You're probably one of three people
Bali is a wonderful place to retire and a complicated place to get seriously ill. This guide writes down both halves: ICU capacity compared honestly, real prices, the insurance situation over sixty-five, and what to set up before you need it. None of it designed to sell you anything.
Read the guide →However you self identify, keep reading to see more about our philosophy on delivering the best care (we are opinionated!) and analysis of the healthcare industry.
Written by people who refer patients into this system every day, mostly about the things nobody tells you until it is too late to be useful. No sponsored content and no affiliate links. We are not paid by anyone we write about.
A man has a heart attack at a restaurant in Seminyak. He collapses at the table in the middle of dinner. His family calls an ambulance, bystanders start CPR, and what happens over the next forty minutes is almost entirely determined by decisions that were, or weren't, made months earlier.
Read the article →Being straight about the state of this page
We write roughly one substantial piece a month, and several published elsewhere have not yet been reproduced here. Coming next: what healthcare actually costs in Bali, with real 2026 prices; an honest guide to which hospital is good for what; and why Bali GPs behave nothing like the ones you grew up with.
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A few from the seven-chapter series. The full set — including five short answers from Dr Gita — is on the videos page.
One useful thing a month
New articles, a seasonal health note when there is one worth sending, and nothing else. No offers, and we don't pass your address to anybody.
