Health care services in Thailand are considered one of the best in SE Asia, and indeed the quality and low cost of care and procedures has catapulted Thailand as a top destination for medical tourism.

Generally speaking, there is no primary health care in Thailand, so medical ailments are dealt with by a visit to a general hospital and treated by a specialist doctor.

Many of the doctors in the large hospitals in the large cities speak English, plus many of the large hospitals employ interpreters to deal with translation of the finer points.