Sunday, September 28, 2008

Bangkok Hospital Adds Serviced Apartments to Medical Tourism

Bangkok Hospital recently made medical tourism easier for patients by adding serviced apartments to their extensive range of services to provide convenient accommodations for patient support people. The primary goal of the serviced apartment project is to reduce the barriers experienced by medical tourism of recuperation in a foreign city as well as streamlining support and visitation for foreign patients.

The serviced apartment complex offers 38 units located within the main building of the hospital on the 7th and 8th floors of the C building. The serviced apartments can house up to three people and are designed especially to accommodate the needs of family members and visitors by providing the comforts of home with amenities such as hotpots, refrigerators, multilingual cable television, Internet access, and air conditioners. The units range from studio to deluxe with a keycard controlled access system and an in-room safe in every unit.

The deluxe serviced apartment suites offer more space than the Studio level units and include a microwave oven as well as a bath, where Studio units incorporate just a shower. The serviced apartments also offer a complimentary visa extension service due to the fact that many of the clients are from overseas. A cafeteria and pantry service is provided as well as cooking facilities and mini bars in each unit. Move and Stay has additional information at www.moveandstay.com .

The Bangkok Hospital serviced apartments make it one of only two hospitals in Thailand that offer this kind of level of in-house accommodations for visitors in recognition that medical care is often inconvenient and not a 9 to 5 prospect. The serviced apartments have a front desk which is manned 24-hours, room service, security, and wake-up calls.

Of the 1.2 million foreign patients who sought treatment in Thailand last year, around 500,000 of these came to Bangkok Hospital. The serviced apartments make the hospital an even more attractive prospect for overseas patients and represent a breakthrough in overseas medical care.

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