Some time ago I created a lens on Squidoo that was about medical tourism in Thailand. That lens took a more critical look at the overall subject than you usually see in fluff pieces promoting the industry. At the same time, it highlighted a few myths commonly promulgated by detractors of whole medical tourism concept. […]

Private hospital groups in Singapore are reporting double digit growth in foreign patient arrivals from last year. The continued growth in medical tourism is not really news, but there is a shift in the nationalities of the arrivals which is a little bit surprising given the fact that the Singapore dollar has appreciated significantly against […]

It’s too late if you didn’t see the promotion because it ended today. I only found out about it because I did my health screening at Bangkok Hospital Korat last year and they sent an SMS message to past patients about the price reduction. The so called VIP health screening package, normally about 9,000 baht, […]

Here is another first hand account of medical treatment at a hospital in Thailand. This time it is Mission Hospital and as the writer points out he was usually very satisfied with service from Mission but ended up quite disappointed this time. His story: Looking at the scale, I knew something was wrong. The month […]