{
 "name": "Phuket hospitals and clinics for tourists and expats",
 "description": "Private and public hospitals in Phuket, Thailand: type, JCI accreditation, beds, 24-hour emergency room, languages, specialties, insurance direct billing, coordinates, nearest area and dated price anchors (consultation, dengue test, ER visit, IV drip, private room) in THB with sources.",
 "url": "https://phukettravels.com/hospitals",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution to phukettravels.com",
 "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "publisher": "The Dream View Co., Ltd.",
 "as_of": "2026-09-05",
 "definitions": {
  "price_anchors": "Published (hospital price page, official fee schedule) or reported (dated patient or insurer report) figures in Thai baht; thb_low/thb_high is the range stated by the source, not a median. Nothing is estimated.",
  "distance_model": "Pages show great-circle km from the area centroid (areas.json) and an indicative drive time of 1.4 × straight line at 30 km/h.",
  "fx": "USD figures on the pages use 32.985 THB per USD (ECB reference rate via Frankfurter, 2026-09-03)."
 },
 "hospitals": [
  {
   "slug": "bangkok-hospital-phuket",
   "name": "Bangkok Hospital Phuket",
   "name_th": "โรงพยาบาลกรุงเทพภูเก็ต",
   "former_names": [],
   "type": "private",
   "level": "tertiary private hospital, BDMS group",
   "operator": "Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS)",
   "jci": {
    "accredited": true,
    "since": 2009
   },
   "beds": 200,
   "emergency_24h": true,
   "languages": [
    "TH",
    "EN",
    "DE",
    "FR",
    "IT",
    "ES",
    "SV",
    "RU",
    "ZH",
    "JA",
    "KO",
    "AR"
   ],
   "specialties": [
    "er",
    "trauma",
    "icu",
    "dengue",
    "dental",
    "maternity",
    "paediatrics",
    "hyperbaric",
    "cardiology",
    "orthopaedics",
    "international-desk"
   ],
   "insurance_direct_billing": {
    "available": true,
    "insurers": [
     "Allianz (CPIC Allianz Health)",
     "AIG",
     "AIA",
     "April",
     "Cigna",
     "Cover-More",
     "Euro-Center",
     "Falck",
     "Henner",
     "IMG",
     "Luma",
     "MSH China",
     "Now Health",
     "QBE",
     "SOS First",
     "Tokio Marine",
     "UnitedHealthcare Global"
    ],
    "note": "The hospital's insurance page lists more than sixty insurers and assistance companies with direct-billing agreements and asks patients to confirm with their insurer; a passport valid for six months is required, and without a guarantee of payment a deposit of about 80% of the estimate is asked before an elective admission (international patient services page, read 5 Sep 2026)."
   },
   "area": "phuket-town",
   "lat": 7.9039,
   "lng": 98.3758,
   "address": "2/1 Hongyok Utis Road, Talat Yai, Mueang Phuket, Phuket 83000",
   "phone": "+66 76 254 425",
   "website": "https://www.bangkokhospital.com/en/phuket",
   "price_anchors": [
    {
     "item": "GP consultation",
     "thb_low": 800,
     "thb_high": 1500,
     "kind": "reported",
     "source": "Phuket 101 hospital guide (updated 29 Apr 2026); patient reviews of 1,400–1,500 THB in 2020–2022",
     "url": "https://www.phuket101.net/phuket-hospitals/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "reported": "2026-04",
     "note": "Doctor's fee for a walk-in outpatient visit; after-hours and nursing surcharges are billed on top (patient report, Sep 2024). The hospital's own pricing page lists payment methods only."
    },
    {
     "item": "IV drip + observation",
     "thb_low": 6700,
     "thb_high": 6700,
     "kind": "reported",
     "source": "Patient report (emergency visit with blood work and IV medication), 28 Jul 2023",
     "url": "https://www.mymeditravel.com/medical-centers/thailand/phuket/phuket-town/bangkok-hospital-phuket",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "reported": "2023-07-28",
     "note": "One itemised bill quoted by a patient: ER visit, blood tests and IV drugs. A single report, not a tariff."
    },
    {
     "item": "Night in private room",
     "thb_low": 4960,
     "thb_high": 6200,
     "kind": "reported",
     "source": "Easy Living Insurance broker survey of Phuket room rates, early 2024 (room and meals; VIP 8,250, suite 15,300)",
     "url": "https://www.easylivinginsurance.com/how-much-hospital-room-cost-in-phuket/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "reported": "2024-02",
     "note": "Room and meal charge per day by ward; nursing, doctor rounds and medicines are billed separately. The hospital's room-rate page lists categories without prices."
    }
   ],
   "notes": "The island's largest private hospital, opened in 1995 and JCI-accredited since 2009, with a 24-hour emergency department, an international patient centre with coordinators in sixteen languages and a monoplace hyperbaric chamber in its diving medicine centre that is staffed 08:00–17:00 daily rather than around the clock. Most resort front desks on the west coast call this hospital first.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "name": "Bangkok Hospital Phuket — our story (JCI, BDMS, languages)",
     "url": "https://www.bangkokhospital.com/en/phuket/about-us/our-story-bpk",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Bangkok Hospital Phuket — diving medicine centre facilities (monoplace chamber, hours)",
     "url": "https://www.bangkokhospital.com/en/phuket/center-clinic/other/diving-medicine-center-bpk/facilities",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Bangkok Hospital Phuket — insurance partners (direct billing)",
     "url": "https://www.bangkokhospital.com/en/phuket/visit/insurance-bpk",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Bangkok Hospital Phuket — international patient services (passport, deposit, guarantee of payment)",
     "url": "https://www.bangkokhospital.com/en/phuket/page/international-patient-services-bpk",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Thai Medicure profile (200 inpatient beds, 24-hour emergency and trauma)",
     "url": "https://www.thaimedicure.com/bangkok-hospital-phuket/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Colorectal Disease Institute — Bangkok Hospital Phuket history (opened 22 May 1995, JCI 2009)",
     "url": "https://colorectaldiseaseinstitute.com/en/bangkok-hospital-phuket/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "OpenStreetMap / Nominatim (coordinates)",
     "url": "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=Bangkok+Hospital+Phuket&format=json",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    }
   ],
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "bangkok-hospital-siriroj",
   "name": "Bangkok Hospital Siriroj",
   "name_th": "โรงพยาบาลกรุงเทพสิริโรจน์",
   "former_names": [
    "Phuket International Hospital",
    "Siriroj International Hospital"
   ],
   "type": "private",
   "level": "private hospital, BDMS group",
   "operator": "Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS)",
   "jci": {
    "accredited": true,
    "since": 2012
   },
   "beds": 150,
   "emergency_24h": true,
   "languages": [
    "TH",
    "EN",
    "RU",
    "ZH"
   ],
   "specialties": [
    "er",
    "trauma",
    "icu",
    "dengue",
    "dental",
    "maternity",
    "hyperbaric",
    "orthopaedics",
    "international-desk"
   ],
   "insurance_direct_billing": {
    "available": true,
    "insurers": [
     "Allianz (CPIC Allianz)",
     "AIG",
     "AIA",
     "April",
     "Cigna",
     "Cover-More",
     "Euro-Center",
     "Generali",
     "Henner",
     "IMG",
     "Luma",
     "MSH China",
     "Now Health",
     "QBE",
     "SOS First",
     "Tokio Marine",
     "UnitedHealthcare Global"
    ],
    "note": "More than sixty insurers and assistance companies are listed on the hospital's insurance page (read 5 Sep 2026), with the same caveat as its sister hospital: confirm the agreement with the insurer; a passport copy is requested at pre-registration; cash is accepted in Thai baht only."
   },
   "area": "phuket-town",
   "lat": 7.898,
   "lng": 98.3677,
   "address": "44 Chalermprakiat Ror 9 Road, Wichit, Mueang Phuket, Phuket 83000",
   "phone": "+66 76 361 888",
   "website": "https://www.bangkokhospital.com/en/siriroj",
   "price_anchors": [
    {
     "item": "GP consultation",
     "thb_low": 1200,
     "thb_high": 2000,
     "kind": "reported",
     "source": "Varsovia Estate private-hospital guide, 24 Jul 2026 (specialist consultation range)",
     "url": "https://varsoviaestate.com/en/blog/private-hospitals-phuket-guide-2026-fd7371",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "reported": "2026-07-24",
     "note": "Range quoted for a specialist consultation; a general practitioner's fee may be lower. The hospital's pricing page lists payment methods only."
    }
   ],
   "notes": "Founded in 1982 as Phuket International Hospital, the first private hospital in southern Thailand, renamed Siriroj International Hospital and then Bangkok Hospital Siriroj after joining the BDMS group; JCI-accredited since 2012 with a third accreditation in 2019. It runs a 24-hour emergency and trauma service, an intensive care unit and the island's only 24-hour multiplace recompression chamber (Hyperbaric Services Thailand / SSS network, on the hospital grounds since 1996) — the destination for a diving accident.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "name": "Bangkok Hospital Siriroj — our story (founded 1982, former names, JCI, 24-hour emergency and trauma)",
     "url": "https://www.bangkokhospital.com/en/siriroj/about-us/our-story-bsi",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Bangkok Hospital Siriroj — JCI accreditation for the third time (survey 18–22 Nov 2019)",
     "url": "https://www.bangkokhospital.com/en/siriroj/content/bangkok-hospital-siriroj-in-phuket-receives-jci-accreditation-for-the-3rd-time-bsi",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Bangkok Hospital Siriroj — hyperbaric chamber facility (multiplace, 24/7, opened 1996)",
     "url": "https://www.bangkokhospital.com/en/siriroj/center-clinic/other/hyperbaric-chamber-facility-bsi/overview",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "SSS Chamber Network — Phuket (44/1 Moo 5 Chalermprakiat Ror 9, emergency line)",
     "url": "https://www.ssschambernetwork.com/phuket-thailand/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Bangkok Hospital Siriroj — insurance partners (direct billing)",
     "url": "https://www.bangkokhospital.com/en/siriroj/visit/insurance-bsi",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Bangkok Hospital Siriroj — contact and location (address, phone)",
     "url": "https://www.bangkokhospital.com/en/siriroj/contact/location",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Baan Lyy directory of JCI hospitals in Thailand (first accreditation Dec 2012, 150 beds; updated 7 Jul 2026)",
     "url": "https://baanlyy.com/market/reports/jci-hospitals-thailand",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "OpenStreetMap / Nominatim (coordinates)",
     "url": "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=Phuket+International+Hospital&format=json",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    }
   ],
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dibuk-hospital",
   "name": "Dibuk Hospital",
   "name_th": "โรงพยาบาลดีบุก",
   "former_names": [],
   "type": "private",
   "level": "secondary private hospital, BDMS group (Thai HA accreditation)",
   "operator": "Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS), under Bangkok Hospital Phuket",
   "jci": {
    "accredited": false
   },
   "beds": null,
   "emergency_24h": true,
   "languages": [
    "TH",
    "EN",
    "RU",
    "ZH",
    "FR",
    "DE",
    "AR"
   ],
   "specialties": [
    "er",
    "dengue",
    "paediatrics",
    "maternity",
    "orthopaedics",
    "international-desk"
   ],
   "insurance_direct_billing": {
    "available": true,
    "insurers": [
     "Allianz (CPIC Allianz)",
     "AIG",
     "AIA",
     "April",
     "Cigna",
     "Cover-More",
     "Falck",
     "Henner",
     "IMG",
     "Luma",
     "MSH China",
     "Now Health",
     "QBE",
     "Tokio Marine",
     "UnitedHealthcare Global",
     "World Nomads"
    ],
    "note": "Sixty-eight insurers and assistance companies are listed on the hospital's insurance-partner page (read 5 Sep 2026); the BDMS caveat applies — confirm the direct-billing agreement with the insurer before admission."
   },
   "area": "chalong",
   "lat": 7.8719,
   "lng": 98.3602,
   "address": "89/8-9 Moo 2, Chao Fa West Road, Wichit, Mueang Phuket, Phuket 83000",
   "phone": "+66 76 298 298",
   "website": "https://www.dibukhospital.com",
   "price_anchors": [
    {
     "item": "Night in private room",
     "thb_low": 2000,
     "thb_high": 2000,
     "kind": "published",
     "source": "Dibuk Hospital — rooms and facilities page (inpatient room 2,000 THB per night)",
     "url": "https://www.dibukhospital.com/about-us/hospital-rooms-facility/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "reported": null,
     "note": "Room charge per night for a standard single inpatient room with private bathroom; nursing, doctor's fees and medicines are billed on top. The hospital publishes a 2026 room-rate sheet as an image."
    }
   ],
   "notes": "The BDMS group's second-tier hospital on the Chao Fa West Road between Phuket Town and Chalong, opened as a clinic in May 2014 and as a hospital in October 2015 with 29 licensed beds and a plan for 224; it holds Thai Hospital Accreditation rather than JCI, runs a 24-hour accident and emergency department and is the nearest private hospital for Chalong, Rawai, Kata and Karon. Priced below its parent, Bangkok Hospital Phuket, and used as the group's front door for the south of the island.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "name": "Dibuk Hospital — hospital profile (address, BDMS, HA)",
     "url": "https://www.dibukhospital.com/hospital-profile/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Dibuk Hospital — history (opened 1 May 2014)",
     "url": "https://www.dibukhospital.com/about-us/dibuk-hospital-history/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Dibuk Hospital — English home page (24-hour accident and emergency)",
     "url": "https://www.dibukhospital.com/en/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Dibuk Hospital — insurance partners",
     "url": "https://www.dibukhospital.com/our-insurance-partner/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "The Phuket News, 12 Oct 2015 — Phuket gains third Bangkok-group private hospital (29 licensed beds, 224 planned)",
     "url": "https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-gains-third-bangkok-group-private-hospital-54500.php",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Phuket 101 hospital guide, updated 29 Apr 2026 (interpreter languages)",
     "url": "https://www.phuket101.net/phuket-hospitals/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "OpenStreetMap / Nominatim (coordinates)",
     "url": "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=Dibuk+Hospital+Phuket&format=json",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    }
   ],
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mission-hospital-phuket",
   "name": "Mission Hospital Phuket",
   "name_th": "โรงพยาบาลมิชชั่นภูเก็ต",
   "former_names": [],
   "type": "private",
   "level": "non-profit private hospital (Seventh-day Adventist network, Thai HA accreditation)",
   "operator": "Seventh-day Adventist Church (Mission Hospital network)",
   "jci": {
    "accredited": false
   },
   "beds": null,
   "emergency_24h": true,
   "languages": [
    "TH",
    "EN",
    "RU"
   ],
   "specialties": [
    "er",
    "icu",
    "dengue",
    "dental",
    "maternity",
    "paediatrics",
    "orthopaedics"
   ],
   "insurance_direct_billing": {
    "available": false,
    "insurers": [],
    "note": "No public list of direct-billing insurers was found (the hospital's insurance page did not render on 5 Sep 2026); patients report paying at the counter and claiming with an itemised invoice. It is the only private hospital on the island that also treats patients under the Thai social-security scheme."
   },
   "area": "phuket-town",
   "lat": 7.9065,
   "lng": 98.391,
   "address": "4/1 Moo 3, Thepkrasattri Road, Rassada, Mueang Phuket, Phuket 83000",
   "phone": "+66 76 237 220",
   "website": null,
   "price_anchors": [
    {
     "item": "Night in private room",
     "thb_low": 3300,
     "thb_high": 5300,
     "kind": "reported",
     "source": "Easy Living Insurance broker survey of Phuket room rates, early 2024 (standard 3,300, deluxe 3,900, suite 5,300, meals included)",
     "url": "https://www.easylivinginsurance.com/how-much-hospital-room-cost-in-phuket/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "reported": "2024-02",
     "note": "Room and meals per day; nursing, doctor's fees and medicines are billed separately."
    }
   ],
   "notes": "A non-profit hospital founded in 1940 on the Thepkrasattri Road north of Phuket Town, part of the Seventh-day Adventist Mission Hospital network; it keeps general practitioners on call around the clock, has an intensive care unit and is priced well below the BDMS hospitals — the private option long-stayers on a budget use. Its own website domain had lapsed when checked on 5 Sep 2026, so the phone number is the reliable contact.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "name": "Phuket.net directory — Mission Hospital Phuket (address, phone, English-speaking staff, social-security treatment)",
     "url": "https://www.phuket.net/directory/profile/mission-hospital-phuket/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "HealthServ — โรงพยาบาลมิชชั่นภูเก็ต (Thai address and phone)",
     "url": "https://healthserv.net/โรงพยาบาลมิชชั่นภูเก็ต-hospd727",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Health-Tourism.com — Mission Hospital Phuket (founded 1940, Adventist network, GPs on call 24 hours)",
     "url": "https://www.health-tourism.com/medical-centers/mission-hospital-phuket/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Phuket 101 hospital guide, updated 29 Apr 2026 (open 24 hours, HA, pricing relative to Bangkok Hospital Phuket)",
     "url": "https://www.phuket101.net/phuket-hospitals/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "OpenStreetMap / Nominatim (coordinates)",
     "url": "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=Mission+Hospital+Phuket&format=json",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    }
   ],
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "vachira-phuket-hospital",
   "name": "Vachira Phuket Hospital",
   "name_th": "โรงพยาบาลวชิระภูเก็ต",
   "former_names": [
    "Phuket Provincial Hospital"
   ],
   "type": "public",
   "level": "regional hospital, level A (Ministry of Public Health)",
   "operator": "Ministry of Public Health, Thailand",
   "jci": {
    "accredited": false
   },
   "beds": 650,
   "emergency_24h": true,
   "languages": [
    "TH",
    "EN"
   ],
   "specialties": [
    "er",
    "trauma",
    "icu",
    "dengue",
    "dental",
    "maternity",
    "paediatrics",
    "cardiology",
    "orthopaedics",
    "international-desk"
   ],
   "insurance_direct_billing": {
    "available": false,
    "insurers": [],
    "note": "No direct billing with foreign insurers: the patient pays at discharge and claims back with the itemised bill (expat guide, 16 Apr 2026). The hospital treats first and discusses payment afterwards; unpaid foreign bills were 19.8 million THB over 2008–2015 (ScandAsia, 7 Mar 2016)."
   },
   "area": "phuket-town",
   "lat": 7.8974,
   "lng": 98.383,
   "address": "353 Yaowarat Road, Talat Yai, Mueang Phuket, Phuket 83000",
   "phone": "+66 76 361 234",
   "website": "https://www.vachiraphuket.go.th",
   "price_anchors": [
    {
     "item": "GP consultation",
     "thb_low": 200,
     "thb_high": 300,
     "kind": "reported",
     "source": "Phuket 101 hospital guide (updated 29 Apr 2026); an expat guide of 16 Apr 2026 quotes 30–200 THB for a general consultation and 200–600 THB for a specialist",
     "url": "https://www.phuket101.net/phuket-hospitals/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "reported": "2026-04",
     "note": "Outpatient doctor's fee for a foreigner under the Ministry of Public Health schedule, which prices non-Thai patients above Thai citizens; tests and medicines are billed on top."
    },
    {
     "item": "ER visit, minor injury",
     "thb_low": 300,
     "thb_high": 800,
     "kind": "reported",
     "source": "Phuket Expat Guide — Vachira Hospital guide, 16 Apr 2026 (emergency visit fee range)",
     "url": "https://phuketexpatguide.com/blog/vachira-hospital-phuket-guide/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "reported": "2026-04-16",
     "note": "Emergency-room visit fee only; X-rays (150–300 THB for a chest film in the same guide), sutures and medicines are itemised separately."
    },
    {
     "item": "Night in private room",
     "thb_low": 2200,
     "thb_high": 6000,
     "kind": "published",
     "source": "Vachira Phuket Hospital — private-room rates page, updated 15 May 2025 (2,200–4,000 THB in the Nomklao building, 3,000–6,000 in the Luang Pho Chaem building, up to 8,000 for a VIP room in the cardiac tower)",
     "url": "https://www.vachiraphuket.go.th/sevice-for-patient/special-patient-room/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "reported": "2025-05-15",
     "note": "Room charge per day for a single private room; general wards are the default and cost far less. Nursing, doctor's fees and medicines are billed separately."
    }
   ],
   "notes": "The province's public referral hospital, opened as Vachira Hospital on 1 January 1920 and today a level-A regional hospital of the Ministry of Public Health with about 2,300 staff, sixteen operating theatres, a trauma centre, cardiac and cancer centres and an international department that deals with embassies and insurers. Its own site lists an underwater and hyperbaric medicine centre, but its availability for divers in 2026 could not be confirmed, so the chamber is not listed here. Foreigners pay under the ministry's fee schedule; the wards are crowded (general-ward occupancy 93% and ICU above 100% on the hospital's July 2025 snapshot) and the working language is Thai.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "name": "Vachira Phuket Hospital — hospital information (level, 650 beds, occupancy snapshot 28 Jul 2025, centres)",
     "url": "https://www.vachiraphuket.go.th/about/hospital-information/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Vachira Phuket Hospital — history (founded 1906, opened 1 Jan 1920)",
     "url": "https://www.vachiraphuket.go.th/about/history/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Vachira Phuket Hospital — contact (address, phone, 1669)",
     "url": "https://www.vachiraphuket.go.th/contact/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Vachira Phuket Hospital — private-room rates, updated 15 May 2025",
     "url": "https://www.vachiraphuket.go.th/sevice-for-patient/special-patient-room/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Phuket Expat Guide — Vachira Hospital guide, 16 Apr 2026 (24/7 ER, no direct billing, fee ranges, English)",
     "url": "https://phuketexpatguide.com/blog/vachira-hospital-phuket-guide/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Franco-Media — Vachira Hospital international department",
     "url": "https://www.franco-media.com/en/medical-care-phuket-th/vachira-hospital-phuket-en/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Wikipedia — Vachira Phuket Hospital (551 beds in older registers)",
     "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vachira_Phuket_Hospital",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "OpenStreetMap / Nominatim (coordinates)",
     "url": "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=Vachira+Phuket+Hospital&format=json",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    }
   ],
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "patong-hospital",
   "name": "Patong Hospital",
   "name_th": "โรงพยาบาลป่าตอง",
   "former_names": [
    "Patong-Kathu Hospital"
   ],
   "type": "public",
   "level": "community hospital, Kathu district (Ministry of Public Health)",
   "operator": "Ministry of Public Health, Thailand",
   "jci": {
    "accredited": false
   },
   "beds": 90,
   "emergency_24h": true,
   "languages": [
    "TH",
    "EN"
   ],
   "specialties": [
    "er",
    "dengue",
    "dental",
    "maternity",
    "paediatrics",
    "cardiology",
    "orthopaedics"
   ],
   "insurance_direct_billing": {
    "available": false,
    "insurers": [],
    "note": "No direct-billing list is published; as a Ministry of Public Health hospital it bills the patient under the foreigner fee schedule and issues receipts for an insurance claim."
   },
   "area": "patong",
   "lat": 7.8959,
   "lng": 98.3014,
   "address": "57 Sai Nam Yen Road, Patong, Kathu, Phuket 83150",
   "phone": "+66 76 342 633",
   "website": "https://www.patonghospital.go.th",
   "price_anchors": [
    {
     "item": "Night in private room",
     "thb_low": 1800,
     "thb_high": 2500,
     "kind": "reported",
     "source": "Easy Living Insurance broker survey of Phuket room rates, early 2024 (special room 1: 1,800 THB; special room 2: 2,500 THB per day)",
     "url": "https://www.easylivinginsurance.com/how-much-hospital-room-cost-in-phuket/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "reported": "2024-02",
     "note": "Private ('special') room charge per day; general wards are the default. Nursing, doctor's fees and medicines are billed separately."
    }
   ],
   "notes": "The only public hospital on the west coast, opened in 1986 on Sai Nam Yen Road a few hundred metres behind Patong beach, with a 24-hour accident and emergency department, about 90 beds and the outpatient departments of a community hospital (paediatrics, orthopaedics, cardiology, obstetrics, dental and a travel-medicine clinic). It is where a scooter accident in Patong, Kamala or Karon is taken first; cases beyond its scope are transferred to Vachira or, for insured patients, to a private hospital over the hill.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "name": "Patong Hospital — official site (address, phone; certificate error on 5 Sep 2026)",
     "url": "https://www.patonghospital.go.th/main/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "HealthServ — โรงพยาบาลป่าตอง (90-bed community hospital, departments)",
     "url": "https://healthserv.net/โรงพยาบาลป่าตอง-hospd20052",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Phuket 101 hospital guide, updated 29 Apr 2026 (opened 1986, only public hospital in Patong, 24-hour ER, about 100 beds)",
     "url": "https://www.phuket101.net/phuket-hospitals/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Phuket.net — Phuket hospitals (24/7 accident and emergency department, phone)",
     "url": "https://www.phuket.net/visit-phuket/about/tips/health/phuket-hospitals/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "OpenStreetMap / Nominatim (coordinates)",
     "url": "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=Patong+Hospital+Phuket&format=json",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    }
   ],
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "thalang-hospital",
   "name": "Thalang Hospital",
   "name_th": "โรงพยาบาลถลาง",
   "former_names": [],
   "type": "public",
   "level": "large community hospital, Thalang district (Ministry of Public Health)",
   "operator": "Ministry of Public Health, Thailand",
   "jci": {
    "accredited": false
   },
   "beds": 90,
   "emergency_24h": true,
   "languages": [
    "TH",
    "EN"
   ],
   "specialties": [
    "er",
    "dengue",
    "dental",
    "maternity",
    "orthopaedics"
   ],
   "insurance_direct_billing": {
    "available": false,
    "insurers": [],
    "note": "No direct-billing list is published; billing follows the Ministry of Public Health foreigner fee schedule with receipts for an insurance claim."
   },
   "area": "bang-tao",
   "lat": 8.0238,
   "lng": 98.339,
   "address": "358 Moo 1, Thepkrasattri Road, Thepkrasattri, Thalang, Phuket 83110",
   "phone": "+66 76 311 034",
   "website": "https://www.thalanghospital.go.th",
   "price_anchors": [],
   "notes": "The public hospital for the north of the island, on the Thepkrasattri Road in Thalang town, opened on 24 June 1938 and today a 90-bed community hospital with accident and emergency, surgery, orthopaedics, obstetrics, ENT, dental, X-ray and CT departments and a travel-medicine clinic that lists Thai and English. It is the nearest public hospital to Bang Tao, Layan, Surin, Nai Thon, Nai Yang and Mai Khao, about halfway between the airport and Phuket Town. The accident and emergency department is listed on the hospital's contact page; its 24-hour operation is the Ministry of Public Health standard for community hospitals and was not separately confirmed on 5 September 2026.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "name": "Thalang Hospital — contact page (address, phone, accident and emergency extension)",
     "url": "http://www.thalanghospital.go.th/tl/web/site/contact",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Thalang Hospital — history (founded 24 June 1938, community hospital)",
     "url": "http://www.thalanghospital.go.th/tl/web/site/about",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "HealthServ — โรงพยาบาลถลาง (90-bed large community hospital, departments)",
     "url": "https://healthserv.net/โรงพยาบาลถลาง-hospd60453",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Thai Travel Medicine facility list — Thalang (travel-medicine clinic, Thai and English)",
     "url": "https://www.thaitravelmed.org/facility/ถลาง/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "OpenStreetMap / Nominatim (coordinates)",
     "url": "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=Thalang+Hospital+Phuket&format=json",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    }
   ],
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "chalong-hospital",
   "name": "Chalong Hospital",
   "name_th": "โรงพยาบาลฉลอง",
   "former_names": [],
   "type": "public",
   "level": "community hospital, size F1 (Ministry of Public Health)",
   "operator": "Ministry of Public Health, Thailand",
   "jci": {
    "accredited": false
   },
   "beds": 48,
   "emergency_24h": true,
   "languages": [
    "TH"
   ],
   "specialties": [
    "er",
    "dengue",
    "dental"
   ],
   "insurance_direct_billing": {
    "available": false,
    "insurers": [],
    "note": "No direct-billing list is published; billing follows the Ministry of Public Health foreigner fee schedule."
   },
   "area": "chalong",
   "lat": 7.8244,
   "lng": 98.3411,
   "address": "99 Moo 8, Chao Fa West Road, Chalong, Mueang Phuket, Phuket 83130",
   "phone": "+66 76 384 342",
   "website": "https://chalonghospital.moph.go.th",
   "price_anchors": [],
   "notes": "The newest public hospital on the island: its emergency department opened on 28 December 2015 on the Chao Fa West Road, it was formally established as a community hospital in 2018, its outpatient building went to 24-hour service on 1 October 2019, and it operates 48 beds in the health network coordinated by Vachira Phuket Hospital. It covers Chalong, Rawai, Nai Harn and Kata for accidents and routine care; anything serious is referred into town.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "name": "HealthServ — โรงพยาบาลฉลอง (ER opened 28 Dec 2015, community hospital 2018, 48 beds, F1, 24-hour ER, address, phone)",
     "url": "https://healthserv.net/โรงพยาบาลฉลอง-hospd60452",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Khao Phuket, 23 Nov 2019 — Chalong Hospital opens 24-hour service",
     "url": "https://www.khaophuket.com/รพ-ฉลอง-โรงพยาบาลชุมชน-เปิดให้บริการแล้วตลอด-24-ชั่วโมง-5360.php",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "Phuket.net — Phuket hospitals (24/7 accident and emergency department, phone)",
     "url": "https://www.phuket.net/visit-phuket/about/tips/health/phuket-hospitals/",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    {
     "name": "OpenStreetMap / Nominatim (coordinates)",
     "url": "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=Chalong+Hospital+Phuket&format=json",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    }
   ],
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  }
 ]
}