Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health

Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health
Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health
Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Public Health (Thailand)
Geography
Location	420/8 Ratchawithi Road, Thung Phayathai Subdistrict, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand
Organisation
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	College of Medicine, Rangsit University
Services
Beds	435
History
Opened	24 June 1954
Links
Website	[1]
Lists	Hospitals in Thailand

The Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health is a large public hospital located in Ratchathewi District, Bangkok, Thailand. It serves as a teaching hospital for the College of Medicine, Rangsit University.

History[edit | edit source]

With plans to expand the pediatrics department of the Women's Hospital (now Rajavithi Hospital), the cabinet of Plaek Phibunsongkhram approved the construction of a pediatrics building with a capacity of 137 beds on Ratchawithi Road, which was to be operated by the Women's Hospital. The opening ceremony took place on 24 June 1954. By a 1973 royal decree of civil service management, operations were transferred to the Department of Medical Services of the Ministry of Public Health on 3 December 1974 and the building became the Children's Hospital. In 1996, the name was changed to Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health in commemoration of the Queen.

The institute was the first medical institution to offer a pediatrics training program that was not led under the University of Medical Sciences (now Mahidol University), and its setup was aided by the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University.

Rajavithi Hospital started providing medical education for students of the College of Medicine, Rangsit University since 1 June 1992. Students in this group also study at Rajavithi Hospital as a teaching hospital.