Srithanya Hospital () is the largest psychiatric hospital in
Thailand, located in
Mueang Nonthaburi District,
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 MRT (Bangkok), Bangkok MRT station on the MRT Purple Line, Purple Line. The station opened on 6 August 2016 and is located on Tiwanon ro ...
, 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) 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 Pu ...
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Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Thai Wikipedia
Hospitals in Thailand
Psychiatric hospitals in Thailand
Nonthaburi province
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