Taksin Hospital ( th, โรงพยาบาลตากสิน) is a hospital in Thailand located in Khlong San District,

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

. Taksin Hospital is a public hospital operated by the Medical Service Department,

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(BMA). It is an affiliated hospital of the

Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital The Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital ( th, คณะแพทยศาสตร์วชิรพยาบาล) is a medical school located in Bangkok, Thailand. The Faculty has its origin as a medical college, previously known as BMA Medical ...

. It is an affiliated teaching hospital of the

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. It is served by

Khlong San BTS station Khlong San station ( th, สถานีคลองสาน, ) is a Gold Line station, located in Khlong San District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is located in front of Taksin Hospital. The station is on Somdet Chao Phraya Road and opened on 16 Dec ...

since 16 December 2020.

History

Following an outbreak of cholera, the hospital was established on 15 February 1904 as the 'Cholera Hospital'. with the royal permission of King

Chulalongkorn Chulalongkorn ( th, จุฬาลงกรณ์, 20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910) was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, titled Rama V. He was known to the Siamese of his time as ''Phra Phuttha Chao Luang'' (พร� ...

(Rama V) in order to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, particularly cholera and smallpox. Initially it was under the management of the Metropolitan Sanitation Department. In 1937, operations were transferred to the Bangkok Municipality Administration (''Tesaban Nakhon Krungthep'') and renamed 'Municipality Hospital', where it was used primarily as a rehabilitation centre for patients from

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and

Vajira Hospital Vajira Hospital ( th, วชิรพยาบาล, ) is one of the first hospitals in Thailand, founded by King Rama VI. It is a teaching university hospital of the Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University; the Faculty o ...

. Therefore, locally it was known as the 'Rehabilitation Hospital'. In 1972, as the Capital Municipality Administration (''Tesaban Nakhon Luang'') was created following the merger of the Bangkok and Thonburi Municipality Administration, the hospital began serving normal patients and was renamed to 'Bangkok Hospital'. On 11 September 1973, the name was again changed to the current 'Taksin Hospital' by

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 ...

in commemoration of King Taksin's founding of

Thonburi Kingdom The Thonburi Kingdom ( th, ธนบุรี) was a major Thai people, Siamese kingdom which existed in Southeast Asia from 1767 to 1782, centered around the city of Thonburi, in Siam or present-day Thailand. The kingdom was founded by Taksin ...

, the area of which is where the hospital is located in. Since the 2020 academic year, Taksin Hospital became an affiliated hospital of the

for training a cohort of 20 undergraduate medical students per year.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Thai Wikipedia.

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.taksinhosp.go.th/tks.html Hospitals in Bangkok Khlong San district

History

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