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Lampang Hospital
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. 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. See also *Healthcare in Thailand * Hospitals in Thailand * List of hospitals in Thailand This is a comprehensive list of hospitals in Thailand. The list is sorted with Bangkok at the top, and then in the alphabetical order of the provinces. Publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Public Health (Thailand)
The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH; th, กระทรวงสาธารณสุข, ) is a Thai governmental body responsible for the oversight of public health in Thailand. It is commonly referred to in Thailand by its abbreviation ''so tho'' (). History In Thailand before 1888 there were no permanent, public hospitals to provide care to sick people. Temporary hospitals were set up to care for patients during epidemics, then disbanded when the epidemic subsided. Under King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) a hospital was constructed and completed in 1888 and named "Siriraj Hospital" in commemoration of the king's young son, Prince Siriraj Kakudhabhand, who had died of dysentery. King Vajiravudh, King Chulalongkorn's successor, established Department of Health on 27 November 1918. During the reign of King Rama VIII, the Ministry of Public Health was established on 10 March 1942 as a result of the enactment of the Ministries and Departments Reorganization Act (Amendment No. 3) of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phahon Yothin Road
Phahonyothin Road ( th, ถนนพหลโยธิน, , ) or Highway 1 is a main road in Bangkok and one of the four primary highways in Thailand, which include Mittraphap Road (Highway 2), Sukhumvit Road (Highway 3), and Phet Kasem Road (Highway 4). It begins at Victory Monument in Bangkok and runs north to the Burmese border, with a total length of . History left, Phahonyothin Road passing 11th Infantry Regiment station Phahonyothin Road was originally called "Prachathipat Road" ( th, ถนนประชาธิปัตย์, ''Thanon Prachathipat'', literally "Democratic Road"), and reached just to Don Mueang. In 1938, Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram had the road extended from Don Mueang, through Bang Pa-In, Ayutthaya, Saraburi, Lopburi, and Singburi, making it long. The newly lengthened road was renamed Phahonyothin Road, in honor of General Phraya Phahol Pholphayuhasena (formerly Phot Phahonyothin), the second Prime Minister of Thailand and one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hua Wiang
Hua Wiang ( th, หัวเวียง) is a ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Mueang Lampang District, in Lampang Province, Thailand. In 2020 it had a total population of 6,942 people. Administration Central administration The ''tambon'' has no administrative villages (''muban''). Local administration The whole area of the subdistrict is covered by the city (''Thesaban Nakhon'') Lampang Lampang, also called Nakhon Lampang ( th, นครลำปาง, ) to differentiate from Lampang province, is the third largest city in northern Thailand and capital of Lampang province and the Mueang Lampang district. Traditional names for La ... (เทศบาลนครลำปาง). References External linksThaitambon.com on Hua Wiang Tambon of Lampang province Populated places in Lampang province {{Lampang-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mueang Lampang District
Mueang Lampang (; ) is the capital district ('' amphoe mueang'') of Lampang province, northern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Mueang Pan, Chae Hom, Mae Mo, Mae Tha, Ko Kha and Hang Chat of Lampang Province, Mae Tha of Lamphun province, and Mae On of Chiang Mai province. The Khun Tan Range rises in the west and the Phi Pan Nam Range in the east of the district. History In 1917 the district was renamed from Mueang to Mueang Lampang. Administration The district is divided into 19 sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 180 villages ('' mubans''). Lampang is a city (''thesaban nakhon'') covering ''tambons'' Wiang Nuea, Suan Dok, Sop Tui and parts of ''tambons'' Hua Wiang, Phichai, Chomphu, Phrabat, and Bo Haeo. The town (''thesaban mueang'') Khelang Nakhon covers ''tambons'' Kluai Phae and Pong Saen Thong, and parts of ''tambons'' Phrabat and Chomphu. There are two sub-district municipalities (''thesaban tamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lampang Province
Lampang ( th, ลำปาง, ; Northern Thai: ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat''), lies in upper northern Thailand. The old name of Lampang was ''Khelang Nakhon''. Geography Lampang is in the broad river valley of the Wang River, surrounded by mountains. In Mae Mo district lignite is found and mined in open pits. To the north of the province is the high Doi Luang. Within the province are Chae Son and Doi Khun Tan National Parks in the Khun Tan Range, as well as Tham Pha Thai, Doi Luang National Park, and the Huai Tak Teak Biosphere Reserve in the Phi Pan Nam Range. The total forest area is or 70 percent of provincial area. National parks There are a total of eight national parks, six ofwhich are in region 13 (Lampang branch), Doi Luang in region 15 (Chiang Mai), and Wiang Kosai in region 13 (Phrae) of Thailand's protected areas. * Tham Pha Tai National Park, * Doi Luang National Park, * Mae Wa National Park, * Wiang Kosai national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faculty Of Medicine, Chiang Mai University
The Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University () is the third oldest medical school in Thailand located in Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai and is the first medical school in Thailand to be set up in a regional location outside Bangkok. History The need for increased medical personnel in Thailand rose rapidly and the country only had two medical schools at the time which was the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn Hospital of the University of Medical Sciences (now Mahidol University). Therefore, the University and the Ministry of Public Health proposed the construction of the Faculty of Medicine Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital which was to be set up to spread medical education to more regional parts of Thailand. This was done in 1954 and in 1956 involved cooperation with United States Overseas Missions (USOM), providing the funding, equipment and technology for the medical school. The organisation of the faculty was approved by the cabinet on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the extremity of Myanmar. Thailand also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast, and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the nation's capital and largest city. Tai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 11th century. Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon, Khmer Empire and Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang, Sukhothai, Lan Na and Ayutthaya, which also rivalled each other. European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiang Mai University
Chiang Mai University ( CMU; th, มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่) is a public research university in northern Thailand founded in 1964. It has a strong emphasis on engineering, science, agriculture, and medicine. Its instructional mission includes undergraduate, graduate, professional and continuing education offered through resident instruction. Its main campus lies between Chiang Mai town and Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province. The university was the first institution of higher education in northern Thailand, and the first provincial university in Thailand. Campuses Chiang Mai University has four campuses, three of them in Chiang Mai and one in Lamphun, which together cover about .Our Campuses - Chiang Mai University There are 18 housing complexes located on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Healthcare In Thailand
Healthcare in Thailand is overseen by the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), along with several other non-ministerial government agencies. Thailand's network of public hospitals provide universal healthcare to all Thai nationals through three government schemes. Private hospitals help complement the system, especially in Bangkok and large urban areas, and Thailand is among the world's leading medical tourism destinations. However, access to medical care in rural areas still lags far behind that in the cities. Infrastructure A subdistrict health promotion clinic, the most local level of healthcare infrastructure of MOPH, this one is in Ban Na District, Nakhon Nayok Province ">Nakhon_Nayok_Province.html" ;"title="Ban Na District, Nakhon Nayok Province">Ban Na District, Nakhon Nayok Province , Thailand's population of 68 million is served by 927 government hospitals and 363 private hospitals with 9,768 primary care health units (SHPH clinics), responsible for Thai citizens’ hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hospitals In Thailand
Hospitals in Thailand are operated by both the public and private sector, to provide medical services for prevention, cure and rehabilitation of patients with medical and health-related conditions. The majority are operated by the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH). Private hospitals are regulated by the Medical Registration Division under the MOPH's Department of Health Service Support following the ''Sanatorium Act, B.E. 2541''. Other government units and public organisations also operate hospitals, including the military, universities, local governments and the Red Cross. The full listing of hospitals can be accessed at List of hospitals in Thailand. Public hospitals Most public (i.e., state-owned) hospitals fall under the authority of the Ministry of Public Health. The majority of these are provincial hospitals under the aegis of the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the MOPH. Others are operated by the Department of Medical Services, Department of Mental Health, Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
