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2 years late, Pattaya Hospital to
open fully in January, mayor pledges
Already open for
outpatient service and limited inpatient service, Pattaya Hospital on
Soi Buakaow should be fully open by the end of January.
Teerarak Suthathiwong
Long-delayed, Pattaya Hospital will open fully in January, more
than two years late.
The 177 million government hospital has been open for outpatient service
and limited inpatient service since May with less than 30 beds. Another
30 percent of the 86 beds will come online in November and all of the 86
beds “probably” by the end of January, Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome said
Oct. 24.
The mayor originally announced in June 2010 that full service would be
available by the end of 2011.
As a public facility, Pattaya Hospital will offer free primary health
services for people with state insurance and the lowest prices for
tourists, city officials have promised. The 24-hour center will have
five medical departments in addition to the outpatient clinic open
during daytime hours only.
“Pattaya Hospital will provide medical treatment, health exams and
health insurance under the concept of ‘private treatment under at
government prices,’” Itthiphol said. “The service is up to standards and
quick, as well as being very hospitable. And it has the newest new
technology. Residents will receive service according to the government’s
charges, which are affordable, making it easy for those with low incomes
to use these services.”
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