Lampang Hospital () is the main hospital of
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 ...
,
Thailand
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and is classified under the
Ministry of Public Health as a regional hospital. It is the tertiary-care transfer hospital for patients in
Phrae
Phrae (; ) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in northern Thailand, capital of Phrae Province.
The town occupies ''tambon'' Nai Wiang of Mueang Phrae District. It has an area of nine kilometres2 and a population of 17,971 (2005). Phrae is 555 km no ...
and
Nan
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* Nan County, Yiyang, Hunan, China
* Nan Commandery, historical commandery in Hubei, China
Thailand
* Nan Province
** Nan, Thailand, the administrative capital of Nan Province
* Nan River
People Given name
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Provinces. It has a CPIRD Medical Education Center which trains doctors for the
Faculty of Medicine
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of
Chiang Mai University
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.
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
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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 gove ...
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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 Pub ...
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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.
Public Hospitals
Ministry of Public Health
Office of the Permanent Secretary
As of 202 ...
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Thai Wikipedia.
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Hospitals in Thailand
Lampang province