3rd day at Phuket 10 April 2009 Thurs Part 1

We parted our friends after the morning breakfast at the guesthouse.Not bad la, American Breakfast.





















Sha went for laser whitening for his teeths. Haha. it is a professional dental clinic where the price is few hundred cheaper than Singapore or in the states. Indeed surgery and medical are cheaper in Thailand, no wonder people go Thailand and do plastic surgery. haha.

For many medical tourists, though, the real attraction is price. The cost of surgery in Thailand can be one-tenth of what it is in the United States or Western Europe, and sometimes even less. A heart-valve replacement that would cost $200,000 or more in the U.S., for example, goes for fraction of that price in Thailand and that includes round-trip airfare and a brief vacation package. Similarly, a metal-free dental bridge worth $5,500 in the U.S. costs $750 in Thailand, a knee replacement in Thailand with six days of physical therapy costs about one-fifth of what it would in the States, and Lasik eye surgery worth $3,700 in the U.S. is available in Thailand for only $1650. Cosmetic surgery savings are even greater: A full facelift that would cost $20,000 in the U.S. runs about $7500 in Thailand.

Medical tourism in Phuket Thailand are quite popular in recent years and some operations such as rhinoplasty, liposuction, breast augmentation, orthodontics, and LASIK, to more serious and life-saving procedures such as joint replacements and cardiac bypass surgery among others.

A combination of many factors has lead to the recent increase in popularity of medical tourism: high costs of healthcare in industrialized nations, ease and affordability of international travel, improving technology and standards of care in many countries of the world.

Medical tourists are generally residents of the industrialized nations of the world, the countries they travel are typically the less developed ones with lower cost of medical care, in some cases due to favorable currency exchange ratios. Currently, many of the procedures accessed are considered "elective procedures," such as cosmetic surgery. Because elective procedures are rarely covered through health insurance plans, there may be greater incentive to find such care at lower costs.

So I wil be saving money now. In case that I lose my job here, I will go there for plastic surgery and become their 'Ah Gua' hahaha. No la, no harm trying procedures like facelift and sharpen my nose. haha. errr Penis Enlargement included? haha