| As Thailand is becoming a destination for medical | | | | the medical fields and the doctor may not be able |
| tourism, attempts are being made to promote | | | | to handle such a small ailment. |
| Thai health facilities quite actively. However, the | | | | However, critics beg to differ. They say they |
| average Thai is not deriving any benefits from | | | | most private and university hospitals have general |
| the medical tourism as there are certain | | | | practitioners and one only needs to ask for them. |
| shortcomings in healthcare and hospital facilities | | | | The other problem is that most doctors working |
| which provide medical treatment to the locals. | | | | in hospitals in Thailand do not do so full time. Most |
| Efforts are underway to improve the healthcare | | | | physicians and surgeons end up working in several |
| system in Thailand but a lot has to be done | | | | hospitals across Bangkok. Besides this, these |
| before we see some concrete results. | | | | doctors also have their own private clinics. |
| The first shortcoming in the healthcare system in | | | | Therefore, post-operative care can be a |
| Thailand is that there is no primary healthcare | | | | nightmare if you doctor is communicating with the |
| system. Most doctors in Thailand are generally | | | | nursing staff on a mobile phone. Another |
| specialists. So, it usually becomes difficult to find | | | | grievance that a Thai patient might have is that |
| good general practitioner for minor ailments. If a | | | | he does not see his doctor as often as he would |
| person is suffering from common cold and cough, | | | | like during his stay in the hospital. And if he does, |
| a visit to the general hospital means being | | | | it is at unusual hours after the doctor finishes his |
| examined by a doctor who is specialized in one of | | | | clinics in various other places. |