Manoon Makpol
Chonburi’s Public Health Department is urging the
province’s health-industry businesses to apply for official
certification as part of its push to make Thailand a center for
health-related tourism by 2014.
Pattaya Permanent Secretary Pakorn Sukhonthachat
greeted department Deputy Director Rattanapat Sotewnit and members of
the Consumer Protection and Public Health Pharmacy, and Inspection and
Standard Evaluation of Health Businesses committees July 24.
The push for health-related tourists focuses on
nursing, health services, Thai medicine and Thai herbs. To date, 48
businesses - 29 spas, 18 health massage parlors and 11 beauty massage
parlors - have registered. Rattanapat noted not all businesses are
approved, saying several have been rejected already.
Certification gives confidence to customers about the
quality of the health businesses, she said.
Health business operators can contact the Chonburi
Public Health Ministry through the Pattaya Call Center at 1337.
