I want to go to a health checkup hospital that has nice facilities that can do many of the following. How can I find them? What text should I search? Use Yahoo Taiwan?
Iāve done a few comprehensive health checks here but Iāve never seen one with all of those tests. Iām sure you can get them all here but youāll probably have to go to multiple places, and pay a pretty penny. Cathay in Neihu is very nice.
check out national Taiwan university hospital, veterans hospital and Adventist hospital.
google the hospital name and the words health check, you will find their different offerings.
a package like this (with most items ) is 30k NTD and up. you can add more tests if they are available (e.g. im sure you can get vitamin D checked, not sure about hair minerals ) see for example https://www.tahsda.org.tw/en/HealthCheckupCenter.php
When Iāve looked at comprehensive health checks here and whatās included versus the cost, Iāve gotten the feeling theyāre a bit of a scam (maybe a couple of genuinely higher-value things plus a whole load of basic stuff like a CBC, chest X-ray, EKG, liver enzymes, etc., which cost a couple of hundred TWD each even if you donāt have NHI and pay out of pocket, to pad out the list).
I get that a lot of people do them through their employer though as a group package though, and theyāre probably helpful for the small minority of people with some undiagnosed serious condition.
Note that some of these tests are one or the other, depending on anatomy.
I suspect youāll be paying a lot for elective MRI scans in particular. Maybe NT$12-20k per body part or something, IIRC.
i wouldnt say a scam, you pay for the service.
you could do most of these things through NHI for a small copay, even for free if you are above a certain age.
Here you pay for doing it all at once, in a nicer setting, with a personal handler that takes you to the different tests and sometimes even English or Japanese service. you pay premium not for the check itself, but for the vip treatment in scheduling and doing everything at your convenience.
Yeah, I know. The thing that always struck me as scammy wasnāt the concept of health checkups per se, but rather all the very low value items they typically include on the list to pad it out so the customer thinks theyāre getting more for their money.
It just reminds me of dubious marketing claims like 7-in-1 laundry detergents (because the people selling the product have made up seven things related to the single function of a laundry detergent).
yes, i agreeā¦ listing things like height and weight measurement as a check up item does look ridiculous
nonetheless, they charge you for the nurseās and doctorās time. overall i think its a good service for busy people who prefer to pay than doing it all by themselves.
Thereās a fairly smart place called Lian An čÆå® which specialises in doing health checks.
They have several packages which cover pretty much all the things you listed . Itās quite āhigh endā, so is on the more expensive side compared to whatās available at hospitals. However, itās clean and efficient and you arenāt mixing with general patients (as you would if you were doing tests in a hospital). Though they do send you to a nearby hospital for doing the CT scan (but itās all well organised with a car to take you there and back, and another guide/helper at the hospital).
They (used to) have a lot of foreign visitors who come to Taiwan specifically for their health-check service.
When you arrive, you are assigned a main guide/assistant who deals with all the scheduling, and they will guide you from one testing station to the next with minimal waiting around. If you need an English speaking guide they can provide it (need to let them know when you book). The doctors and nurses can speak reasonable English if needed for the tests and at the final summary consultation.
The most comprehensive packages take a whole day, and they provide a nice vegetarian lunch.
