Thailand hospital that specialize in breast cancer and spinal cord treatment to open office in Addis Abeba

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BNH to open permanent office in Addis Ababa
The deputy hospital director and other members of the Bangkok-based BNH Hospital – a hospital that has been in service for 116 years – were here in Addis Ababa to assess the situation in Ethiopia and to establish a strong link between the hospitals and the community that seeks medical treatment abroad.
The visit was organized by Molla Zegeye and Family Plc.

Nopparat Panthongwiriyakul (MD), deputy hospital director of BNH hospital, told The Reporter that since they have some patients from Ethiopia coming to their hospital for some treatment, particularly spine operations and breast cancer treatment, they came here to inspect the situation in the country themselves so as to develop a plan to scale up thier service and also to see how they can cooperate with other medical institutions in Ethiopia.

He said that during their five-day stay in Addis Ababa to conduct a feasibility study they were able to exchange views with people from the Ministry of Health on issues related to transfer of technology and sharing the experiences that BNH acquires through its longstanding medical treatment services.

Apart from the individuals from the ministry, the representatives also discussed with public and private hospitals ways of strengthening their cooperation so as to facilitate the travel for the purpose of medical treatment in Bangkok, Thailand.

Thanasit Siripokhakul, acting overseas marketing division manager, told The Reporter that currently the hospital was working with Molla Zegeye and Family Plc as a link between the hospital and the patients who need treatment at the BNH hospitals.

He added that BNH hospital would open a permanent office here in Addis Ababa within the next six or 12 months to mainly perform the works of screening patients who are seeking medication attention abroad. The office will mainly carry out the screening, which means that if the patient can be treated here they will stay in the country, if not they will be transferred, saving time and money.

Molla Zegeye, a renowned lawyer and member of the board of directors of the Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Association (ACCSA) and the Ethiopian Institute of Corporate Governance (EICG) told The Reporter that his company was working closely with the hospital during the past and the current visit organized by his company aims at inspecting the situation here to establish a permanent liaison office here in Addis Ababa to examine the patients before they go anywhere abroad, especially the BNH Hospital Thailand.

According to him the establishment of this representative office will facilitate the necessary preconditions before the patients depart abroad and help the patients to finalize their checkups here and if their case is not severe to treat it locally.

The BNH Hospital was formerly known as the Bangkok Nursing Home Hospital, thus the acronym BNH. It was established more than 100 years ago by George Grenville, the British Ambassador to Thailand at the time.

BNH Hospital receives approximately 75,000 international patients annually, mostly from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Australia, Canada, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark.