The story began in Phuket, when my son fell ill with bronchitis and he was hospitalized at Phuket International Hospital. Through a few days bronchitis turned into pneumonia and the child landed in resuscitation, after which he was transported by plane to Bangkok.
In this post, I tell about the hospital, suddenly, too, someone send in Samitivej Sukhumvit, it will be clear what to expect. Us he I liked much more than Phuket. And if you compare, then more than Samui (also from the International hospital network). Perhaps those are right who say that it is better to get into the network hospitals. Bangkok or a similar level, that is no worse.
The content of the article
- 1 How ERV insurance worked
- 2 Transportation by air from Phuket to Bangkok
- 3 Hospital Samitivej Sukhumvit
- 3.1 Resuscitation
- 3.2 Pediatric Chamber
- 3.3 On the map
Contents
How did ERV insurance work?
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Insurance in all 3 hospitals worked perfectly well. Himself I still wonder. It’s great that I made the right decision. and bought it ERV. Yes, it is not cheap, but I saved a lot decent money on it in the end.
I recommend to buy it at least for children. How many times already advised her, everyone was happy. They are the best in Tae now.
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Transportation by plane from Phuket to Bangkok
As we were told, resuscitation at Phuket International Hospital (the beginning of the story) is not intended for children, they do not have the necessary equipment, there is no children’s intensive care, so we will try to transfer to another hospital. Since in Bangkok reanimation Phuket Hospital (the most expensive and best hospital in Phuket) is not turned out to be free space then it was decided transport to the capital in Bangkok.
The decision was made, naturally, not by us, but by the doctor together with insurance ERV. Although I constantly called asistens, I called to various people whose contacts they gave me in social networks seems to me everything would have been organized without my concern. As I understood, in Bangkok was chosen between Bangkok Hospital and Samitivej Hospital, and the choice fell on the latter. Since the situation was critical, transportation was coming by plane.
Exactly a day later, a resuscitation team arrived from the capital. From their faces it was obvious that they know their value and it blows from them. some kind of certainty. The first time I was able to relax, and appeared hope that everything will be fine. And then everything happened as in american movies. Yegor was put on a gurney, they inflated a special mattress with sides, hanged a bunch of equipment on the gurney, loaded into an ambulance and taken to the airport. Lacked only helicopter to even more like a movie.
My wife flew with her son, I stayed in Phuket and went to our house collect things to take off on the morning flight. Aircraft sanaviatsii was a small, you know, such small private planes. Everywhere is everything promptly, passport control is only for the wife and in accelerated okay
I did not see the bill for this transportation, but according to the insurance, sanavitsiya cost about 420 thousand baht.
First on soon to Phuket airport
Then by sanaviatsii to Bangkok
Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital
Resuscitation
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I flew to Bangkok in intensive care in the morning. Wife with child brought at night. The son was on strong sedatikah and we were given day to rest (we have not slept for 2 nights already) so that we can rest and came to the hospital on duty. It was requested that someone always of us was with the child – and he is calmer, and we know him better features and we can give a prompt to the nurse. Very good, that did not have to fight for the right is in intensive care, here it is in the order of things. Therefore, we called a grandmother from Moscow, and so the way the three were on duty in turn.
In total, Egor spent 15 days in intensive care. Every day (1-2 times) Dr. Anjana came, examined him, made new appointments and answered my questions. By the way, she was not secret and excellent spoke english. Analyzes and X-rays were also done almost every day right in the ward. We were finally able to relax, everything done as it should. We periodically called Russian familiar doctors to find out what they are doing in one way or another. situations, but experience has shown that anxiety was unnecessary.
The intensive care unit at Samitives Hospital is a a dozen individual boxes, each of which has all necessary equipment and even its own climate center. Did pretty cool, about 20 degrees, apparently it should be. Honestly, I only saw such chambers in films, well, very much cool. But therefore it is expensive, especially a private hospital. For each boxing stood out its own nurse, who constantly recorded everything in notebook and periodically changed drugs or added new ones, if they ended (electronic capitals and started squeak)
Sometimes a couple more people came, they did the necessary procedures, for example, sanitizing mucus, washed it, and even brushed it. All with smiles and hooting. We took turns sitting next to my son the chair went off just to eat at the foodcourt / starbucks and sleep in the apartment that was rented next to the hospital.
Resuscitation unit, individual boxes in a row
Ward in intensive care at Samitivej Hospital
Chamber in reanimation, what for TV?
They bought toys in the hospital in order to somehow calm them down. procedure time
In recent days, you could even lie down next to calm boyfriend
My shift was at night, so I periodically wrote idiaries there on a stool
Every morning, before leaving, I went to Starbucks (he was right there) cheer up
Separately, I want to say about mobile x-rays, such too never I have not seen it before. Such a car comes on wheels (the size of dining table), from it on hinges the device for shooting, freezes over the patient’s bed, taking a picture and a car leaves.
Very handy thing, no need to go anywhere, the patient does not need No need to carry anywhere, no need to touch, he can sleep, if only lay right.
Mobile X-ray is a very handy thing.
Mobile X-ray is a very handy thing.
I will not paint all the details of the treatment, I will only say that after some time, a second infection was added (nosocomial most likely), the second lung was engaged and as a result for all this time sifted through 5 antibiotics (Rocephin, Ceftriaxone, Meronem, etc.).
As a familiar doctor told me later, all medicines were Western, well cleaned and very cool that we were in Thailand, because of the sanctions of such vaccines in Russia now is not. In terms of There are analogues (the active substance is the same), but they are worse.
So, for 12 days, Egor spent at the ventilator (artificial pulmonary ventilation), then he was extubated and another 3 days was observed, can you breathe yourself, what will be the parameters of breathing, and what x-ray
The first days of the account were about 100-150 thousand baht per day! Generally dofiga! Then it became smaller and decreased to about 50 thousand. baht / day. That is why, God forbid, to thunder in intensive care without insurance.
Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital
A huge hall with sofas, a few cafes and shopkeepers
In the afternoon, a man comes several times and plays inspiredly. grand piano
Inexpensive food court with Thai food
Cafe with sandwiches and drinks
Everywhere is a very nice design.
Memory photos with our doctor
Pediatric Chamber
The last few days in intensive care Yegor was already in adequate (minimum of sedatik) and constantly asked us to remove the phone from his throat Since we, naturally, could not do it, he we are very angry, like sitting next to us, playing with him, and helping refuse.
And finally, we were transferred to a regular ward in pediatrics without tubes and only one dropper. Funny and unusual to us offered instead of bed mattresses on the floor. Since we have long been accustomed to such a “sexual” way of life, we agreed. In that there is something 
At least while the child is very weak and can maximum just crawling, it turns out a big playpen. Anticipating the question is, the doctor and the nurses would come and sit on their knees without problems.
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Almost no drugs were given, in fact, they were just watching, since after the IVL it was impossible to just let go home. Most the main problem was with the food, the body is very weak and not swallow it worked. And the voices are missing too. During this week, managed it “feed”, first from the tube in the form of liquids (the rest poured through the nasal probe, as in resuscitation), then switched to mashed potatoes. Well, almost before the statement came a voice. Apparently Yegor is just forgot how to use vocal cords.
In general, after 8 days of stay we were discharged, they said that it was better continue to be treated at home, and save money, and fewer infections, you don’t need anything in the hospital anyway (the droppers were also finished). We have been supplied with several bubbles with liquid vitamins (vitamins of group B, zinc and iron). Then we still For a month they lived not far from the hospital in an apartment and came to their senses. Have Yegor held out for quite a while subrefilia temperature wheezing, once he tried to get sick, only a month later he began to eat normal food.
Accounts were about 15-25 thousand baht per day. But more difficult say, since I only saw daily bills without discount, but to us after all, then they reduced the bill. Anyway, anyway decent it turns out, especially in terms of rubles, so even hitting hospital for 2-3 days you can get a noticeable amount, if not insurance.
Transportation from resuscitation to pediatric department
Chamber at Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital
Chamber at Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital
Each room has its own bathroom with shower
There is a fridge, kettle and microwave, very convenient
The attending physician pulmonologist came
On the map
P.S. The hospital is really good. I know that many foreigners are there are observed. There would be money, it would always be sick only there
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