Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute

Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute (Thai: สถาบันบำราศนราดูร; RTGS: bamrat naradun) is a specialised hospital for patients infected with highly contagious diseases and used to control the outbreak of the diseases. It was found in 1960 as Bamrasnaradura Hospital. The hospital is currently a division of Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health and located in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand within the headquarters of the ministry itself.[1]

Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute
สถาบันบำราศนราดูร
Department of Disease Control, MOPH
Geography
Location38 Tiwanon Road, Talat Khwan Subdistrict, Mueang Nonthaburi, Nonthaburi Province 11000, Thailand
Coordinates13°51′14″N 100°31′22″E
Services
Beds300
History
Former name(s)Bamrasnaradura Hospital
Opened2 November 1960 (1960-11-02), as Bamrasnaradura Hospital
Links
Websitebamras.ddc.moph.go.th

History

Bamrasnaradura Hospital was founded under the premiership of Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, as part of his policy to establish a new specialised hospital for infectious diseases after the outbreak of Cholera in Thailand during 1958-1959 which killed 2,372 people. The hospital opened on 2 November 1960.[2] It replaced the old Phaya Thai National Infectious Diseases Hospital in Dusit District which was dilapidated and located too close to the community area. The field marshal named the hospital after Phra Bamrasnaradura, the royal title of Dr. Long Vejjajiva who the minister of public health at the time, in commemoration of his effective control over the cholera outbreak.[3][4][5]

On 2 October 2002, The Hospital was getting restructured. It was renamed to Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute and merged into a division of Department of Disease Control of Ministry of Public Health.[6]

Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute has been used as a major isolation facility of the country for many lethal infectious diseases in the past and still is used for that purpose today. Examples include SARS, MERS, Ebola and currently COVID-19[7][8][9][10]

See also

References
  1. "ประวัติบำราศนราดูร" [History of Bamrasnaradura] (in Thai). 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020 – via Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute.
  2. "โรคระบาดร้ายแรงในอดีต ตอนที่ 2 อหิวาตกโรค" (in Thai). 21 August 2014 – via Hfocus.
  3. "ซูมซอกแซก : สถาบัน "บำราศนราดูร" ตำนานโรคระบาดสยาม" (in Thai). 29 March 2020 – via Thairath.
  4. "พระบำราศนราดูร รัฐมนตรีปราบโรคระบาด ที่มาชื่อสถาบันบำราศนราดูร" (in Thai). 10 March 2020 – via The People.
  5. "กำเนิด "โรงพยาบาลโรคติดต่อ" เพื่อรับมือการระบาด ในสมัยรัชกาลที่ 5" (in Thai). 27 February 2020 – via SILPA-MAG.
  6. "ประวัติบำราศนราดูร" [History of Bamrasnaradura] (in Thai). 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020 – via Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute.
  7. "เปิดมาตรฐานโรงหมอ รักษาโรคติดเชื้อของไทย 60 ปี กับสถาบันบำราศนราดูร" (in Thai). 8 April 2018 – via Dailynews.
  8. "สธ.เตรียมพร้อมสถานแรกรับผู้สงสัยติดเชื้ออีโบลา ส่วนสถาบันบำราศนราดูร เพิ่มมาตรป้องกันและเร่งทำความเข้าใจ" (in Thai). 24 August 2014 – via JS100.
  9. "สธ.แถลงข่าวด่วน! พบผู้ป่วยโรคเมอร์สชาวตะวันออกกลางรายใหม่ รักษาตัวสถาบันบำราศนราดูร" (in Thai). 30 July 2015 – via Matichon.
  10. "สธ.เฝ้าระวัง 4 คนไทยเข้าเกณฑ์สงสัยโรคจากจีน" (in Thai). 6 January 2020 – via Bangkok Biz.
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