In my series about Samui Hospitals, it's time to talk about Bangkok Samui Hospital in Chaweng.
It's the newest hospital on the island and by far the hospital with the most updated and modern equipment and they also have one of the two hyperbaric chambers on Samui, currently located on Samui, under their roof.
This hospital is part of the Bangkok Hospital group with hospitals all over Thailand.
Since their opening I have visited this hospital a few times, for check ups and to see friends who were staying here and we found out here that my wife was pregnant of our second child.
However, over time, I started to dislike the hospital more and more for their greedy approach. If you want to visit the hospital, they charge 3.000,-THB as a registration fee, refundable by your insurance. For residents this registration is waived though. It's not until very recently that their room rates went down, since my regular insurance would only cover room rates for the other hospitals on Samui. There are also numerous stories floating around were they ask for outrageous prices to treat you. Unfortunate and not necessary in my opinion.
In contrast, I have very good experiences with the Bangkok Phuket hospital of the same group. Very professional, very friendly and helpful staff, good service and very cheap!
Bangkok Samui hospital is located at the ring road in Chaweng, next to the Bangkok Airways main office;
Bangkok Hospital Samui 57 Moo 3, Thaweerat Phakdee Road, Bophut, Koh Samui , Suratthani 84320
Tel: 0-7742-9500 Fax: 0-7742-9540
Camille
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