"MEDICAL HUB"

"Cannabis" is regarded as among Thailand's potential economic crops, with the goal of increasing revenues and income distribution for both organizations and small households, thereby elevating the country's economy to a greater level.

With the success of the Phuket Sandbox pilot project, the Thai government is now aiming to turn the resort island into a world-class “medical plaza” with integrated healthcare services for tourists from around the world, Government Spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said on Friday.

The Medical Hub Policy committee has agreed on three principles for receiving medical tourists after the Covid-19 outbreak has been resolved, Dr Thares Krainairawiwong, Department of Health Service Support director general, said today (June 30).

Phuket has proposed an international medical services project on 140 rai (224,000 square metres) of land to make the province a medical hub.

Large private hospitals have adopted a telemedicine system that is being hailed as the future of patient-doctor communication, spurring Thailand’s ambition to become an international medical hub.

Long a popular choice among those seeking medical treatment, Thailand currently sees more than a million foreign patients every year, a number that is likely to increase.

PRIVATE HOSPITALS WARN OF THREAT TO MEDICAL HUB POLICY, BUSINESSES MOVING OUT; CITIZENS TO MONITOR GOVT MOVES

ASSOCIATION SAYS MOVE WOULD TAKE AWAY |THE CHOICE OF AN ALTERNATIVE FROM PATIENTS

The Medical Devices Asean 2018 (MDA 2018), the international exhibition and congress on medical devices, technology, services and general health care, reflected its success as the gateway to Asean’s medical devices industry.

Aaahhhh the Medical Hub idea.

Govt’s Plan must not come at the expense of local patients and standards in the public health system

THE government must facilitate medical research and development in a bid to increase competency and strengthen Thailand's efforts to become a real regional medical hub, the president of the Private Hospital Association has warned.