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Bangkok Metropolitan Administration General Hospital

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration General Hospital
โรงพยาบาลกลาง
Medical Service Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
Map
Geography
Location514 Luang Road, Pom Prap Subdistrict, Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, Bangkok 10100, Thailand
Organisation
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universitySchool of Medicine, Mae Fah Luang University
Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Services
Beds500
History
Opened1898
Links
Websitewww.klanghospital.go.th
ListsHospitals in Thailand

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) General Hospital, popularly known as Klang Hospital (Thai: โรงพยาบาลกลาง; lit: Central Hospital) is a public tertiary hospital in Thailand located on corner of the Luang and Suea Pa Roads, Pom Prap Subdistrict, Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, Bangkok. Klang Hospital is a public hospital operated by the Medical Service Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), and is regarded as one of the oldest hospitals in Thailand. It is an affiliated hospital of the School of Medicine, Mae Fah Luang University and the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.[1]

History

Klang Hospital in early 2010
The point where Luang intersects with Suea Pa Roads (white building is Klang Hospital)

The hospital was established in 1898 with the royal permission of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) for the aim of providing of services for large number prostitutes in this area (Chinatown and Phlapphla Chai) in order to prevent the spread of epidemics. The following year, the building was assigned to the Royal Thai Police, and became the Patrol Hospital. During this time, it provided medical services to police officers and conducted autopsies from various cases. At the same time, 36 beds were added for the treatment of prostitutes, following its initial intended purpose. In 1915, the hospital was reassigned to the Medical Services Division of the Ministry of Interior. Eventually, operations were transferred to the BMA.[2][3]

On 13 June 2012, the Medical Services Department of the BMA signed an agreement to train medical students of the School of Medicine, Mae Fah Luang University at the hospital under the Collaborative Project to Increase Rural Doctor (CPIRD) Program. Along with Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital in Bang Kho Laem District, both hospitals form the Medical Education Center of the Medical Services Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (MEC MSD BMA).[4]

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References

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