Surat Thani Hospital

Surat Thani Hospital (Thai: โรงพยาบาลสุราษฎร์ธานี) is the main hospital of Surat Thani Province, Thailand. It 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. It is an affiliated teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University.[1]

Surat Thani Hospital
โรงพยาบาลสุราษฎร์ธานี
The Ministry of Public Health Health District 11
Geography
Location56 Mu 2, Makham Tia Subdistrict, Mueang Surat Thani District, Surat Thani 84000, Thailand
Coordinates9.124011°N 99.310004°E / 9.124011; 99.310004
Organisation
TypeRegional
Affiliated universityFaculty of Medicine, Thammasat University
Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University
Services
Beds748
History
Opened13 April 1953
Links
Websitewww.srth.moph.go.th/index.php
ListsHospitals in Thailand

History

Plans for the construction of a hospital in Surat Thani surfaced in 1941, during World War II under the intention to upgrade the health provision in the province, as there was only a health station in the area. However, it was delayed due to the Japanese invasion which took place on 8 December of the same year. Funding however, gradually built up and it was decided that a hospital was built in Makham Ria Subdistrict due to good transport links, particularly as the land was next to the main highway into Surat Thani City, and was easily accessible from Surat Thani railway station. Construction began after the was in 1952 and the hospital opened as Surat Thani Hospital on 13 April 1953 with 25 beds. In 1969, with 170 beds, the hospital considered medical education possible at the hospital and a nursing school was set up. [2]

Since 7 January 2004, the hospital was affiliated with the Collaborative Project to Increase Rural Doctors project and started training doctors for the Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University.[3]

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