News Forum - Phuket to become world class medical tourism hub by 2028

[Thaiger]

PM Prayut Chan-o-cha plans to turn Phuket into a world class hub of medical tourism by 2028, according to a spokesperson for the prime minister. An international medical and public health service centre called “Medical Plaza” is planned, complete with an international elderly care centre, a palliative care centre and a rehabilitation centre. Thailand’s medical and public health services have been recognised internationally, so expanding medical tourism is going to be good for Thailand’s economy in the future,  according to the PM’s spokesperson Thanakorn Wongboonkongchan. Medical tourism was a focus at Thailand’s International Health Expo 2022 held from March 17-20 […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

19 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

The success of the Phuket Sandbox programme is a perfect example of how tourism can be paired with safe public health measures, according to the PM’s spokesperson.

Tourism paired with health meassures? Like a positive covidtest = get locked up and fleeced?

[JustAnotherExpat]

All this hub nonsense - they just throw it against the wall to see if it sticks, which it rarely does.

[Soidog]

Course you do and of course it will happen! How’s the plan to make Suvarnabhumi the Aviation hub for SE Asia going? 
 

I wouldn’t be half as cynical about all this BS is there was a tangible plan behind it all. Rarely is there anything relating to market research, cost to establish facilities, risks from competition. It’s just words spouted out like a 4 year old writing a letter to Santa Clause. 

[riclag]

Yo ! If your listening  get up to speed with the latest Prostate procedures ,like the Urolift, Rezume and PAE !

Many falangs who are considering procedures are looking for a less invasive procedure as what offered predominately here such as the gold standard TURP 

[Cathat]

7 hours ago, Soidog said:

Course you do and of course it will happen! How’s the plan to make Suvarnabhumi the Aviation hub for SE Asia going? 
 

I wouldn’t be half as cynical about all this BS is there was a tangible plan behind it all. Rarely is there anything relating to market research, cost to establish facilities, risks from competition. It’s just words spouted out like a 4 year old writing a letter to Santa Clause. 

The only real plan is there is no plan.

[HiuMak]

13 hours ago, JustAnotherExpat said:

All this hub nonsense - they just throw it against the wall to see if it sticks, which it rarely does.

The only hub Thailand established and crowned glory for years is the sex tourism hub. Nothing else

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

20 minutes ago, HiuMak said:

The only hub Thailand established and crowned glory for years is the sex tourism hub. Nothing else

And that's about the only hub they do not claim to be

[Soidog]

11 minutes ago, DoUKnowWhoIAm said:

And that's about the only hub they do not claim to be

Probably the prime example of the double dealing and two faced attitude that goes on in Thailand. I think the ability to say one thing and then act in a way which is totally out of step with what has been said, is something Westerners struggle most with in Thailand. All governments are self serving and all governments get caught out acting in two faced ways. The difference is that in Western cultures, such behaviour is tracked down and called out. Politicians try to wriggle out of things and yet find themselves chased down by the media to the point where they have to resign or stick it out and suffer at the hands of voters at the next election. None of this seems to happen in Thailand. A combination of its draconian laws on defamation, high levels of corruption, the lack of separation of the three powers of democracy and a docile media, means it goes on unchallenged to the point where it’s simply is no longer seen by most Thais. Consequently, if consecutive governments and other powers can behave like this and get away with it, then why not everyday Thais?  As a result, such behaviour becomes part of the culture.