Chao Phraya Yommarat Hospital () is the main hospital of Suphan Buri Province,

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and is classified under the Ministry of Public Health as a regional hospital. It is an affiliated hospital of the

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History

Chao Phraya Yommarat Hospital was built in 1926 by money donated by Chao Phraya Yommarat (Pan Sukhum), minister of Suphan Buri as a two-storey concrete building, overlooking the

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. In 1942, the hospital became a provincial hospital, became managed by the Ministry of Public Health and expanded to have

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, Internal Medicine and

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buildings. An ER unit was added in 1991. The hospital became classified as a regional hospital in 2001, then with 503 beds and has since expanded to 721 beds as of 2022.

References

The article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Thai wikipedia. {{Thailand-hospital-stub Hospitals in Thailand Suphan Buri province

History

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