Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute
Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute สถาบันบำราศนราดูร | |
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Department of Disease Control, MOPH | |
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Geography | |
Location | 38 Tiwanon Road, Talat Khwan Subdistrict, Mueang Nonthaburi, Nonthaburi Province 11000, Thailand |
Coordinates | 13°51′14″N 100°31′22″E / 13.85389°N 100.52278°ECoordinates: 13°51′14″N 100°31′22″E / 13.85389°N 100.52278°E |
Services | |
Beds | 300 |
History | |
Former name(s) | Bamrasnaradura Hospital |
Opened | 2 November 1960 | , as Bamrasnaradura Hospital
Links | |
Website | bamras |
Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute (Thai: สถาบันบำราศนราดูร; RTGS: bamrat naradun) is a specialised hospital for patients infected with highly contagious diseases and used to control the outbreak of the diseases. It was found in 1960 as Bamrasnaradura Hospital. The hospital is currently a division of Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health and located in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand within the headquarters of the ministry itself.[1]
History[]
Bamrasnaradura Hospital was founded under the premiership of Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, as part of his policy to establish a new specialised hospital for infectious diseases after the outbreak of Cholera in Thailand during 1958-1959 which killed 2,372 people. The hospital opened on 2 November 1960.[2] It replaced the old Phaya Thai National Infectious Diseases Hospital in Dusit District which was dilapidated and located too close to the community area. The field marshal named the hospital after , the royal title of Dr. Long Vejjajiva who the minister of public health at the time, in commemoration of his effective control over the cholera outbreak.[3][4][5]
On 2 October 2002, The Hospital was getting restructured. It was renamed to Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute and merged into a division of Department of Disease Control of Ministry of Public Health.[6]
Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute has been used as a major isolation facility of the country for many lethal infectious diseases in the past and still is used for that purpose today. Examples include SARS, MERS, Ebola and currently COVID-19[7][8][9][10]
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References[]
- ^ "ประวัติบำราศนราดูร" [History of Bamrasnaradura] (in Thai). 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020 – via Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute.
- ^ "โรคระบาดร้ายแรงในอดีต ตอนที่ 2 อหิวาตกโรค" (in Thai). 21 August 2014 – via Hfocus.
- ^ "ซูมซอกแซก : สถาบัน "บำราศนราดูร" ตำนานโรคระบาดสยาม" (in Thai). 29 March 2020 – via Thairath.
- ^ "พระบำราศนราดูร รัฐมนตรีปราบโรคระบาด ที่มาชื่อสถาบันบำราศนราดูร" (in Thai). 10 March 2020 – via The People.
- ^ "กำเนิด "โรงพยาบาลโรคติดต่อ" เพื่อรับมือการระบาด ในสมัยรัชกาลที่ 5" (in Thai). 27 February 2020 – via SILPA-MAG.
- ^ "ประวัติบำราศนราดูร" [History of Bamrasnaradura] (in Thai). 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020 – via Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute.
- ^ "เปิดมาตรฐานโรงหมอ รักษาโรคติดเชื้อของไทย 60 ปี กับสถาบันบำราศนราดูร" (in Thai). 8 April 2018 – via Dailynews.
- ^ "สธ.เตรียมพร้อมสถานแรกรับผู้สงสัยติดเชื้ออีโบลา ส่วนสถาบันบำราศนราดูร เพิ่มมาตรป้องกันและเร่งทำความเข้าใจ" (in Thai). 24 August 2014 – via JS100.
- ^ "สธ.แถลงข่าวด่วน! พบผู้ป่วยโรคเมอร์สชาวตะวันออกกลางรายใหม่ รักษาตัวสถาบันบำราศนราดูร" (in Thai). 30 July 2015 – via Matichon.
- ^ "สธ.เฝ้าระวัง 4 คนไทยเข้าเกณฑ์สงสัยโรคจากจีน" (in Thai). 6 January 2020 – via Bangkok Biz.
- Hospitals in Thailand
- Infectious disease organizations