Bumrungrad International Hospital offers alternatives to a heart bypass to many patients with multiple artery problems thanks to the specialist skills of its world-class cardiac center; giving hope to those with coronary artery disease.

Vision correction has come a long way, and it continues to advance through technology. Having problems with one’s eyesight no longer means a problem for life. For decades, the groundbreaking method of vision correction was LASIK, which changed the lives of many patients.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a major issue across the globe, affecting 1.13 billion people worldwide. Impacting this are three risk factors. Firstly, the fact that there are often no symptoms relating to hypertension and secondly, around 20 percent of conditions are not effectively managed. Thirdly, unchecked this can lead to heart disease as well as a wide range of other serious and life-threatening illnesses.

“We know that waiting times are a very sensitive issue for patients. If patients are left to wait for long periods of time, they may feel anxious, or that they’re not receiving the appropriate level of care. That’s why dealing with and managing waiting times is one of our top priorities.” These are the words of Panitta Suvannapaph, a patient Navigator officer at the Horizon Regional Cancer Center.