Their Majesties open new building at Siriraj Hospital

Their Majesties were accompanied by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn and were welcomed by Siriraj Hospital’s dean of the Faculty of Medicine Prof Dr Prasit Watanapa, hospital director Dr Wisit Wamwanich, and hospital executives and staff.

After the King pressed a button to unveil the Navamindrapobitr 84th Anniversary Building, Their Majesties went to the 100th Anniversary Siriraj Pavilion to visit the Navamindrapobitr Memorial Exhibition, which pays homage to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great, who had instructed construction of the medical centre building at Siriraj Hospital in 2013 on the occasion of his 84th birthday.

After visiting the exhibition, Their Majesties went to the B2 floor of the Navamindrapobitr 84th Anniversary Building to witness a demonstration of medical equipment at the Radiation Therapy Centre, then signed their names in the visitors’ book in front of the portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great and graciously took photos with hospital executives before returning to Amphorn Sathan Residential Hall in Dusit Palace.

The Navamindrapobitr 84th Anniversary Building comprises 25 storeys plus two basement floors and a medical centre with a usable area of 67,551 square metres. It can accommodate 500,000 outpatients and 20,000 inpatients per year. It is fully equipped with modern medical technology, including 62 ICU rooms and the first and only Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guided Linear Accelerator in Southeast Asia for treatment of cancer patients.

The building was funded by a donation from the King at 100 million baht in August 2017 and another 700 million baht in May 2019 to buy medical equipment, as well as donations from the general public under a funding campaign supervised by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.