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Srithanya Hospital () is the largest psychiatric hospital in
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 bo ...
, located in
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, Nonthaburi Province. It is adjacent to the headquarters of the Ministry of Public Health and is operated by the Department of Mental Health (DMH). It is served by
Ministry of Public Health MRT Station Ministry of Public Health station ( th, สถานีกระทรวงสาธารณสุข, ) is a Bangkok MRT station on the Purple Line. The station opened on 6 August 2016 and is located on Tiwanon road in Nonthaburi Province. Th ...
, located in front of the hospital.


History

The hospital was first planned out by Luang Vichian Phaethayakom and was opened on 24 June 1941 as the Nonthaburi Psychiatric Hospital with 150 beds. It first received male patients with chronic psychiatric disorders transferred from the Thon Buri Psychosis Hospital (now the
Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry (also known as Somdet Chao Phraya Hospital) is a psychiatric hospital in Khlong San District of Bangkok, Thailand. Established as a mental asylum, the original building was designed by a British architect ...
) in Bangkok, and prisoners from Nonthaburi Prison for rehabilitation. On 10 March 1941, operations were transferred to the DMH. In 1954, the name of the hospital was changed to Srithanya Hospital, to reduce the stigma for patients visiting psychiatric hospitals for treatment. In 2021, there were a total of 127,845 outpatients treated at the hospital.


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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Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry (also known as Somdet Chao Phraya Hospital) is a psychiatric hospital in Khlong San District of Bangkok, Thailand. Established as a mental asylum, the original building was designed by a British architect ...


References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Thai Wikipedia Hospitals in Thailand Psychiatric hospitals in Thailand Nonthaburi province {{Thailand-hospital-stub