Bangkok Adventist Mission Hospital
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Bangkok Adventist Mission Hospital is a general hospital with registered capacity of 200 beds and 24 bassinets, situated in Bangkok, Thailand. The hospital is widely known among Thai people as "Mission Hospital", and it is owned and operated by the Christian Medical Foundation of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and is a part of global Adventist healthcare network.
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[edit] History
The Hospital was founded in 1937 by funds of Captain Thomas Hall, a sailor, and operated by Dr. Ralph Waddell, his wife Ellen, Nai Pleng Vitiamyalaksna and pastor Kon Vui-leong. In 1940 the facility was expanded to additional 30 beds and became known as the Annex. At the beginning of the Second World War in South East Asia the Annex was closed and all missionaries left the country. But part of the clinic continued its operation under the direction of Nai Pleng, a medical assistant, and a Romanian physician Dr. S. Bene. In 1946 overseas staff returned to the Hospital. The former Annex was made the initial building for the "Bangkok Sanatorium & Hospital".
In 1955 School of Midwifery and School of Nursing were officially opened. In 1958 the total bed capacity was increased to 180.
In 1973 the Hospital adopted the name "Bangkok Adventist Hospital". The new Ralph Waddell Wing to expand patients accommodation was opened in 1983.
At the 50th anniversary of the facility, a new Pleng Vitiamalaksna building was established to provide beds for Obstetric and Pediatrics along with some auxiliary services.
In 1990, Mission Health Promotion Center capable of housing 60 people was launched in the Province of Saraburi.
[edit] Activities
In 2003 the hospital received about 6000 patients and treated 180,000 outpatients. At present Bangkok Adventist Mission Hospital has 410 employees and about 90 medical staff.
Besides accommodating and treating patients in its rooms, the Hospital runs a Mobile Clinic equipped with X-ray unit, which is frequently applied for charitable medical actions.
The slogan of the Hospital is "Come Feel the Difference", which means difference in quality of service, equipment, spiritual atmosphere, good food, qualification of physicians. The declared mission is "to share God's love through innovative delivery of healthcare".
The services include: acupunture, allergy, asthma service, surgery, obstetrics & gynecology, emergency, cancer care, cardiopulmonary, cosmetic surgery, diabetes, ear nose & throat, family practice, gastrointestinal care, golden year, health checkup (wellness), home care, internal medicine, laboratory, men's health, nephrology, neurology, occupational medicine, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pastoral care, pharmaceutical, radiology / imaging service, rehabilitation services, skilled nursing care, skin & beauty, special procedure, children service and dental.
Currently the hospital is not subject to scrutiny though international healthcare accreditation.
[edit] See also
- Adventist Health International
- List of Seventh-day Adventist hospitals
- Tsuen Wan Adventist Hospital
- Hong Kong Adventist Hospital
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