Chiangmai Ram Hospital (Medical)

This is a modern and clean hospital. But keep in mind that it is a business. Their primary goal is to make money. They sell you things that you don’t need at extremely high prices. Everything there costs four to five times more than they cost outside. After staying in Ram Hospital I went to Maharaj Hospital. The doctors that work in these two hospitals are often the same. The nurses in both hospitals are polite and wonderful. The Maharaj hospital is not very luxurious but you get better or the same kind of care that you get in Ram Hospital at a fraction of price. If you have money to throw away, go to Ram Hospital, But if you want to get medical care Maharaj Hosptial is the place you want to go. This is where the locals go. I should have given 5 stars to cleanliness, communication and service. But I did not want to inflate the rating of this hospital.

Only the doctor we had the appointment with spoke English. We interacted with 10-15 other people: checkin personnel, nurses, escorters, xray department, ultrasound technician... English was so minimal, that it was hard to get anything understood back-and-forth, over the two hour experience. The doctor appointment itself was quite good, the ultrasound we needed was done professionally (with no words), and the results (that I then forwarded to my primary dr in the US) were really well written up, matching what my dr had asked for. The not-so-good English aspect ended up not affecting the procedure and results. The cost was really low, compared to U.S. prices, and an extremely good value.

It’s difficult put into words how exceptionally good this hospital is. I am retired Canadian dentist. For the past 3 years I have been living in Jinghong China which is only one hour direct flight from Chiang Mai Thailand and has a similar climate. For the past 2 years I have lived with severe knee pain and I knew from a Chinese surgeon I needed knee replacement surgery. I came for a consultation ( there is no way I am doing this in China mostly because of language issues). The surgeon instilled me with confidence. We booked the surgery but I “failed” the medical for surgery. I saw a regular doctor, a blood doctor and a GIT doctor. Every doctor and all the staff are absolutely incredible, professional, polite, helpful, you name it , they excel at it. After a couple of weeks I was suitable for the knee surgery which I had only 3 nights ago. Every day the blood doctor, the knee surgeon and the anesthesiologist come to check on my progress. My primary room is huge ; and I am visited by ten to twenty staff of various kinds all day. They respond immediately to the call button as well. I am recovering well and already have had two days of physiotherapy. The hospital is clean, extremely well organized, and the doctors and staff are beyond compare. My only complaint is I am doing so well I will probably have to leave soon and I don’t want to! I will never be able to express my gratitude to these fine people so I hope this review gives them some tribute. My forever gratitude to this organization.

EXCELLENT VISIT

Very good experience.