Samitivej PCL (Thai: สมิติเวช), doing business as Samitivej Hospitals (Thai: โรงพยาบาลสมิติเวช), is a private hospital brand in Thailand. It operates hospitals and health centers in Bangkok and Chonburi Province.[1]
It is owned by Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS), Thailand's largest private hospital company.[2]
As of 2009[update] 40% of the patients seen at Samitivej centres are non-Thai.[3] The foreign patients, as of 2009, often refer to each hospital as "the baby hospital", and they are used by expatriates who live in countries with less developed healthcare systems; Rachel Louise Snyder, writing in Slate, described "Five-star service" as "the aphorism most often uttered in conjunction with Samitivej."[4]
The centres offer halal food, and patients can get frequent flier miles.[5]
- ^ Home. Samitivej. Retrieved on February 3, 2017.
- ^ The Report: Thailand 2011. Oxford Business Group, 2011. ISBN 1907065385, 9781907065385. p. 78.
- ^ Reisman, David A. Health Tourism: Social Welfare Through International Trade. Edward Elgar Publishing, January 1, 2010. ISBN 1849805539, 9781849805537. p. 177.
- ^ Snyder, Rachel Louise (2009-05-06). "Where Should We Have Our Baby?". Slate. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ Connell, John. Medical Tourism. CABI, 2011. ISBN 1845937090, 9781845937096. p. 68.