Surin Hospital Explained

Surin Hospital
โรงพยาบาลสุรินทร์
Org/Group:The Ministry of Public HealthHealth District 9
Location:68 Lak Mueang Road, Nai Mueang Subdistrict, Mueang Surin District, Surin 32000
Country:Thailand
Coordinates:14.8768°N 103.5027°W
Type:Regional
Affiliation:Institute of Medicine, Suranaree University of Technology
Beds:914
Founded:1 March 1951

Surin Hospital 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.

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]

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  1. Web site: ประวัติความเป็นมา โรงพยาบาลสุรินทร์.