Surin Hospital
Surin Hospital (Thai: โรงพยาบาลสุรินทร์) is the main hospital of Surin 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 Institute of Medicine of Suranaree University of Technology.
| Surin Hospital โรงพยาบาลสุรินทร์ | |
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| The Ministry of Public Health Health District 9 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 68 Lak Mueang Road, Nai Mueang Subdistrict, Mueang Surin District, Surin 32000, Thailand |
| Coordinates | 14.876813°N 103.502736°E |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Regional |
| Affiliated university | Institute of Medicine, Suranaree University of Technology |
| Services | |
| Beds | 914 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 March 1951 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Thailand |
History
The funding for the construction of a hospital in Surin Province was donated by a monk "Khunaros Silakhan Khanananthamma", the abbot of Jumphon Suthawas Temple in Surin. The foundation stone was laid on 28 March 1949 and the hospital opened on 1 March 1951 as a single-storey wooden building with 50 beds and two full-time doctor. By 1956, an X-ray and Surgical Department was constructed. The hospital was then gradually expanded and became a regional hospital on 29 April 1997. It started Hospital Accreditation work (HA) in 1998 and first received ISO 9001:2000 on 2 August 2001. Today, it serves up to 914 beds with 2,709 staff.[1]
References
- Article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Thai wikipedia.