While HRH Krommamuen Chainartnarendhorn was working as the Director of
the medical school,
he persuaded HRH Prince Mahidol of Songkla to study medicine.
The first place he went to was
Harvard University in the United States, where he
studied Public Health and later on completed
a medical degree. Furthermore, he was a
representative of the government of
the Kingdom of Thailand and negotiated with the
Rockefellers to raise Thai medical education
up to the degree level as well as improving
the facilities of Siriraj Hospital in various aspects.
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Siriraj Hospital has been sustainably developing until now with the generosity of every king and
all the royal families in the Chakri
Dynasty as well as the full support from the people of Thailand.
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Siriraj Hospital is located at 2 Prannok Road, Siriraj Sub-district, Bangkoknoi
District, Bangkok 10700.
It is recognized as one of the biggest hospitals in Southeast
Asia occupying 73 rais of land with
75 buildings. In 1996, it housed 2,600 beds,
1,200 physicians, 7,783 nurses and 1,974 nurse
assistants as well as 1,117
additional personnel working wholeheartedly with their full strength for
patient
treatment.
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Siriraj Hospital in the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital is administered
by Mahidol University.
The administrative structure in the Faculty comprises
the office of the Dean, office of the Director,
Her Majesty Cardiac Center, 24
departments, including the office for Research and Development,
the Medical
Education Technology Center, as well as 8 paramedical schools, namely for
Nurse Assistants,
Physiotherapy, Medical Audio Visual, Medical Science
Technicians, Nurse Anesthetists,
Radio Technicians, Sports Science Medicine,
and Transfusion Medicine.
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| Principal missions of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj
Hospital are to produce qualified graduates,
to promote
research activities, to provide services to society, to develop
medical services and
manage resource utilization efficiently,
including preserving and spreading activities to uphold
the
arts and culture of the nation. |
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