The death toll from the Mountain B nightclub inferno in Sattahip district rose to 26 people today, October 27th, 2022. A 26-year-old submarine operator for the Royal Thai Navy, Lt JG Setthasak Chantra, died peacefully at Siriraj Hospital at 2 AM after fighting with his injuries for 83 days, according to Ronnarong Kaewphet, an activist […]
BANGKOK, May 3 (TNA) – Siriraj Hospital is in dire need of blood donations with low supply due to long holidays and the Covid-19 situation. Parichart Permpikul, head of the Department of Transfusion Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University said that Siriraj Hospital needed at least 150 units per day but donations could […]
BANGKOK, March 23 (TNA) – Siriraj Hospital is the first hospital in the country that successfully conducted abdominal multi-organ transplant covering a stomach, liver, pancreas and intestine in seven hours. Dr Prasit Watanapa, dean of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, and Dr Visit Wamwanich, director of Siriraj Hospital, said the hospital admitted a patient […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has joined hands with Mahidol University to eradicate tuberculosis in Thailand. The DDC and Mahidol University’s Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital recently signed a new academic cooperation agreement on the elimination of tuberculosis. This agreement renews efforts laid out in the previous cooperation campaign, which […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – Siriraj Hospital will accept Pfizer vaccination registrations from February 18 to 27, 2022, and its vaccination campaign will begin in March. Siriraj Hospital has announced that it will open registrations for people to receive 1st, 2nd, and booster injections using the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccination registration period begins on February 18 […]
The world could be approaching the end of the Covid-19 pandemic later this year, as evidenced by the rapid-spreading but less-severe Omicron variant, according to the dean of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital. Prof Dr Prasit Watanapa said on Tuesday the spread of Omicron would result in the majority of people surviving an infection […]
About 39 million purported patient records from Siriraj Hospital have been offered for sale on an internet database-sharing forum in what appears to be the latest hack of the country’s public health sector. Authorities are investigating the post, which was on raidforums.com. Full story: Bangkok Post Suchit Leesa-nguansuk BANGKOK POST
BANGKOK (NNT) – 5G technology and cloud AI are now being used to improve illness prevention and delivery of other healthcare services. The collaboration between Siriraj Hospital, the NBTC, and China’s Huawei is also aimed at streamlining public access to treatment. Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha presided over a prototype hospital project at Siriraj Hospital […]
