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Bangkok Hospital Pattaya educates healthcare professionals
on gastrointestinal, liver ailments
Dr. Piya Tiewprasert, assistant director of
Bangkok Hospital Pattaya, launches the hospital’s seminar to educate Eastern
Seaboard medical professions on the latest innovations in caring for
patients suffering from gastrointestinal and liver diseases.
Jetsada Homklin
Bangkok Hospital Pattaya educated Eastern Seaboard medical
professions on the latest innovations in caring for patients suffering from
gastrointestinal and liver diseases.
Hospital assistant director Piya Tiewprasert opened the July 30 seminar
featuring a number of lectures on topics ranging from fatty liver disease to
nursing care. More than 100 doctors, nurses and medical staff attended.
BHP’s Gastrointestinal & Liver Center is a fully equipped department with
colonoscopy, diagnosis and treatment services for gastrointestinal and liver
diseases including esophageal diseases, gastritis, intestinal diseases, and
gallstones. It is equipped with to precisely diagnose gastrointestinal
disease, fasciitis and liver vitality.
Workshop topics included “Complication of Cirrhosis” by Dr. Jaruwan
Janthrapraphaiwan; “Current Management in Chronic Hepatitis C” by Dr.
Bunchai Kowadisaiburana; “Fatty Liver Disease” by Dr. Sompot Saelee;
“Fibroscan: Liver Foundation & Liver Society” by Pacific Healthcare; “How to
Manage Liver Failure in Clinical Illness” by Dr. Thitiporn Naphaprasit;
“Nursing’s Role in Liver Dialysis” by Nattida Thitasawatchaikarn; “How to
Provide Nursing Care in Deteriorated Patients” by Juttarat Thampasatho; and
“Nutrition Care in Liver Failure” by Vitsuta Krittiyanitti.
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Pattaya International Hospital introduces
laser therapy for chronic pain
Dr. Sunya Viravaidya, MD of Pattaya
International Hospital, unveils the new Tri-X helium-laser machine for
treating chronic pain.
Urasin Khantaraphan
Pattaya International Hospital has introduced low-power laser therapy
that has shown to provide at least short-term benefit in treating chronic
pain.
PIH Managing Director Dr. Sunya Viravaidya and Tien-Yow Chuang, chief of
physical medicine and rehabilitation at Veteran’s General Hospital in
Taiwan, from where the Tri-X helium-laser machine was acquired, unveiled the
new therapy July 30.
Unlike high-power lasers, which destroy tissue, low-level lasers can, its
advocates claim, stimulate cells and nerves.
PIH’s treatment differs from the norm in that it isn’t applied to nerves or
joints, but shot directly into the bloodstream during a course of 30
hour-long sessions. The laser radiation is then carried throughout the body,
stimulating tissue in painful areas to promote healing.
Each session costs 4,000 baht, making an entire treatment course 120,000
baht.
Chuang said the Taiwanese hospital has found that the majority of patients
have been satisfied with results, especially as it replaces the taking of
pills and chemical medications.
For more information, contact Pattaya International Hospital at 038-428-374.
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