Medical Check-up

One of te reasons we decided to stay in Bangkok before we head North to Chaing Mai, was to take advantage of the quality and inexpensive medical services. Yesterday I spent the better part of the day at the Brumengard International Hospital getting my "mid-aged" check-up. I hate even sating those words! I wasn't really sure what to expect but when I got their I was very impressed from the get-go. The Hospital was as clean and modern as a 5 star hotel and the staff was extremely efficient. I was there for about 5 hours but within that time I received the following

• Blood Tests (Counts, Blood Sugar)


• Cholesterol Profile


• Gout


• Kidney Function Tests


• Liver Function Tests


• Thyroid Check


• Cancer Markers Tests


• EKG and Stress Test


• Chest X-ray


• Ultrasound of Whole Abdomen


• Eye Exam

All for the uninsured price of about $340. Yes $340.00 dollars, all in half a day. Compare that to the MRI and pain shot that Syd got just before we left. She had to have 5-6 appointments (referral, consultation, MRI, another consultation, then the shot) over 5 weeks (and that was short time frame, because I play tennis with the Doc). The total was over $4,000.00, $2,000.00 after insurance. Not that I'm down on the US medical system, but an MRI here is about $125.00. Syd is at the Hospital today, shes healthly. (Her results came in the same day. My results will be in Monday).