Hospitals Pt 2

A few days either side of the King's Birthday in December each year, Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, (BPH) offers discounts on all it's health plans and services. Last December, I took advantage of the discounts to arrange for a dental check up and teeth cleaning. Not being a regular customer of the BPH Clinic I took 'pot luck' on the dentist assigned to do the work. Pot Luck doesn't sum it up. The dentist I got was clearly pissed off that he had to do a discount job on a cheap farang. It took him exactly 10mins to clean my teeth front, back, top and bottom without one break for a mouth rinse. My gums felt as if they'd been shredded. My wife who went in for the same treatment with a second dentist got 40mins of T.L.C.

Now I didn't force BPH to give me the discount in honour of the King's Birthday, it was done on their own initiative. That being the case then I reckon they should honour the King under who's name the discount's are issued and provide a fair and honest service. This was clearly not the case with the dentist I got. At the time, my complaints disappeared into the ether, so I would recommend anybody who is using BPH for dental treatment, to request one of the female dentists. It's just a precaution so you don't end up in prison for murdering the twat I got.

Further to my earlier blog comments on getting a second opinion on diagnoses from Thai hospitals, here are five diagnoses for which experts maintain you should always seek a second opinion, no matter where you are in the world:

1. Heart bypass surgery - Anytime you're considering a procedure that has a risk of dying, stroke and severe infection, you should get a second opinion," says Dr. Richard Stein, director of preventive cardiology at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.

2. Hysterectomy

Sometimes doctors recommend surgical removal of the uterus for bleeding or pelvic pain when the uterus isn't the problem at all.

"3. Pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality

Sometimes parents choose to terminate a pregnancy when the fetus has a severe abnormality -- but they should make sure they have the right diagnosis before they do it.

4. Surgery for varicose veins

There are so many different treatment options for varicose veins, it's best to get a second opinion, according to Dr. Julie Fleishlag, chair of the department of surgery at Johns Hopkins.

5. Treatments for brain tumors

As Smith learned, the wrong brain tumor diagnosis could lead to the wrong treatment. The diagnosis depends largely on the pathologist reading a slide -- and mistakes can happen.

Read the full article here.

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