Green Health Hospital

Bangkok Hospital Samui (BSH) : Cerebrating 9 years of leading a World-Class Green Health Care in Paradise

With no traffic, fresh air, a free-spirited people, beautiful emerald-like water all around with fascinating marine life, lush vegetation filled with towering coconut trees, an abundant sunshine, some rugged terrain and quirky animals, Samui is indeed a paradise for many of us.

But beyond these natural attractions, Samui’s healthcare industry is also a come-on that would rival even the most sophisticated facilities in the world when it comes to beauty enhancements and healthcare services.

That’s right—small as it is Samui is home to one of the most modern hospitals on the planet through Bangkok Hospital Samui which opened on May 24, 2004 or nine years ago.

This tiny hospital with a capacity of 50 beds was officially recognized as an accredited hospital of the US-based JCI, proof of its Western standards.

 

Dr. Somkid Udomkijmongkol, Bangkok Hospital Samui director, told What’s On Samui they try to perpetually improve their services to better cater to the needs of their patients. in case Trauma &Emergency, Elective Surgery, General Medicine Etc.

“This is very, very significant,” he says about their JCI Accreditation. “As Luath one provider. With this accreditation, we will have improved tasks in terms of quality and the patients’ safety.”

Close to 30 physician and Interventional Health care form the friendly medical team of BSH. They are helped by Practice Nurses & Patient Assistance over a hundred other auxiliary staff.

BSH medical facilities include a modern emergency and trauma unit, Out-Patient Department, In-Patient Department, 12 fully equipped ICU beds, 2 ultra-modern operation rooms, a Hemodialysis unit, CT 64 slice scan, 4D ultrasound, fully equipped Laboratory with Blood Bank, well stocked Pharmacy, and a Physiotherapy unit.

Managed by one of the largest healthcare companies in Thailand, Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company Limited, BSH also has the advantage of easily connecting with its allied hospitals to serve a patient’s medical needs.

Moving patients to the capital Bangkok if necessary is also not a problem with Bangkok Airways being its partner.

Medical aesthetics 

As Thailand is known for openly encouraging people to medically enhance one’s beauty, it’s no big surprise to see different facilities offering such services.

In Samui, BSH also offers world-class cosmetics or medical aesthetics for less than what you would normally pay for in Europe or in other parts of the world.

A host of surgical and medical procedures are available at the hospital like blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) which involves reshaping the eyelids or applying a Rhinoplasty or a nose job; rhytidectomy or facelift to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging on the face; mammoplasty (breast implant or boob job) using silicone gel prosthetics; mastopexy or breast lift; abdominoplasty or tummy tuck; buttock augmentation, among others.

The more delicate aesthetic surgeries like the labiaplasty, the surgical reduction and reshaping of the labia, and even the sex-change operation can also be performed at BSH.

Injectable fillers like collagen, fat, and other tissue filler injections, such as hyaluronic acid, including Botox, can also be done at BSH.

Many people actually avail of cosmetic surgery in Samui and for a good number of reasons.

For one, Dr. Somkid says Samui’s island setting is less stressful compared to a city making it easier for patients to recover quickly and go back to their normal routine after a surgery.

Other patients also avail of BSH’s surgical services like a cataract removal, knee and hip replacement, spinal fusion and related treatments because its technology is at par with modern facilities found in Europe for a lesser cost.

Dr. Somkid also stressed that their hospital accepts practically all good standing health insurance from their patients, regardless of their point of origin.

Green Health Hospital

 

As Bangkok Hospital Samui enters its first decade in Samui’s healthcare industry, Dr. Somkid envisions many changes, including turning their facilities more environmentally friendly.

He says this is their way of helping their host island live up to its name as the “Green Island” in the Kingdom of Thailand.

Noticeable changes are already visible at the hospital, the air-conditioned lobby is now getting fresh air and solar panels will soon be installed in strategic locations. Waste management is also carefully addressed.

Along with that, Dr. Somkid says their corporate responsibility to the local community will be heightened.

“We do many things for the local population. But we still want to step this up,” the hospital director says.

A better health education program benefitting many public schools will soon be launched. Further, BSH will coordinate with more hotels to teach staff members how to administer first aid in case of an emergency to minimize impact on patients.

 “I think it’s important that we help people learn more about healthy habits and take care of their well-being,” Dr. Somkid adds.