Health Check Ups?

[l1350d]

Hi

Looking at getting a health check up while here, similar to this https://www.bangkokpattayahospital.com/shop/en/annual-check-up-packages   while still cheaper than at home does anyone know of a cheaper option in pats?

[KittenKong]

Far cheaper here:

http://www.phyathai-sriracha.com/pytsweb_eng/index.php?page=menupage/menu-Checkup-Packages

Just add the cost of a taxi or bus to get there.

[Cerberus]

Personally I would avoid at all cost PBH, irrespective of needing an annual check up or actual treatment for a problem. The offer at Phyathai in Sriracha looks to be excellent value but I have no experience of them so cannot comment.

I go once a year to Bumrungrad in Bangkok which I have found to be excellent and extremely well organised. You attend in the morning having fasted for 8 hours, on arrival you get changed into a hospital gown and are then in the system. You are guided from station to station throughout  the day, with breaks for food and drink until all tests are completed.

Following this you get too see a general consultant who will go through your tests results, this is followed by seeing specialists in any area that was found to have an abnormality. As you will see from below most check-ups cover similar items, which of course makes sense.

I have benefitted from these check-ups when they have highlighted problems still in their early stages so allowing swift attention/treatment.

 

 

[john27]

IMO I would definitely go to Pattaya City Hospital

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Address: 261/40 Soi Buakhao, Muang Pattaya, Amphoe Bang Lamung, Chang Wat Chon Buri 20150, Thailand

 

It is a cheaper, but reliable option compare to the other hospitals in Pattaya, but make sure you ask for the cost before you do the tests..

[KittenKong]

2 hours ago, Cerberus said:

The offer at Phyathai in Sriracha looks to be excellent value but I have no experience of them so cannot comment.

I go once a year to Bumrungrad in Bangkok which I have found to be excellent and extremely well organised. You attend in the morning having fasted for 8 hours, on arrival you get changed into a hospital gown and are then in the system. You are guided from station to station throughout  the day, with breaks for food and drink until all tests are completed.

Following this you get too see a general consultant who will go through your tests results, this is followed by seeing specialists in any area that was found to have an abnormality.

Same procedure at Phyathai.

I go there every year.

[KittenKong]

1 hour ago, john27 said:

It is a cheaper, but reliable option compare to the other hospitals in Pattaya, but make sure you ask for the cost before you do the tests..

Do they not offer a fixed-price package? Such packages generally cost half what the individual tests would cost in total.

[Cerberus]

13 minutes ago, KittenKong said:

Same procedure at Phyathai.

I go there every year.

So there you are you already have comparable choices supported by other BM's experience

10 minutes ago, KittenKong said:

Do they not offer a fixed-price package? Such packages generally cost half what the individual tests would cost in total.

Absolutely, selecting a few individual tests will often work out as much if not more than a package 

[l1350d]

Thanks Lads,

 

Booked into the one in bangkok this week and will be waiting to see how long I have left on this earth haha

 

Cheers

[Frang]

2 minutes ago, l1350d said:

Thanks Lads,

Booked into the one in bangkok this week and will be waiting to see how long I have left on this earth haha

Cheers

Any reason you went for the BKK one over the Phyathai one? Just asking because I'm looking for the same type of thing and the BKK one seemed to be quite a bit more expensive for similar tests.

[ex-pat]

4 hours ago, KittenKong said:

Far cheaper here:

http://www.phyathai-sriracha.com/pytsweb_eng/index.php?page=menupage/menu-Checkup-Packages

Just add the cost of a taxi or bus to get there.

I go every year, but inquire as to when the sales are. Generally they have them twice a year. Much prefer it to BPH. 

[Cerberus]

11 minutes ago, ex-pat said:

I go every year, but inquire as to when the sales are. Generally they have them twice a year. Much prefer it to BPH. 

We will all have differing views, in my opinion this place was responsible for the death of a friend of mine and more recently almost responsible for my own by wrong medication, saved only by my lass loading me into a wheelchair against all their advice, then into her car and driving me to Bumrungrad where they saved me.

[l1350d]

2 hours ago, Frang said:

Any reason you went for the BKK one over the Phyathai one? Just asking because I'm looking for the same type of thing and the BKK one seemed to be quite a bit more expensive for similar tests.

It had all the tests I want and again just personal preference but looking at the reviews they seem very professional. I might as well get it done properly as I won't be doing it every year

[ex-pat]

1 hour ago, Cerberus said:

We will all have differing views, in my opinion this place was responsible for the death of a friend of mine and more recently almost responsible for my own by wrong medication, saved only by my lass loading me into a wheelchair against all their advice, then into her car and driving me to Bumrungrad where they saved me.

The subject is check ups isn't it? The screening tests, etc are the same. Bumrungrad is over 4 times the price.

Having said that, if I could afford Bumrungrad for all my health care needs that is where I would be going not withstanding the fact that if you Google it, there are people with their own negative stories about the place.

[plahgat]

For an extensive bloodtest the Maximum Performance Wellness Center on Pattaya Klang Rd has an affordable program at 6000 baht.

http://www.pattaya-addicts.com/forum/topic/284642-been-to-maximum-performance-hormone-replacement/?page=3&tab=comments#comment-3481249

You go in the morning and get back for the results and a consultation in the afternoon.

They use the Bangkok Pattaya Hospital lab.

Plahgat

[Frang]

19 minutes ago, l1350d said:

It had all the tests I want and again just personal preference but looking at the reviews they seem very professional. I might as well get it done properly as I won't be doing it every year

Yeah. I'm in two minds. BKK seems to have a good reputation. On the other hand, if I go to BKK, I'll feel like I've spent 30k. If I go to Pattaya, I'll feel like I've saved 15k, so I'll have to think of a way to spend 15k in Pattaya :).

[Frang]

2 hours ago, Cerberus said:

We will all have differing views, in my opinion this place was responsible for the death of a friend of mine and more recently almost responsible for my own by wrong medication, saved only by my lass loading me into a wheelchair against all their advice, then into her car and driving me to Bumrungrad where they saved me.

Just to be clear, you're talking about BPH, not Phyathai, right?

[ex-pat]

40 minutes ago, Frang said:

Just to be clear, you're talking about BPH, not Phyathai, right?

That's not the way I read it, but if so, there'll be no argument from me. All these hospitals are for profit - I've got no problem with that, but that place does not seem to have any ethics at all about pricing. 

[KittenKong]

3 hours ago, ex-pat said:

I go every year, but inquire as to when the sales are. Generally they have them twice a year. Much prefer it to BPH. 

Phyathai send out an email with a promotional package every month or so. Anyone interested can ask their international sales rep Gavin to include them on the list. Sometimes the extra promotional tests are of no interest to me but a few times a year they include some extra things that I think are worth having. So I time my yearly visit to coincide with those promos.

I have never had any problems there, apart from the appalling American breakfast. Always select the Thai prawn fried rice option.

[Captain Courageous]

3 hours ago, Cerberus said:

We will all have differing views, in my opinion this place was responsible for the death of a friend of mine and more recently almost responsible for my own by wrong medication, saved only by my lass loading me into a wheelchair against all their advice, then into her car and driving me to Bumrungrad where they saved me.

Well mate, there can be little doubt that your lass is a good un !

[Frang]

30 minutes ago, ex-pat said:

That's not the way I read it, but if so, there'll be no argument from me. All these hospitals are for profit - I've got no problem with that, but that place does not seem to have any ethics at all about pricing. 

Yes, message #11 reads as though it's referring to Phyathai, but looking at message #3, I think he actually meant PBH.

[KittenKong]

One other option for those who are really counting their Baht is to go somewhere like Lifecare Lab and pick one of their packages.

The results come with an indication of whether they are within normal limits, and you can always take the results and see a GP at a clinic or hospital if anything doesn't seem right. That consultation should not be expensive.

http://lifecare.siam2web.com/?cid=1209618

Of course you wont get things like abdomen ultrasounds there: it's just the lab test part. Personally, for the 3,500B or so I pay annually at Phyathai I find that I get my money's worth there and over the last 5 years they have picked up several things that I have successfully dealt with since, with simple dietary changes and minimal medication.

Never never never buy medicines in a hospital pharmacy unless they are controlled items that are not sold elsewhere.

[Scuba+]

This looked like a good option at Pattaya City Hospital. Haven't tried it yet. 6,900 baht. On their website.

 

 

[likeaking]

21 minutes ago, KittenKong said:

 

Never never never buy medicines in a hospital pharmacy unless they are controlled items that are not sold elsewhere.

My experience indicates otherwise. I was given a prescription at Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital for an antibiotic and decided to have it filled at a local pharmacy to save some baht. I went to a pharmacy near LK Metro and the pharmacist(?) pulled a boxed vial off the shelf behind him. On the box it said to keep refrigerated, common for many antibiotics, and it was halfway through it's dated two year shelf life, so I said no thanks. Went to a second pharmacy in the same area and was again given a room temperature vial of the antibiotic. The efficacy of those medications would be little to none and may have given me a new medical problem. So back I went to BPH and was handed a refrigerated vial. 

When considering medications and medical care in a developing country where standards are loosely enforced, you have to be vigilant. Sometimes paying more does get what you pay for.

[Cerberus]

2 hours ago, Frang said:

Just to be clear, you're talking about BPH, not Phyathai, right?

Pattaya Bangkok Hospital adjacent to Sukhumvit road is the PBH I was referring to. 

1 hour ago, ex-pat said:

That's not the way I read it, but if so, there'll be no argument from me. All these hospitals are for profit - I've got no problem with that, but that place does not seem to have any ethics at all about pricing. 

PBH openly has substantial duel pricing, when I say openly I mean they readily admit it when challenged. 

53 minutes ago, Captain Courageous said:

Well mate, there can be little doubt that your lass is a good un !

Second time her courage and determination has saved my life sir, for a small dark skinned rural girl she has more cojones than many men I know.

To return to the OR enquiry I feel that generally with the exception of PBH  annual test are much of a muchness, especially if you are still in your middle years. Bumrungrad are more expensive than some others, however I have reasons for paying the small difference. I have had 4 operation there and the consultants in the major areas of concern have been seeing me for 5 years +, so in addition to having access to those records, we are on first name terms and there is earned trust there on my part and honesty and directness on theirs.

[ex-pat]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

This looked like a good option at Pattaya City Hospital. Haven't tried it yet. 6,900 baht. On their website.

 

 

That looks pretty good. #19, which is not definitive in itself, but is useful in cancer screening, I think  is an expensive test. It would be worth finding out if they have a sale.