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My wife just left for the OR for a lap choley (I dx her condition). We came in early this morning to one of our favorite two hospitals here in Bangkok...got CXR, EKG and lab. Shown to nice room which is more like a hotel room, complete with frig and safe and nice view over a garden area and water fountains. Nurses here wear white uniforms and hats. For those of you who are fashion conscious, the one who drew my wife's blood and started her IV had a nice gray silk business type jacket over her white uniform and short heels on her white shoes. Out in the ward lobby area by the nurses station is an organizational chart complete with all the staff photos. I've perused the room service menu, complete with pictures and have my lunch picked out. The aide bought me my choice of Bangkok newspapers when we checked in and I'm enjoying wifi in the room, although there are two computers with free internet across from the nurses station. I saw a nurse this morning in the hall stocking the meds in each patient room through a locked door in the wall. Nurses can then access the meds from within the room with their key. I'd been meaning to check and see what the average nurse salary was here and found out it's $33-35,000 USD. Anyway, thought you guys might be interested.

My wife just left for the OR for a lap choley (I dx her condition).
What a good husband!:D

Just wondering, how did you end up in Bangkok?

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What a good husband!:D

Just wondering, how did you end up in Bangkok?

People come here from all over the world for surgery. We ended up here because my wife , who is a teacher, got a job at an international school here. I'm not working as I'm finishing up a post-masters psych NP program.

They even plastic wrap every item on the food tray. Even bought me another newspaper this morning!

Wife is fine and will go home today.

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I can't get over this! Ordered some ice cream this morning since my wife had sore throat from ET tube. They bought it up surrounded by a bowl of ice and as usual plastic shrink wrapped. Any other place I've been in would have slapped it on a tray and it would have melted by the time you got it!

Her surgeon came by this morning and went through most of the DVD of her surgery, then presented her with the DVD.

Pharmacy came by with her take home meds and even gave her a sheet with a photo of each med lying on a ruler so you could see what size it was! Also beside each med was a number of boxes corresponding to how many times a day you could take each pill.

Total bill was $4,233 USD. Insurance paid all but $5.00. In the previous country we were in, Bangladesh, it would probably been less than $400, but I'd prefer Thailand for any operations.

When we checked out the aide asked if we needed a cart. I told her no and we walked out to a taxi. No forcing you to ride out in a wheelchair.

Cultural comparison of hospital experience is now over!

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Her surgeon came by this morning and went through most of the DVD of her surgery, then presented her with the DVD.

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Cultural comparison of hospital experience is now over!

I hope this catches on in America some day!

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