Siriraj Hospital

Siriraj Hospital
Siriraj Hospital emblem
Geography
Location	Bangkok, Thailand
Organisation
Care system	National Health Insurance System
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Services
Beds	2,300
History
Founded	1888
Links
Website	http://www.si.mahidol.ac.th/
Lists	Hospitals in Thailand

Siriraj Hospital (Thai: โรงพยาบาลศิริราช; rtgs: Rong Phayaban Sirirat) is the oldest and largest hospital in Thailand, located in Bangkok on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, opposite Thammasat University's Tha Phrachan campus. It is the primary teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.

With a capacity of more than 2,000 beds and more than one million outpatient visits per year, Siriraj is one of the largest and busiest medical centers in Southeast Asia. The medical school accepts about 250 medical students and more than 100 for postgraduate residency training each year. Siriraj is the largest public hospital in Thailand. Thanks to its excellent reputation, its tertiary care unit is the referral center for all hospitals in Thailand.

The hospital was founded by King Chulalongkorn in 1888, two years after a worldwide cholera outbreak. It is named after the king's 18-month-old son, Prince Siriraj Kakuttaphan, who had died from dysentery a year before the opening of the hospital. The medical school was established two years later in 1890.

Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti the grandson of King Bhumibol and the son of Thai crown prince, Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, was also born here.

Siriraj was the residence of the King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej, from September 2009 to August 2013. He entered the hospital for treatment of a respiratory condition. In October 2014 King Bhumibol had gall bladder surgery at Siriraj. He died there on 13 October 2016.