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]
Hospitals
Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital is on Sukhumvit Road in Vadhana, Bangkok.[6] Samitivej Sukhumvit, with 87 examination rooms, has 400 medical specialist staff and space for 270 patients. David A. Reisman, author of Health Tourism: Social Welfare Through International Trade, wrote that "Samitivej Sukhumvit has considerable experience with international patients."[3]
Samitivej Thonburi Hospital is in Thon Buri, Bangkok.[7]
Samitivej Srinagarindra Hospital is in Suan Luang, Bangkok.[8]
Samitivej Sriracha Hospital is in Si Racha, Si Racha District, Chonburi Province.[9]
Samitivej Chonburi Hospital is in Ban Suan, Mueang Chonburi District, Chonburi Province, near Chonburi City.[10]
Samitivej Children's Hospital has campuses in the Sukhumvit and Srinakarin hospitals in Bangkok.[11] Samitivej Srinakarin Children's Hospital was Thailand's sole private children's hospital in 2010.[3]
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