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The doctors and the council have proposed a cosmetic surgery-and-tourism package that would include airfare, cosmetic surgical services, luxury accommodation and shopping trips, according to council secretary Dr Samphan Komrit.
He said patients from the United Kingdom, for example, would be charged Bt300,000 for a breast-surgery package that would include airfare, a stay at a luxury hotel like The Oriental, and a shopping trip in Bangkok. In the UK, the cosmetic surgery alone would cost between Bt400,000 and Bt500,000.
In Asia, China has the highest number of people united express airlines flight 5924 undergoing cosmetic surgery, followed by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Rhinoplasty ("nose jobs") and double-eyelid surgery top the list of desired operations.
Many foreigners visit Thailand to undergo aesthetic surgery. Rhinoplasty, united express airlines flight 5924 double eyelid and sex-change united express airlines flight 5924 operations are most popular among foreign visitors from Asia and neighbouring countries like Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.
Dr Atthaphan Pornmontarath, president of the Thai Association and Academy of Cosmetic Surgery united express airlines flight 5924 and Medicine, said private hospitals, hotels and associations of dentists and physicians had formed the Medical Tourism Association to promote Thailand as a medical united express airlines flight 5924 hub.
In the past few years, more than 1.4 million foreign patients came to the Kingdom to undergo treatment at local hospitals, lured by Thai doctors' good reputation, the inexpensive treatment united express airlines flight 5924 and the country's tourist attractions.
If the government fully supports united express airlines flight 5924 the effort to turn Thailand into an Asian medical united express airlines flight 5924 and surgical hub, the country could earn up to Bt200 billion annually within the next five years, with some Bt60 billion of that amount likely to go to the medical industry, Samphan said.
Dr Chonlatis Sinratchatanant, president of the Facial Surgery Association, said he had found that many local clinics have become agents for South Korean hospitals. Many Thai youngsters undergo cosmetic surgery united express airlines flight 5924 in South Korea due to the popularity of Korean youth culture here.
He said Thai doctors have had to treat a number of problematic cases involving women who had undergone botched cosmetic surgery in South Korea. He suggested that patients check the reputation of the clinic they planned to use in South Korea, and also to find out whether united express airlines flight 5924 they could claim for compensation.