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By Linda Khoo Hui Li<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n BANGKOK, Sept 25 (Bernama) — Bangkok Dusit Medical Services\n(BDMS), Thailand\u2019s largest private hospital network, is eyeing more Chinese\npatients to seek medical services when the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs and air\ntravel resumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Its senior vice-president of international marketing,\ncorporate advertising and public relations, Buranut Limjitti said Thailand is a\nmajor hub for medical tourism and attracts between three and four million\nmedical tourists every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said BDMS, which has 47 hospitals in Thailand and two\nhospitals in Cambodia, receives 70 per cent Thai patients and 30 per cent\nforeign patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At present, Chinese patients account for about one to\ntwo per cent of total foreign patients, the fifth largest group behind the\nMiddle East, Japan, Myanmar and Scandinavia in BDMS, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To tap into the Chinese market, he said BDMS has partnered\nwith China\u2019s largest internet healthcare platform, Ping An Good Doctor, a\none-stop healthcare ecosystem covering online medical services, consumer\nhealthcare services, a health mall, as well as health management and wellness\ninteraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In June, BDMS partnered with Ping An Insurance (Group)\nCompany of China Ltd, offering Ping An Policyholders various medical care,\nincluding health check-up, cancer screening and treatment programmes,\northopaedic services, hip replacement surgery, as well as a variety of\ncardiovascular procedures and neurological services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ping An Good Doctor, a world-leading technology-powered\nretail financial services group has more than 210 million retail customers and\n560 million internet users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith this strategic partnership, BDMS and Ping An Good\nDoctor will continue to design healthcare packages for Ping An members,\u201d he\ntold Bernama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BDMS network comprises 49 hospitals across six major groups\n— Bangkok Hospital, Samitivej Hospital, BNH Hospital, Phyathai Hospital,\nPaola Hospital in Bangkok, and Royal Hospital Group in Cambodia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every year, about 1.5 to two million international\npatients seek treatment at BDMS network hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Buranut said BDMS and Ping An Good Doctor\noffer overseas health check-up, specially tailored for Chinese patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patients can make appointments through Ping An Good Doctor\u2019s\napplication via video consultations with doctors in Thailand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBDMS has MoUs with Ping An Health Insurance and Ping An\nGood Doctor (the e-platform). They are two different companies. With\nPing An Health, we have been doing educational knowledge sharing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BMDS has developed a website, bdmschina.com to\nprovide Chinese patients with latest updates on healthcare packages and\nhealth-related information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The medical giant has received a growing number of\ninternational patients for a diverse range of treatments from general\nexaminations, IVF, orthopaedic surgery, hip and knee replacement, cancer\ntreatment to advanced pediatric care, bone marrow transplants, and pediatric\nheart surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the government has agreed in principle long-stay for\nforeign tourists to stay up to nine months, Buranut hoped international\npatients will return as early as November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n — BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Linda Khoo Hui Li BANGKOK, Sept 25 (Bernama) — Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS), Thailand\u2019s largest private hospital network, is eyeing more Chinese patients to seek medical services when the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs and air travel resumes. 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