| Mention Medical Tourism and one country, | | | | standards of laboratory inspection, quality is a vital |
| Thailand, keeps coming up. Thailand is the home | | | | component of Thailand's medical sector. |
| of Medical Tourism with over 300,000 visiting in | | | | Thailand's medical expertise covers every |
| 2003 rising to an estimated 1.4 million in 2006. | | | | conceivable situation. Heart and liver transplants |
| While most associate Bangkok with shining, golden | | | | first began to be performed during the 1980s. |
| temples it is the glittering medical facilities that | | | | This tradition of world leadership in medicine |
| attract the Medical Tourist. | | | | continues to this day. |
| The scale of Thailand's medical sector is | | | | Bangkok's BHN Hospital recently became one of |
| staggering: Bumrungrad hospital in Bangkok | | | | the few world facilities offering Total Artificial Disc |
| treated nearly 1 million patients last year; 400,000 | | | | Replacement. It is not just foreign expertise that |
| foreign patients of which 120,000 came from | | | | is driving Thailand's medical profession; a growing |
| Europe and America. | | | | pool of home-grown talent is pushing the |
| Excellence in healthcare is a family tradition in | | | | boundaries of medical knowledge. |
| Thailand. The current king's father Prince Mahidol, a | | | | One of Thailand's most prestigious public hospitals, |
| U.S. board certified doctor, began the | | | | Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, recently presented a |
| transformation of the country's healthcare | | | | major study on the use of stem cell therapy in |
| system in the 1920s. A close relationship with | | | | the treatment of severe heart disease to the |
| America's medical profession remains to this day, | | | | American Heart Association, cementing the |
| with large numbers of Thai doctors receiving | | | | countries reputation as a world leader in medical |
| training and board certification in America before | | | | research. |
| returning home to practice. | | | | Leading edge technology and unparalleled levels of |
| Medical excellence reaches out into all aspects of | | | | patient care mean that Thailand is impossible to |
| Thailand's governance creating a truly integrated | | | | ignore when it comes to Medical Tourism. |
| approach to improving standards. From a national | | | | To find out more visit RevaHealth. |
| programme of hospital accreditation to the highest | | | | |