- Business
- Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company Limited (BDMS) is Thailand's largest private healthcare provider, operating a comprehensive network of approximately 47 hospitals under six main hospital groups: Bangkok Hospital, Samitivej Hospital, BNH Hospital, Phyathai Hospital, Paolo Memorial Hospital, and the Royal Bangkok Hospital. The company offers a wide range of medical services including general and specialized hospital care; medical laboratories; pharmaceutical production and distribution; saline production; pharmacies; asset management for healthcare business; accounting, technology, and information services; wellness clinics and resorts; emergency medical transportation through BDMS Medevac Center; and health insurance brokerage. BDMS serves both domestic and international patients with advanced medical technologies and staffed by over 11,000 doctors and 8,000 nurses, delivering treatments across diverse fields such as orthopedics, cancer, pediatrics, and heart surgery. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, BDMS has expanded its footprint with hospital operations in Thailand and Cambodia. Recent significant developments include the investment of THB10-11 billion annually through 2027 for facility maintenance, new project developments, and hospital network expansion, notably the THB23.5 billion BDMS Silver Wellness and Residence Project. Additionally, BDMS has entered strategic partnerships such as with Prudential to provide cost-certain breast cancer treatments for insured customers across several Asian countries and is expanding bed capacity steadily from approximately 8,800 beds in 2024 to about 9,600 beds by 2027-2029, including new hospital openings and specialized centers like the Bangkok Proton Center. These initiatives reflect BDMS's commitment to enhancing healthcare quality and accessibility, positioning it as a leading tertiary healthcare provider in the Asia-Pacific region.