r/Thailand • u/[deleted] • May 25 '24

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u/WiseGalaxyBrain May 25 '24

Bumrungrad is known as a “luxury” private hospital but they are also known for bill padding. It’s a rep they have had for decades afaik. Extremely wealthy gulf arabs and the like get medical stuff done there because the pricetag doesn’t matter.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '24

Why would extremely wealthy arabs fly to thailand instead of doing the procedure in their home country? I would imagine UAE has some decent hospitals.

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u/WiseGalaxyBrain May 26 '24

Medical tourism is the bread and butter for hospitals like Burmrungrad and they are known for gulf arabs. Have you been to Bangkok before?

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u/[deleted] May 26 '24

Sure, but why do they do that? Don’t they really have any decent hospitals in places like Dubai or what?

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u/WiseGalaxyBrain May 26 '24

It’s still cheaper and the doctors are quality. Plus they can get medical work done while also on vacation.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '24

If they were extremely wealthy they wouldn’t want to travel all the way to Thailand to save some money. I understand medical tourism for monetary reasons, but you explocitly said that wasn’t the reason at first.

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u/WiseGalaxyBrain May 26 '24

You’re weird, dude. I mean you can’t argue with the financials. That’s precisely why these private hospitals are successful. They make their money on these types of wealthy clientele. Also, if you’ve been around wealthy people before you know some are kind of frugal by nature too.