Phuket Families

Where families actually go

Hospitals and Clinics in Phuket

12 places checked and described honestly, including 3 that deliver babies and 3 with a paediatric service.

Choosing a hospital on an island you have just moved to is mostly guesswork. Most of what you find online is written for tourists with a scooter injury, not for a family with a feverish toddler, and several guides get basic facts wrong, such as where a hospital actually is.

So this directory does the boring thing. Every entry says what the place is good at, where it is, what it costs where that is published, and what we would tell a friend about the downsides. Nobody pays to be listed. Where a hospital does not publish a price we say so rather than guessing, and every price links back to the page we read it on.

In an emergency

Thailand’s national emergency medical number is 1669. It is free, it works from any phone, and English-speaking dispatch is usually available. If your family already uses one hospital, save its own ambulance line in your phone as well, since a private ambulance from your own hospital will take you to that hospital.

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Hospitals that deliver babies

With every published delivery package price in one table, the international hospitals first, and the exclusions that decide your actual bill.

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Paediatric services

Including which hospitals have a children’s emergency department staffed by paediatricians, and which do not.

Questions parents ask

How do I choose between all of these?

On Phuket the choice is narrower than it looks. The three main private hospitals, Bangkok Hospital Phuket, Bangkok Hospital Siriroj and Mission Hospital, are all in or near Phuket Town, so the real question is distance. If you live on the west coast or in the south, pick a neighbourhood clinic for everyday illness and know which hospital you will drive to for anything serious. Then check whether your insurer settles directly with that hospital.

Will my insurance be billed directly?

At the big international hospitals, usually yes, through their international patient desk. At mid-market Thai private hospitals it depends on a shorter panel of insurers, and at small clinics you should expect to pay and claim back. Confirm before admission rather than on the day, and be aware that maternity in particular usually carries a waiting period of ten to twelve months or longer, so a policy bought after conception will not cover the birth.

What is the difference between the hospital types here?

International hospitals are built around foreign patients, with an international desk and prices to match; on Phuket that means the two Bangkok Hospital group hospitals. Private hospitals are the mainstream Thai private sector, usually cheaper, with English that varies. Public hospitals charge government rates and handle the island's most serious cases, but expect queues and less English. Clinics handle the routine things that do not need a hospital at all.

Do I need to speak Thai?

Not at the international hospitals, which treat large numbers of foreign patients every year. At smaller private hospitals English is usually available but patchier, and at the government hospitals, Vachira and Patong, you should not rely on it. Much of the price gap between them is a gap in how much translation and hand-holding is included.

How current is this?

Every entry carries the date we last checked it, and so does each maternity package price separately, because prices move on a different cycle from phone numbers. Anything older than sixty days shows a warning on its page. Prices were read from each provider's own published page and each entry links to the page it came from, so you can check our working. Where a provider does not publish something we say so rather than estimating.

Spotted something wrong, or somewhere we have missed?

Prices and phone numbers change constantly and this is only useful if it is current. If a figure here is out of date, or your practice is missing, tell us and we will fix it. Listing is free and always will be.

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This directory is information, not medical advice. We are parents, not clinicians. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to use or avoid any particular hospital, doctor or treatment, and it is no substitute for speaking to a qualified professional about your own family. Always confirm prices, services and insurance arrangements with the provider directly before you rely on them.