Private hospital, Wat Pradu, west of the city centre. Open 24 hours.

Bangkok Hospital Surat

The Bangkok Hospital group’s hospital for the upper south — a modern private hospital of about 97 beds on the bypass, open around the clock.

Ambulance and medical emergency: 1669. Tourist Police: 1155. Police: 191.

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Say “rong phayaban Krungthep Surat”. On the Highway 420 bypass in Wat Pradu, west of the city and about half an hour from the airport.

If you have insurance, this is where most visitors end up. A modern private hospital of roughly 97 beds on the Highway 420 bypass west of the centre, part of the Bangkok Dusit Medical Services group, open around the clock and used to dealing with foreign patients and their insurers. It is also the quickest hospital in the city to reach from the airport.

What it is known for

Being the Bangkok Hospital group’s hospital in this part of the south. It is a modern private hospital of around 97 beds on the Highway 420 bypass, open around the clock, publishing in Thai and English and plugged into the same network — and the same 1719 hotline — as the group’s hospitals in Bangkok, Samui and Phuket. That network matters more here than the bed count: a case beyond what Surat Thani can offer is handled inside a system that already knows how to move patients, and an insurer that recognises the name will usually deal with it without an argument.

Who it suits

Anyone with travel insurance, anyone who wants to be seen quickly and dealt with in English, and families who would rather not queue. It is also the sensible choice if you are arriving or leaving through Surat Thani airport, which is closer to this hospital than to any other in the city. For a very serious or unusual case, expect a conversation about transfer to a larger hospital in the group; for everything short of that, it is the smoothest experience in town.

Cost and insurance

The most expensive hospital in the province, and priced accordingly. Cashless direct billing is available only to insurers the hospital holds a contract with; everyone else pays up front or leaves a deposit on admission, so ring your insurer’s assistance line before you go if the situation allows. Ask for a written estimate before any procedure. Keep every receipt and the discharge summary, because a claim needs both, and ask for the medical certificate in English while you are still at the desk.

Getting there

On the Highway 420 bypass in Wat Pradu, west of the centre: roughly seven minutes by car from Surat Thani Hospital, nine from the middle of town and about half an hour from Surat Thani airport, which makes it the easiest hospital in the province to reach straight off a flight. There is parking in front and the entrance is on the main road, so a taxi, Grab or Bolt can pull up at the door. Switchboard +66 77 956 789, or 1719 from a Thai phone.

Details checked against the hospital’s own website, September 2026. Call before a non-urgent visit; in an emergency call 1669 or the hospital’s own emergency line above. Travel information, not medical advice.

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