Siriraj Hospital

Not to be confused with Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital.

Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand

Siriraj Hospital
โรงพยาบาลศิริราช

Siriraj Hospital

Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, the oldest and largest hospital in Thailand

Geography
Location| Bangkok, Thailand
Organisation
Care system| National Health Insurance System
Funding| Public hospital
Type| Teaching, General
Affiliated university| Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Patron| King Chulalongkorn
Services
Emergency department| Yes
Beds| 2,145[1]
History
Opened| 26 April 1888
Links
Website| www2.si.mahidol.ac.th/en/
Lists| Hospitals in Thailand

Siriraj Hospital (Thai: โรงพยาบาลศิริราช; RTGS: Rong Phayaban Sirirat) is the oldest and largest public hospital in Bangkok, Thailand on the west bank of the 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 at Bangkok.

## Description

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With a capacity of more than 2,000 beds and visited by more than three million patients per year Siriraj is one of the largest and busiest medical centers in Southeast Asia. The medical school accepts about 250 medical students and more than 100 for postgraduate residency training each year. Siriraj is the largest public hospital in Thailand. The hospital is generally regarded as one of the final referral centers for complicated and rare diseases from all hospitals in Thailand.

The logo of the Siriraj Hospital is the Naga curled into a shape of "ศ" (pronounce as "Sor-Sala"), the first Thai alphabet of the hospital name with the Royal Diadem on top of the Naga.

## History

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Siriraj Hospital from Chao Phraya River

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 Kakudhabhand, who had died from dysentery a year before the opening of the hospital. The medical school was established two years later in 1890.

Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti was also born here.

Siriraj was the residence of the late King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej, from September 2009 to August 2013. He entered the hospital for treatment of a respiratory condition. In October 2014 King Bhumibol had gall bladder surgery at Siriraj. He died there on 13 October 2016 at the age of 88.

## Museums

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Main article: Siriraj Medical Museum

There are seven medical museums at Siriraj Hospital. They are the Siriraj Bimuksthan Museum, Ellis Pathological Museum, Congdons Anatomical Museum, Songkran Niyomsan Forensic Medicine Museum, Parasitological Museum, Touch Museum in Honor of Queen Mother Sirikit, and Sood Sangvichien Prehistoric Museum Laboratory. The permanent exhibits include sections on anatomy, pathology, congenital disorders, toxicology, techniques of Thai traditional medicine, and forensic pathology.

In 2008, the temporary exhibit featured the role of Siriraj Hospital. The latest museum is Siriraj Bimuksthan Museum, opened in early 2013. The museum is housed in the renovated vintage architecture of the old Bangkok Noi railway station, next to Siriraj's newly opened private subsidiary Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital. The museum exhibits history of medicine in Thailand from traditional medicine to modern, and includes history of the Bangkok Noi area where the museum and the hospital are situated.

## See also

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* Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital
* Health in Thailand
* Hospitals in Thailand
* List of hospitals in Thailand
* List of hospitals in Bangkok

## References

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1. ^ http://gishealth.moph.go.th/healthmap/infoequip.php?maincode=13814

* "About Us, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital".

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Siriraj Hospital.

* Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University Website
* Ramathibodi Hospital Faculty of Medicine, the younger sister medical school of Mahidol University

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Mahidol University

Faculties|

* Dentistry
* Engineering
* Environment and Resource Studies
* Graduate Studies
* Information Communication and Technology
* Liberal Arts
* Medical Technology
* Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital
* Medicine, Siriraj Hospital
* Nursing
* Pharmacy
* Physical Therapy
* Public Health
* Science
* Social Sciences and Humanities
* Tropical Medicine
* Veterinary Science

Colleges|

* Management
* Music
* Religious Studies
* Sports Science and Technology
* MUIC
* Ratchasuda

Research Institutes|

* ASEAN Institute for Health Development
* Institute for Innovative Learning
* Institute for Population and Social Research
* Institute of Molecular Biosciences
* Institute of Nutrition
* Institute of Science and Technology for Research and Development
* National Institute for Child and Family Development
* Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia

Affiliated Institutions|

* HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science
* MOPH-Mahidol CPIRD (PI)
* Phramongkutklao College of Medicine
* Royal Thai Army Nursing College
* Royal Thai Air Force Nursing College
* Royal Thai Navy Nursing College

Hospitals Operated|

* Siriraj Hospital
* Ramathibodi Hospital
* Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute (CNMI)
* Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital (SiPH)
* Hospital for Tropical Diseases
* Golden Jubilee Medical Center
* Mahidol University Dental Hospital
* Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Dental Hospital

Former Affiliated Institutions|

* Medicine, Vajira Hospital
* Kuakarun College of Nursing
* Phrachomklao Phetchaburi College of Nursing
* Boromarajonani College of Nursing

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

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