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