1. What is this place?
Bangkok Hospital is one of the most technologically sophisticated hospitals in the world.
(http://www.bangkokhospital.com/images/bkk.jpg)
It was opened in 1972 by a team of doctors, pharmacists and 30 nurses.
Bangkok Hospital consists of their International Hospital as well as their main General Hospital and a collection of specialty hospitals, including their Heart Hospital, Rehabilitation Center and Dental Clinic.
The largest hospital is the Bangkok Hospital Medical Center and is the flagship hospital of the Bangkok Hospital Group.
2. Where is this place?
Bangkok Hospital is located in Bangkok, Thailand, South East Asia.
3. Why do tourists visit this place?
Bangkok Hospital is an expansive state-of-the-art medical campus providing comprehensive medical care (the hospital has more than 400 beds in a 16-storey building. BGH has more than 20 specialized centers covering many expertises, and supported with comprehensive emergency and ambulatory services.) through multidisciplinary teams of highly trained specialists. With its four hospitals and broad range of specialized clinics, BMC is equipped with all of the diagnostic and treatment facilities not generally available at local hospitals.
patient room and waiting area at the Bangkok Hospital (http://www.business-in-asia.com/asia/images/bkk_h_room.jpg)
One of many MRI scanners at the Bangkok Hospital
(http://www.business-in-asia.com/asia/images/bkk_h_tech.jpg)
4. What are the sources of information for this place?
http://www.business-in-asia.com/asia/thailand_medical_tour.html : Asia business website
http://bangkokhospital.com/eng/About_Bangkok_Hospital_Medical_Center.aspx : Bangkok hospital website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok_Hospital : free encyclopedia
5. How popular is this place?
Bangkok Hospital is the most famous hospital in South East Asia and Middle East.
More than 2,200 patients arrive at Bangkok Hospital Medical Center each day, and the center of activity is Bangkok Hospital. It welcomes 1 million a year. It also provides healthcare for more than 3.4 million patients from some 160 countries.
5. What kinds of jobs can be developed in this place?
The hospital has more than 650 full-time and consulting physicians, 700 nurses, and numerous teams of support technicians and specialists
Labels: Pham Thi Hong and Nguyen Tu Anh
12 Comments:
Hi there,
who posted this? could you identify yourselves?
also, regarding the question on "how many people are working there", what relevance does it have on tourism? Could you rephrase the question?
-Ms Tham
By 
Unknown, at
January 12, 2010 at 8:15 AM
I think BH belongs to medical tourism because most of the people going to BH because of the treatments offered there
By 
, at
January 18, 2010 at 11:02 AM
This comment has been removed by the author.
By Tourism With Ms Tham, at
January 18, 2010 at 11:05 AM
yeah, agree with hong and anh.
this one should be medical tourism.
Cynthia
By , at
January 18, 2010 at 11:05 AM
We agree with the comments above. It is indeed a medical tourism because it took in a lot of treatment seekers from abroad.
By , at
January 18, 2010 at 11:14 AM
i think that it is not only medical tourism but also health tourism. i think people will go there to check their health also right? :) i am not sure either :) could you please clarify the differences?
By , at
January 18, 2010 at 11:29 AM
I agree that Bangkok Hospital is a medical tourism. Because of the high quality of health care system in Bangkok, many people visited Bangkok just to seek medical help.
By , at
January 18, 2010 at 11:35 AM
most of my comments in this blog are missing-not deleted.:( it's a medical attraction as weel as man-made.What plus points does this place have that other advanced and nice hospital have too.??
eleanor
By , at
January 18, 2010 at 11:40 AM
i agree with most of the comments that the hospital is a medical attraction ^_^
moi
By , at
January 18, 2010 at 11:42 AM
i can't agree more that is a medical tourism.. hehe.. i have nothing else to comment.. >,<
Angeline
By , at
January 18, 2010 at 10:33 PM
i can't agree more that is a medical tourism.. hehe.. i have nothing else to comment.. >,<
Angeline
By , at
January 18, 2010 at 10:33 PM
Conclusion : Medical tourism
By , at
January 20, 2010 at 10:23 AM