Thammasat University Hospital ( th, โรงพยาบาลธรรมศาสตร์เฉลิมพระเกียรติ; ) is a

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subsidiary to the Office of the Rector,

Thammasat University Thammasat University (Abbreviation, Abrv: TU th, มธ.; th, มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์, , ) is a public research university in Thailand with campuses in Tha Phra Chan area of Phra Nakhon District near the ...

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. It is located in the Rangsit Campus, Pathum Thani Province,

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. The construction of the hospital complex began in 1986 and King

Bhumibol Adulyadej Bhumibol Adulyadej ( th, ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; ; ; (Sanskrit: ''bhūmi·bala atulya·teja'' - "might of the land, unparalleled brilliance"); 5 December 192713 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great ...

presided over the ceremony of laying the

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of the main building on 3 November of that year. The hospital commenced its operation on 5 December 1987, on which the king turned 60 years of age. However, the hospital was formally opened on 29 March 1988. On 19 March 1990, a royal decree was issued to establish a

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in Thammasat University and the royal decree took effect as from the following day. On 10 April 1990, the hospital formally became a subsidiary of the Faculty of Medicine. On 19 February 2003, the hospital was transferred to the Office of the Rector. Apart from providing medical services to the general public, the hospital serves as a

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for the Faculty of Allied Health Science, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine,

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and

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. At present, it provides every type of medical services, receives at least 1,500

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s a day and has 439 beds for

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s. The current director of the hospital is Associate Professor Chittinad Havanond (จิตตินัดด์ หะวานนท์) who has taken the office since 2014.

References

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