1. Continuing to strive for international recognition and accolades
Thailand has been investing heavily in improving its medical services, introducing the most advanced technology and training its healthcare professionals. The US JCI accreditation is recognized as the "gold standard" for evaluating hospitals. As of 2018, there are only 92 JCI-accredited hospitals in mainland China. Thailand, on the other hand, has more than 40 hospitals and clinics accredited by JCI, ranking first among ASEAN countries.
Excellence in medical services has led the World Health Organization to also recognize Thailand's medical facilities as world-class. Thailand's renowned Komnang Hospital has managed to have the best medical equipment and the most advanced medical technology. Its multi-specialty medical center has been recognized as one of the best in Asia and one of the world's leading medical institutions.
2. Top medical experience in the United States, Europe and Japan
Thai doctors generally have had higher education and further studies overseas. Many top-notch Thai specialists have studied at top medical research centers in the United States, Europe, or Japan before committing themselves to Komnang Hospital or their healthcare careers. These returnees have brought their studies and education back to Thailand so that local Thais do not need to fly abroad to receive world-class medical care, and migrants visiting Thailand from overseas can enjoy the same excellence in medical services
3. Many transplants living in Cambodia or Myanmar choose to come to Bangkok for medical treatment. In Thailand, there is a higher ratio of doctor-to-patient and nurse-to-doctor face-to-face communication, and the large number of patients makes Thai doctors more sophisticated.
4. Inexpensive and transparent
Thailand's medical programs are much less expensive than those in other countries and are of the same standard. As a result, reasonable prices are an important factor for many overseas tourists to come to Thailand for medical treatment. Medical tourists come from countries as far away as the United States, where the standard of care is high but the cost is prohibitive.
5. Faster medical experience
Western medical tourists with social healthcare systems come to Thailand because they don't want to spend too much time waiting for a consultation cycle in their own countries. And in Thailand, for example, things like fixing a rotator cuff injury, or getting a hip replacement done in a few days, etc. These are items that they would have to wait for months or even years with pain in their own country.