Bangkok Hospital har netop udsendt en pressemeddelelse om, at de skifter navn fra Bangkok Hospital til Bangkok Hospital Group Medical Center (Bangkok Hospitalsgruppes Lægecenter). Der er nu tale om sydøstasiens største hospitalsgruppe med 600 læger og 2.200 ansatte.

 
Bangkok Hospital Expands into Bangkok Hospital Group Medical Center

Bangkok Hospital, Thailand is the largest private hospital group in Southeast Asia. The hospital was established in 1972 and has gradually developed into a network of fifteen hospitals in Bangkok and outlying provinces within Thailand. Over the last two years, the main hospital on New Petchburi Road, Bangkok has expanded into a state-of-the-art Bangkok Hospital Group Medical Center (BMC). It has heavily invested into three main areas – Heart, Neurology and Oncology and assembled all modern technology and world class doctors and specialists to care for the patients. The present BMC consists of : –

• Bangkok Hospital
• Bangkok Heart Hospital
• Bangkok International Hospital
• Wattanosoth Cancer Hospital.
• Bangkok Rehabilitation Center
• Bangkok Dental Center

Bangkok Hospital (BGH) maintains its existing excellent technology and expertise in all medical specialties – internal medicine, pediatrics, gynecology, general surgery, orthopedics, plastic surgery, ENT, Eye, urology, nephrology, GI and Liver, Endocrinology, Rehabilitation, and radiology.

Bangkok Heart Hospital (BHH) is the only dedicated private heart hospital in Thailand, equipped with the most advanced technology and dedicated personnel to deal with all types of heart conditions, diagnostic facilities, interventional cardiology, cardiac surgery and rehabilitation. Some of the highlights of BHH are: Da Vinci Robotic System (only one in Thailand), Cardiac MRI (only one in Thailand), Cardiac CT Angiogram, Stem Cell Therapy, Radiofrequency Ablation (RF), Pacemaker, and all-artery CABG operation.

Wattanasoth Cancer Hospital (WH) is the only dedicated private cancer hospital in Thailand. It is equipped with state-of-the-art technologies e.g. PET/CT scan for faster and accurate diagnosis (only one in Thailand), NOVALIS for intensity modulated radiosurgery (IMRS) and radiotherapy (IMRT) (only one in Thailand), Gamma Knife for radiosurgery of brain (only one in Thailand), and all other specialist equipment.

Bangkok International Hospital (BIH) is the first dedicated hospital in Thailand to exclusively cater for international patients. It has three designated outpatient departments - Japanese Medical Services (JMS), Arabic Medical Services (AMS) and International Medical Services (IMS). BIH staff speak more than 26 languages. In 2005 BMC treated over 100,000 foreigners from over 140 countries worldwide.

BMC currently operates eight offices abroad, providing customer services in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, UAE, Oman and Sweden. Our services include arranging doctor appointments, airport and hotel transfers, accommodation and travel arrangements, banking, visa assistance, liaison services with embassies and insurance companies, catering for special diets, shopping and sightseeing tours and other special needs. BMC has a fully equipped 24-hour medical evacuation service, repatriating to any destination worldwide.

Our mission is to combine state-of-the art medical services with compassionate care and traditional Thai hospitality. Over 600 doctors, 2,200 staff members, and continuous growth and development have contributed to the hospital's current status, ranking it amongst the top medical institutions worldwide.