Saraburi Hospital
โรงพยาบาลสระบุรี
The Ministry of Public Health Health District 4
Geography
Location18 Thesaban 4 Road, Pak Phriao Subdistrict, Mueang Saraburi District, Saraburi 18000, Thailand
Coordinates14°32′04″N 100°54′57″E / 14.534514°N 100.915730°E / 14.534514; 100.915730
Organisation
TypeRegional
Affiliated universityFaculty of Medicine, Thammasat University
Services
Beds700
History
Opened14 January 1954
Links
Websitewww.srbr.in.th
ListsHospitals in Thailand

Saraburi Hospital (Thai: โรงพยาบาลสระบุรี) is the main hospital of Saraburi Province, Thailand and is classified under the Ministry of Public Health as a regional hospital. It has a CPIRD Medical Education Center which trains doctors for the Faculty of Medicine of Thammasat University.[1]

History

Saraburi Hospital was first constructed in 1951, the fourth hospital outside Bangkok and initially had one building. The hospital was officially opened on 14 January 1954. In 1972-1976, the hospital was designated to be a regional hospital in Central Thailand, under the Third National Economic and Development Plan and was expanded to 600 beds. The hospital became classified as a regional hospital in 1981.

In 1993, the hospital made an agreement with the Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University to train medical students at clinical years 4 and 5 in the fields of internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics and anaesthesiology. Teaching of students under the Collaborative Project to Increase Production of Rural Doctors (CPIRD) was started in 1995, when a Medical Education Center was built at Saraburi Hospital.[2]

See also

References

  1. "CPIRD".
  2. "ประวัติ โรงพยาบาลสระบุรี".
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