Samitivej opens visa office
Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital yesterday opened its new immigration centre, set up to provide visa assistance to both foreign patients and the general public.
"Patients from overseas constitute more than one-third of our patients," said John Lee Koh Shun, the hospital's managing director. With the rising number of international patients, Lee saw the need to provide an immigration service for patients who might not be able to go through the visa extension procedure themselves. Lee said the centre would also benefit foreign patients' relatives, as well as non-Thai residents who live nearby the hospital. Currently, thousands of foreigners residing in Thailand visit the Immigration Bureau at Soi Suanplu in Sathorn to extend their visas. The new service will reduce overcrowding at the main office and also take care of overseas visitors' problems, said Pol Lt-General Suwat Tumrongsiskul, the Thai Immigration Bureau commissioner. The centre will open every Thursday from 9am to midday. Sopaporn Kurz The Nation
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