Police General Hospital () is a hospital located in

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. It is a police hospital for the

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and a teaching hospital for

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, the

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as well as the Royal Thai Police Nursing College.

History

In 1897, a hospital was constructed near

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for the treatment of

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s in prostitutes in the area. The following year, the hospital was renamed Patrol Hospital and assigned to the Royal Thai Police Medical Division as a police hospital and as a place that official

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could be conducted. In 1915 the hospital was renamed

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and was reassigned to the Medical Services Division of the

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. The police's medical division was moved to the Phra Ratchawang Metropolitan Police Station on

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. In 1952, the division was elevated to a hospital status and renamed Police General Hospital and was allocated a site on

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in the grounds of the Royal Thai Police Headquarters. In 1979, the Medical Division became the Office of the Surgeon General, with Police General Hospital becoming one of its units. It was previously a teaching hospital for the

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between 2013 and 2015.

References

* This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Thai Wikipedia {{coord missing, Thailand Hospitals in Bangkok Royal Thai Police

History

See also

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