The My Body and Spirit concept began in August 2005.

 

In April 2004, my husband had been to our dentist for a dental assessment and had come out with a quote for A$25,000.00. We were quite amazed with the quote and wondered how we were going to afford to pay that. We did have private health cover but as we found out we could only claim about A$1,000.00/year on dental. We were holidaying in Thailand in July that year, and decided once we were there, that we would look at the possibility of having the dental done there. We knew that you could get dental done cheaply in Thailand, India, Malaysia and the Philippines.

 

After investigating, we decided Thailand was the best place for John to have his dental, in particular Phuket. Bangkok was an option as well, but the thought of being in Bangkok for 2 weeks at a time was not attractive. He chose Phuket and in April 2005 did his first trip for dental treatment. The international standard hospital was fantastic and so modern, doormen waiting to open the door for you, girls waiting inside to assist you to the right area of the hospital you required, plenty of staff to assist you with any enquiry, and the doctors all speak English so pretty easy communication. The whole process was excellent and John came home totally satisfied with his dental treatment. His dental took about 6 weeks as he had major work and ended up costing A$5,500.00 and he got a holiday as well. We thought there must be a lot of other Australians that are in the same situation and just can't afford to pay to have their dental treatment in Australia. We sent our first client in August 2005, and we have progressively been sending more and more people. And not just Australians, there are alot of other countries in the same situaton where their medical costs are far more than what you would pay in Thailand.