A government panel set up to develop the country as an international medical hub is to present Thailand as a global medical tourism destination, starting with four southern provinces.
Dr Sophon Mekthon, an assistant to the public health minister, who chaired a recent meeting to discuss the development, said the panel agreed to implement five medical and health objectives.
He said they will first launch an Andaman Wellness Corridor where four southern provinces will provide exceptional medical services such as transgender operations, complex ailment treatments, and top-tier hot springs.
The panel will assign the Department of Health Services Support and other divisions to plan the marketing, medical and research aspects, Dr Sophon said.
He said the second objective is to launch a wellness industry under a Green Medicine and Creative Economy model. The model is set…
