Lampang Hospital Explained

Lampang Hospital โรงพยาบาลลำปาง
Org/Group:	The Ministry of Public HealthHealth District 1
Location:	280 Phahon Yothin Road, Hua Wiang Subdistrict, Mueang Lampang District, Lampang 52000
Country:	Thailand
Coordinates:	18.2865°N 99.506°W
Type:	Regional
Affiliation:	Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University
Beds:	743
Founded:	1930

Lampang Hospital is the main hospital of Lampang Province, Thailand and is classified under the Ministry of Public Health as a regional hospital. It is the tertiary-care transfer hospital for patients in Phrae and Nan Provinces. It has a CPIRD Medical Education Center which trains doctors for the Faculty of Medicine of Chiang Mai University.^[1]

History

Lampang Hospital was constructed in 1930 and had a major renovation according to the Fourth National Economic and Social Development Plan of 1977–1981, of which Lampang was one of 15 provincial hospitals to be made into a regional hospital. It became affiliated with the Collaborative Project to Increase Rural Doctors (CPIRD) program with Chiang Mai University on 10 May 2000.^[2]

See also

• Healthcare in Thailand
• Hospitals in Thailand
• List of hospitals in Thailand

References

1. Web site: CPIRD. 2019-09-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180502140245/http://www.cpird.in.th/index.php/doctor_network/mec_network.html. 2018-05-02. dead.
2. Web site: ประวัติความเป็นมาศูนย์แพทยศาสตร์ศึกษา โรงพยาบาลลำปาง.

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Thai Wikipedia.