FOUR management services companies will be bidding on Friday for the right to manage Phuket's newest hospital, with an opening scheduled for May.
The Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation hospital, on Sri Sena Road, to the east of Phuket City, will initially operate 120 beds and later rise to full capacity of 190 beds, with 200 staff, five doctors and five on-call specialists.
''The opening is planned for May,'' the organisation's Chief Executive, Paiboon Upatising, told Phuketwan. ''It will be a private hospital but costs will be kept as low as possible so that local people can afford to use it.
''We hope the new hospital will take some of the pressure off Vachira [Phuket's largest public hospital in Phuket City], where there are not enough beds to cope.''
After the original owners went bankrupt, the hospital building sat abandoned for seven years before the organisation bought it and spent 265 million baht on refurbishment. Another 200 million is expected to be spent on new medical equipment.
The hospital will specialise in the treatment of kidney complaints and dialysis.
Khun Paiboon expects to be able to hold a media conference in January to announce the winner of tomorrow's tendering process and introduce the management team and doctors. It will take six months of operations before government social services can be provided.
The Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation hospital, on Sri Sena Road, to the east of Phuket City, will initially operate 120 beds and later rise to full capacity of 190 beds, with 200 staff, five doctors and five on-call specialists.
''The opening is planned for May,'' the organisation's Chief Executive, Paiboon Upatising, told Phuketwan. ''It will be a private hospital but costs will be kept as low as possible so that local people can afford to use it.
''We hope the new hospital will take some of the pressure off Vachira [Phuket's largest public hospital in Phuket City], where there are not enough beds to cope.''
After the original owners went bankrupt, the hospital building sat abandoned for seven years before the organisation bought it and spent 265 million baht on refurbishment. Another 200 million is expected to be spent on new medical equipment.
The hospital will specialise in the treatment of kidney complaints and dialysis.
Khun Paiboon expects to be able to hold a media conference in January to announce the winner of tomorrow's tendering process and introduce the management team and doctors. It will take six months of operations before government social services can be provided.
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How nice. Another hospital for destitute expat retirees to go to!
Posted by Pete on December 23, 2010 10:22