Mr. Biravij Suwanpradhes, The Consul General of Thailand to Sydney, has led the group of media to visit private hospitals in Thailand during 31 Aug - 4 Sep, i.e. Bangpakok 9 Hospital, Bangkok Hospital, Piyavate Hospital, and Bangkok Hospital Pattaya. The trip is meant to showcase the leading role of Thailand in the promotion of medical tourism which has been very popular among world tourists these days.

The Australia media were extremely impressed with the service of the Thai private hospitals, especially the fact that hospitals could provide one stop service medical treatments, leading technologies that many hospitals are the leader of Asia, and the service mind of the staffs, with the extremely reasonable cost comparing to Australia.