Saraburi Hospital () is the main hospital of
Saraburi Province,
Thailand
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and is classified under the
Ministry of Public Health as a regional hospital. It has a CPIRD Medical Education Center which trains doctors for the
Faculty of Medicine
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of
Thammasat University
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.
History
Saraburi Hospital was first constructed in 1951, the fourth hospital outside
Bangkok
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and initially had one building. The hospital was officially opened on 14 January 1954. In 1972-1976, the hospital was designated to be a regional hospital in Central Thailand, under the ''Third National Economic and Development Plan'' and was expanded to 600 beds. The hospital became classified as a regional hospital in 1981.
In 1993, the hospital made an agreement with the Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University to train medical students at clinical years 4 and 5 in the fields of
internal medicine,
surgery
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,
obstetrics and gynaecology
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,
paediatrics
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and
anaesthesiology
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. Teaching of students under the Collaborative Project to Increase Production of Rural Doctors (CPIRD) was started in 1995, when a Medical Education Center was built at Saraburi Hospital.
See also
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Healthcare in Thailand
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Hospitals in Thailand
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List of hospitals in Thailand
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Public Hospitals
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References
Hospitals in Thailand
Saraburi province{{Hospitals in Thailand