. Wicharn Yingsakmongol, orthopaedic surgeon at BNH.

At present, the cost of getting a medical check-up in Thailand is a fraction of what it costs in more developed countries for US$300 a comprehensive check up will include a full physical check, a complete personal and family medical history, chest x-ray, ultrasounds of the abdomen, mammograms and ultrasound of breast for women and checks on prostate cancer for men, an ECG (EKG), echocardiogram and exercise stress test, eye examinations, a battery of blood tests and a lot more besides. And at the end of the check up you will get a full report with health and life-style recommendations.

Compared to Western private health costs, Thailand offers a bargain. Laser eye surgery to correct long or short sightedness will cost just over US $1000. Dental implants are a novel cosmetic procedure and like most new techniques are expensive; but the cost in Thailand is less than a half of the European costs and certainly much less than in the United States A cataract removal has a charge of about $1500. At the Bumrungrad International, the same treatment costs slightly more than $1000.

As Ruben Torrel, the hospital’s Director of International Programmes says, this is “compelling value for money”. He continues, “I believe that within the next two to three years, travelling overseas to places like Thailand for healthcare will become routine.”

Angela Stafford of the BNH Hospital in the city’s business and entertainment centre adds, “The more developed Asian countries, particularly Singapore and Thailand, are at the leading edge of medical practice.”

The best of Thailand’s private hospitals, like the Bumrungrad, and the BNH employs internationally trained doctors and dentists who are familiar with the latest technologies and techniques.

Seeing a doctor is easy, as the hospitals have web sites through which appointments can be made from your computer, confirmation is normally sent within 24 to 48 hours. If you haven’t made an appointment then it is very easy to walk into the hospitals and request an appointment. The chances are you will be given one on that or the following day – even at the weekend.

At Thailand’s more than 400 private hospitals, standards are high and costs are extremely competitive. Little surprise then that large numbers of visitors decide to undergo surgery in the Kingdom as part of their stay.
Whether you are after plastic surgery, lasik eye treatment or major heart surgery, you can rely on round the-clock, quality service in Bangkok and the main provincial cities and tourist centers; seeking care on holiday is a trouble-free experience.

Indeed a number of major Thai hospitals have learned the ropes of the travel business and are using it to attract patients to their services.
, the whole business of linkage between the hospitals and the travel industry took a step forward when Thai Airways International began packaging medical check-ups as part of its Royal Orchid Holidays programme.


The expertise and reputation of Thailand’s cosmetic surgeons is making the country a global centre for plastic surgery; all the cosmetic surgeons working at Bangkok’s international hospitals have been trained and had extensive experience in the USA or Australia. Indeed so good are the services and fees that the Bumrungrad Hospital it regularly deals with 200-300 requests for cosmetic surgery each month, from Australia alone.

The most common procedure is breast augmentation; the surgery takes a few hours, and in just two days you can leave the hospital to start a holiday. Breast enlargement costs a maximum of US$2,000 and a facelift costs between $3,000 and $3,500 pounds. Removal of under eye bags a smidgen under $350, and a full nose job is around $1,800-$2,700. At just under a $1800 abdominal liposuction is a snip.

A growing number of patients are learning that there is no need to wait in pain for their hip or knee replacements and are choosing Thailand for both surgery and convalescence. A hip replacement in Bangkok costs no more than $8,800 compared to nearly $16,500 in the West; this is a saving of over $7,300. The money saved can be spent enjoying a three-week pain free luxury holiday in the ‘Land of Smiles’.

At present, Thailand has more than 400 private hospitals scattered throughout the kingdom. Many of the hospitals are staffed with overseas-trained doctors and a specialist who can ensure that communication is no barrier. Visitors who choose a long-stay in Thailand can rest assured that Thailand's private hospitals are of very high standard while the fees are surprising low compared to those on the West.

Whether you are contemplating a check-up or a major procedure, you will enjoy prompt attention, hotel-style comfort, a highly profession staff, and friendly faces.

There are of course consumer concerns, the recent SARS outbreak, and the present Avian Flu are perhaps the worse. But a growing number of European insurers are confident enough in Thailand’s reputation for quality health care that they are actively seeking out low cost-high value quality care for their clients.

It may be the case that even the Bumrungrad’s soaring foyer with its Starbucks and MacDonald’s and Italian and Japanese restaurants is not be enough to tempt some to a five star facility thousands of miles away from home, but Bangkok’s ultra-modern hospitals are banking that inadequate insurance coverage and long sometimes painful waiting lists will make the trip just what the doctor ordered.


Which hospital
All hospitals offer similar services at similar prices, but best known:

BNH Hospital, is smaller, and conforms more to British/European practices. It is located in Bangkok’s entertainment and business district.
Address: BNH Hospital 9/1 Soi Convent, Silom, Bangkok, 10500.
Tel: + 66 (0) 2632 0550 ask for the International Centre
Fax: + 66 (0) 2632 0579
Web: www.BNHhospitalcom
Email: [e-mail]

The Bumrungrad Hospital. Opened in 1980, it is a large internationally accredited, hospital located in the Sukhumvit Road area.
Bumrungrad Hospital, 33 Skuhmvit 3 (Soi Nana Nua), Wattana, Bangkok, 10110.
Tel: + 66 (0) 2 667 1000 ask for the International Patient Center
Fax: + 66 (0) 2 667 1214
Web: www.bumrungrad.com
Email: [e-mail]

Bangkok Hospital this long established hospital is developing and expanding its services rapidly. It has opened the new Bangkok Heart Hospital, a state-of-the-art facility that provides every possible service for people who require cardiac services whether it be a simple check up or the most complex and advanced surgery, this new hospital can cope.
The Bangkok Hospital was the first to introduce PET/CT scanning into the Kingdom.
Bangkok Hospital 2 Soi Soonvijai 7, New Petchburi Rd., Bangkok 10310 Tel. [phone]
Fax. [phone]

Samitevej Hospital is a relative new comer to the international hospital scene in Bangkok being established only in 1979, but it has gained a reputation for excellent care using modern methods and techniques. Samitevej Hospital is located in central Bangkok and is ease to reach from the Skytrain or Metro.
Samitivej Hospital,133 Sukhumvit 49, Klongtan Nua,Vadhana, Bangkok 10110
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]