Siriraj Hospital

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Siriraj Hospital

Siriraj Hospital
Geography
Location	Bangkok, Thailand
Organisation
Care system	National Health Insurance System
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Services
Beds	3,000
History
Founded	1888
Links
Website	home page
Lists	Hospitals in Thailand

Siriraj Hospital is the oldest hospital in Thailand, located in Bangkok on the west bank of Chao Phraya River, opposite Thammasat University's Tha Phrachan campus. It is the primary teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. The hospital was founded by King Chulalongkorn in 1888, two years after a worldwide cholera outbreak. It is named after the king's 18-month old son, Prince Siriraj Kakuttaphan, who had died from dysentery a year before the opening of the hospital. The medical school was established two years later in 1890. With the capacity of more than 3,000 beds and more than one million outpatient visits per year, Siriraj is one of the largest, most-congested medical centers in Thailand. The medical school accepts about 250 medical students and more than 100 for postgraduate residency training each year.

Nowaday, Siriraj is the biggest public hospital in Thailand. From the excellence medical practices, its tertiary care unit is the referral center for all hospitals in Thailand. Siriraj hospital will be the medical hub of Asia in the future.

[edit] See also

• List of hospitals in Thailand
• List of hospitals in Bangkok

Coordinates: 13°45′29″N 100°29′09″E / 13.757925°N 100.485849°E / 13.757925; 100.485849