Siriraj Hospital - Thailand’s excellent medical hub

Siriraj Hospital – Thailand’s excellent medical hub

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Siriraj Hospital is Thailand’s largest hospital, with 40 acres of land and the highest number of outpatients (3 million per year) and inpatients (85,000 per year). There are about 1,000 doctors who specialize in various branches of medicine. The hospital is also equipped with the latest versions of cutting-edge medical devices. 

The excellent medical hub

Siriraj as a major referral center receives the patients with difficult diseases or complicated conditions from all throughout Thailand, whose doctors are seeking a second opinion or assistance. Year after year, Siriraj has earned the highest level of trust from the local people as a result of its dedication and hard work. This is solidly affirmed by the fact that Siriraj have won the Reader Digest’s Trusted Brand Award (Hospital category) for 5 consecutive years (2007-2011; the award discontinued afterwards).

Examples of Siriraj’s remarkable performances

  • Siriraj Urticaria & Angioedema Center 

This is the only center in SEA that has been certified by Global Allergy and Asthma European Network as GA2LEN Urticaria Center of Reference and Excellence. (2020)

  • Siriraj is the first in SEA to install 

MRI- Linear Accelerator equipped with MRI scanner that enables better visualization of the tumor during radiation therapy. (2019)

  • Heart-Liver-Kidney transplantation

For the first time in Asia, Siriraj successfully performed combined Heart-Liver-Kidney transplantation in one person. (2018)

  • Siriraj Inherited Metabolic Diseases Center 

This is the first and only center in Thailand that provides screening, diagnosis and management for 40 inherited metabolic diseases.

  • The robotic surgery

For the first time in Thailand, Siriraj started performing robotic surgery with 4th Gen Da Vinci Robots after 12 years of experiences with more than 2,500 cases of fulfilling outcomes. (2020)

  • The medical institute of Thailand 

During the difficult time of the #COVID-19 pandemic, Siriraj has been a credible and trustworthy medical institute of Thailand that gives information about the virus, medical care for extremely ill patients, updated treatment protocols, vaccination, and other medical guidance.

Siriraj responsibility as Thailand’s medical hub 

Siriraj truly acknowledges the importance of health promotion and disease prevention. We always provides medical advices to Thailand community via various social media channels, particularly during difficult times when people desperately need accurate information. Siriraj is also responsible for hosting regular academic conferences to keep other medical institutes in Thailand up to date on the latest standards of treatment.

In the near future, a complete transportation system will be built around the Siriraj campus, including a sky train, a subway crossing under the Chao Praya river, efficient water transportation, and smart buses. The ease with which one may travel to and from Siriraj will allow it to expand its capacity to the next level. 

Not just the hospital of the land but Siriraj is also the medical hub of the region  where the joy on the faces of the patients when they are able to return home in better health brightens our day.