I've been to a few hospitals in Bangkok, but never the actual ER. For standard health care and such things are fine, but I wouldn't want to be in a life or death situation here.
For one, good luck getting to the hospital in a timely manner if you really need to get there. Every time I see an ambulance driving down Sukhumvit in gridlocked traffic I think "Another one bites the dust." because that poor motherfucker isn't getting to the hospital anytime soon.
I also don't trust the medical staff here very much. I had one buddy go to the hospital to get tests done for his work permit, and he also decided to get an HIV test and some other tests. The doctor told him he didn't need an HIV test. If he had HIV, he'd know it. Those words came out of the mouth of a doctor.
I know another person who almost died in a hospital because they didn't have the money to move her to a hospital with the specialist that she needed, into a private hospital, so she was going to die until some friends pulled together and got the money to have her transferred. It wasn't cheap.
For your basic shit BKK is much cheaper to have medical treatment and I've been pretty happy with the overall treatment I have received. But if I had a life or death situation I hope to god I'm in the US and not here.
For one, good luck getting to the hospital in a timely manner if you really need to get there. Every time I see an ambulance driving down Sukhumvit in gridlocked traffic I think "Another one bites the dust." because that poor motherfucker isn't getting to the hospital anytime soon.
I also don't trust the medical staff here very much. I had one buddy go to the hospital to get tests done for his work permit, and he also decided to get an HIV test and some other tests. The doctor told him he didn't need an HIV test. If he had HIV, he'd know it. Those words came out of the mouth of a doctor.
I know another person who almost died in a hospital because they didn't have the money to move her to a hospital with the specialist that she needed, into a private hospital, so she was going to die until some friends pulled together and got the money to have her transferred. It wasn't cheap.
For your basic shit BKK is much cheaper to have medical treatment and I've been pretty happy with the overall treatment I have received. But if I had a life or death situation I hope to god I'm in the US and not here.