Muscat – Badr Treatment Abroad, an in-bound and out-bound medical tourism services of Badr Al Samaa Group of Hospitals, joined hands with Bumrungrad International Hospital of Thailand for providing the ‘best of the health services’ to the patients of Oman.

An MoU with Bumrungrad, Asia’s first Joint Commission International (JCI, USA) hospital, was signed at an event at Sheraton Oman Hotel on Thursday.

Speaking during the event, Dr P A Mohammed, Managing Director, Badr Al Samaa Group of Hospitals, said, “A large number of Omanis and expats go abroad for advanced medical care due to the long waiting for more specialised healthcare services and surgical procedures in Oman. A considerable number of them goes to Thailand.

The Badr Al Samaa MD informed that initiatives are being taken to ensure capacity building within the country. “For outgoing patients, this partnership will help us connect our patients to our most reliable healthcare partner in Thailand,” he added.

Under this partnership, Badr Treatment Abroad expects to provide and ensure services in three broad areas: Making OPD and surgical services of Bumrungrad available within the country, facilitating patients willing to undergo treatment in Bumrungrad facility in Thailand and knowledge exchange programmes and scientific sessions to be conducted by Bumrungrad doctors for the doctors of Oman.

Abdul Latheef, another Managing Director of the Badr Al Samaa Group, said that the clinical expertise of Bumrungrad in delivering advanced medical services will benefit the deserving patients of Oman.

Under Badr Treatment Abroad programme, he said, “we are working out with them the ways to explore the possibilities of making their services available within the country and the large network of Badr Al Samaa Group of Hospitals will help in reaching out to everyone”.

Badr Al Samaa Group of Hospitals regularly takes initiatives to make the advanced technology and newer medical programmes accessible and available to the people of Oman.

“Doctors of Bumrungrand International Hospital will conduct OPD services and surgical camps in the facilities of Badr Al Samaa within Oman and this concept falls in line with the vision of the managing directors of Badr Al Samaa of providing all possible healthcare services within Oman so that eventually no one has to travel out of the country,” Moideen Bilal, Executive Director, Badr Al Samaa Group of Hospitals said.

Artirat Charukitpipat, Chief Executive Officer at Bumrungrad International Hospital, said, “Thailand and Oman have maintained a cordial relationship for over 40 years. This partnership is a further evidence of the strong tie between the two countries.

“This partnership will provide more people with access to good quality healthcare, and support Thailand’s medical tourism market.”