Bangkok Hospital a leader in advanced medical technology in Thailand

The Bangkok Hospital Headquarters (BHQ) is technologically the most advanced hospital and many of its technologies are unique and not available in any other hospitals in Thailand.

Royal Thai ambassador Her Excellency Makawadee Sumitmor said this while addressing a ‘Meet the Press’ held in Dhaka on Saturday.

Besides, the Bangkok Hospital Office in Bangladesh is the exclusive representative of the BHQ with its three branches located in the capital’s Dhanmondi and Banani area and in the port city Chattogram.

The BHQ leads 49 network hospitals in Thailand and neighboring countries. Since its opening in 1972, it offers world-class tertiary-level care for severe and complicated illnesses, she said.

It is internationally certified by the Joint Commission International (JCI Accredited) and Ranked the #1 Private Hospital in Thailand by Newsweek World's Best Hospitals in 2020, said the ambassador.

They have 22 years of experience in medical tourism providing industry-leading complimentary one-stop service to clients.

Shakti R. Paul, an internal medicine specialist and an advisor of Bangkok Hospital and Kriengkrai Hengrussamee, director of Bangkok Heart Hospital gave their speeches about the services and technological advancement along with the supremacy of Bangkok Hospital in Thailand.

The BHQ is where advances in medicine meet with compassion through advanced technology and integrated care with Thai hospitality.

The campus includes Bangkok Heart Hospital, Bangkok Cancer Hospital, Bangkok International Hospital (Neurology & Orthopedics) with specialists in all major fields of healthcare.

Being the headquarters of the largest network in Southeast Asia, the BHQ is technologically the most advanced hospital; many of its technologies are unique and not available in any other hospitals in Thailand.

Over the years both Thais and foreigners have consistently chosen Bangkok hospital for their treatment as all these high-end technologies are found here under one roof.

Bangkok Heart Hospital notable technology includes CT Angiogram – 256 slices, MRI - 3.0 Tesla, Cardiac MRI - 3.0 Tesla, Open MRI - 1.0 Tesla, Cartosound for Arrhythmia that makes BHQ the leader of All-artery Double Life CABG, Redo or 2nd CABG, and management of complicated Arrhythmia by Cartosound among other regular heart disease treatment.

It also has a Hybrid OT for smart surgery.

Bangkok Cancer Hospital has 4th generation mCT Flow PET-CT for Accurate Cancer Diagnosis, Varian Edge - the new era of Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery that makes it possible to treat brain tumors without surgery (no incision, no bleeding, no infection) in 1-3 days.

Bangkok International Hospital (Neurology and Orthopedics) uses O-arm technology for precision in spinal surgery.

It has a 24/7 Air Ambulance for domestic and international critical and emergency patients transfer.

All the air ambulances are equipped with SKY ICU, efficient aviation doctors and nurses with maximum safety records.

Bangkok Academy of Sports and Exercise Medicine (BASEM) is the only FIFA accredited professional sports medicine center in South and South-East Asia adhering to international standards.

Cutting-edge technologies and advanced techniques in minimally invasive surgery have been deployed to achieve better surgical outcomes with shorter recovery time, allowing athletes a quick return to the games with improved performance.

The BHQ recently added a Healthcare Intelligence Service System including Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven precision medical image diagnosis.

Besides its technological excellence, the BHQ also provides telemedicine services across all departments which immensely benefited a big number of Bangladeshi patients during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ralf Krewer, business development director of the BHQ, Patcharin Talanon, marketing communication specialist and Shirong Guan, international marketing officer from both HQ, Nilanjon Sen, managing director, Kazi Sharhan Saif, executive director and Mohammad Shohid, operations director of Bangkok Hospital Office Bangladesh, among others, were also present at the press meet.