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Ramathibodi Hospital

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Location
  
Bangkok, Thailand

Beds
  
1,000

Phone
  
+66 2 201 1000

Founded
  
1969

Standards
  
Tertiary Care

Opened
  
3 May 1969

Standard
  
Health Care

Hospital type
  
Teaching university hospital (Non-profit)

Website
  
ramathibodi.mahidol.ac.th

Address
  
270 ถ พระราม 6 คณะ แพทยศาสตร์ รพ รามาธิบดี ราชเทวี แขวง ทุ่งพญาไท Thung Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand

Affiliated university
  
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University

Similar
  
Siriraj Hospital, King Chulalongkorn Memorial, Victory Monument, Vejthani Hospital, Yanhee Hospital

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Introduction to faculty of medicine ramathibodi hospital


Ramathibodi Hospital (Thai: โรงพยาบาลรามาธิบดี ) is a university hospital of the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University. High school students compete in an extremely competitive entrance examination and interview process. The acceptance rate was 0.8% as of 2015 academic year.

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Ramathibodi Hospital project was approved in August 1964 under the Second National Economic and Social Development Plan (1967–1971), when medical demands risen rapidly and the Thai government seeking to increase the number of doctors and nurses in the country. The faculty received major funding from the Thai government and a supporting grant from the Rockefeller Foundation during its founding period. Construction was started in September 1965 and the faculty opened on May 3, 1969.

The hospital is located on Rama 6 road nearby Chitralada Palace. There are 3 main health servicing buildings (Building 1, Queen Sirikit Building, and Somdech Phra Debaratana Building) on the medical school campus which serve at least 5,000 out-patient visits per day and in-patients with more than 1,000 beds for tertiary medical care.

The Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University is one of the two medical schools within Mahidol University. The older sister is the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.

There is a railway halt at the back of the hospital called Ramathibodi Hospital Halt, where commuter trains stop daily.

Roadshow faculty of medicine ramathibodi hospital mahidol university


References

Ramathibodi Hospital Wikipedia