Medical Services in Mai Khao

Every item below is available across Mai Khao, 24 hours, every day,
with no booking required. The majority happens at your hotel or villa, typically within
about an hour of the call. Costs are quoted up front, and any visit can generate an English
report and an itemised receipt for a claim.

Services

Doctor Hotel Visit in Mai Khao, Phuket — A doctor comes to your room or villa anywhere in Mai Khao, at any hour.
Doctor On Call in Mai Khao, Phuket — Describe the problem by phone or WhatsApp and get a straight answer before anyone travels.
English-Speaking Doctor in Mai Khao, Phuket — Consultations in plain English, with interpreting for other languages on request.
24 Hour Emergency Care in Mai Khao, Phuket — Urgent problems assessed at any hour, with honest triage about where you should be.
Nearest Walk-In Clinic to Mai Khao, Phuket — Where to go when you would rather be seen in person, and what the journey involves.
Hospital Transfer and Referral in Mai Khao, Phuket — Referral and ambulance coordination to the Phuket hospitals when you need one.
IV Drip Therapy in Mai Khao, Phuket — Rehydration and anti-sickness given in your room for stomach illness, heat and exhaustion.
Children and Family Care in Mai Khao, Phuket — Fevers, rashes, stomach upsets and ear pain in children, seen where they are.
Blood Tests in Mai Khao, Phuket — Same-visit bloods including dengue, full blood count, liver, kidney and glucose.
Health Screening in Mai Khao, Phuket — General check-ups and screening panels for long-stay guests and residents.
Confidential STI Testing in Mai Khao, Phuket — Discreet screening with private results, including before you fly home.
Travel Vaccinations in Mai Khao, Phuket — Tetanus, hepatitis A and B, typhoid, rabies and influenza while you are here.
Rabies Vaccination in Mai Khao, Phuket — Post-exposure shots started immediately after a dog, cat or monkey bite.
Stitches and Wound Care in Mai Khao, Phuket — Cuts closed properly, and dressings changed without a trip across the island each time.
Burn Treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Scalds, exhaust burns and blistering sun damage assessed, cleaned and dressed.
Prescription Refill in Mai Khao, Phuket — Replace lost, spoiled or finished medication. Bring the box or a photo of it.
Medical Certificate in Mai Khao, Phuket — Fit-to-fly, sick leave, insurance and visa certificates, issued the same visit.
Fit-to-Fly Certificate in Mai Khao, Phuket — Airline-format clearance after illness, injury, surgery or a cast.
Pre-Flight Medical Check in Mai Khao, Phuket — A check before a long flight home, useful after illness or with a chronic condition.
Airport Medical Assistance in Mai Khao, Phuket — Help for problems that start on arrival or on the way to the airport, minutes away.
Travel Insurance Claims in Mai Khao, Phuket — Itemised receipts and English medical reports formatted for your insurer.
Repatriation and Medical Escort in Mai Khao, Phuket — Documentation and coordination when an insurer is flying you home.

Conditions we treat

Arranged by the situation people are usually in when they ring, rather than alphabetically.

Sun, heat and the first few days

Heat exhaustion treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Dizziness, cramps and collapse after too long on an unshaded beach.
Heat rash treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — The itching red rash that appears in the first few days of a hot-country trip.
Sunburn treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — This beach has almost no natural shade. Blistering burns cooled and dressed.
Dehydration treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Heat, alcohol and a stomach bug together – corrected quickly with an IV.
Jet lag and travel fatigue treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — When exhaustion after a long flight is not settling the way it should.

Stomach and fever

Food poisoning treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Sudden vomiting and cramps after a meal, with fluids given where you are.
Traveller’s diarrhoea treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — The commonest illness of a Thailand trip, and the fluid loss underneath it.
Dengue fever treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Tested on site. The painkiller rule matters more here than anywhere else.
Fever treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — High temperature assessed properly rather than guessed at, at any hour.

The beach and the water

Jellyfish sting treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Stings treated correctly rather than with the folklore you will be offered.
Sea urchin spines treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Spines removed from feet and hands, and the ones better left alone left alone.
Swimmer’s ear treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — The painful outer-ear infection that follows days of swimming in warm water.
Ear barotrauma treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Ear pain on a flight, or after diving, and whether you are fit to fly again.

Bites, stings and reactions

Insect bites treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Sandfly and mosquito bites that have become infected or will not settle.
Dog and monkey bites treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Wound care plus the rabies clock, which starts the moment it happens.
Allergic reactions treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Food, sting and drug reactions, and the signs that mean call an ambulance.

Scooters and the road

Motorbike accident injuries treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Assessed and cleaned, with honest referral when it needs an x-ray.
Road rash treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Gravel-embedded grazes cleaned thoroughly so they do not scar or infect.
Exhaust pipe burn treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — The calf burn almost every scooter rider gets. Deeper than it looks.

Knocks, cuts and the morning after

Cuts and lacerations treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Closed properly rather than taped over, and checked for infection after.
Sprained ankle treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Strapped, assessed for fracture, and an honest answer on walking again.
Severe hangover treatment in Mai Khao, Phuket — Rehydration and anti-sickness, plus a check that it is only a hangover.

Things worth knowing before you need them

Twenty minutes under cool running water comes before anything else on a burn — burn treatment.
The mark a scooter pipe leaves is deeper than it appears and does not belong under a plaster — exhaust burns.
Skin broken by a dog, cat or monkey starts a clock. Fifteen minutes of washing, then ask today — rabies vaccination.
Where there is a temperature, stay on paracetamol until dengue has been excluded — dengue fever.
In a small child, whether they are still drinking tells you more than the thermometer does — children and family care.
Anything open stays out of the sea and the pool until the skin has sealed.
Paperwork for a flight wants asking for the day before, not the morning of — fit to fly certificates.

What a hotel room cannot provide

Scans, x-rays, sterile procedure work and rabies immunoglobulin all require a building. When that
is the answer you will hear it immediately rather than being sold a visit — see
the nearest walk-in clinic at Cherng Talay, Thalang,
and hospital transfer and referral for anything past it.

Part of a wider group

Doctor Bangtao Takecare Medical Clinic is one of Takecare Clinic group, working across Phuket, Krabi and Chon Buri. Care started here can be
picked up at any of the group without your history being taken again from nothing.

Not sure it warrants a call?

Ring and describe it. The conversation is free, takes half a minute, and settles the question more
often than not. Where this is not something we can help with, you will be told that plainly along
with where to go instead — see doctor on call.