PHUKET'S seventh and newest hospital is set to open its doors on May 31 at a cost 327 million baht.
The hospital is likely to cause extra cases of dislocation of the jaw with its title alone - Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation Hospital.
But Hospital Director Dr Yee Yitathasiri said yesterday that specialist treatment for heart and blood complaints is likely to give the PPAO hospital fairly quick recognition on Phuket.
It will add to the array of medical options now available in the Phuket treatment hub.
Fifty nurses are still wanted, and Dr Yee says that there are simply not enough nurses available in Thailand and the region as a whole.
But the hospital, which will be run by Thonburi Hospital Public Company Ltd, does have eight of 13 doctors already hired.
The ''soft'' opening will include a ''Phuket Love'' campaign to provide health checkups for 300 people, at 650 baht for women and 800 baht for men. (Details 076 212000).
And by the time the doors open in earnest on July 1 for admissions, with 129 beds available, the hospital should be fully outfitted. There will be five operating rooms, a CAT scanner that takes 64 slides, and 14 stations for kidney dialysis.
Dr Yee says the new hospital will help to alleviate some of the pressure on Vachira Hospital Phuket, the island's largest hospital in Phuket City.
The new hospital is to the east of Phuket City on Anuphas Phuket Karn Road, the main route to Koh Sireh.
Photography was not permitted inside but we were taken with the signature PPAO pink elevator doors and the pink alcove at the entrance.
The Phuketwan photographer also found workers unpacking new stainless steel wheelchairs in large numbers nearby.
One innovation the hospital will introduce, said Dr Yee, is a hotline for people who are in need of counselling. The hotline number will be 076 358888.
As for pricing, the PPAO will not be free of charge but fees are expected to be somewhere between Vachira and Mission, probably the least expensive of Phuket's private hospitals.
The hospital's opening is a sign of the continued commitment of the PPAO under chief executive Paiboon Upatising to the provision of improved infrastructure for Phuket.
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But Hospital Director Dr Yee Yitathasiri said yesterday that specialist treatment for heart and blood complaints is likely to give the PPAO hospital fairly quick recognition on Phuket.
It will add to the array of medical options now available in the Phuket treatment hub.
Fifty nurses are still wanted, and Dr Yee says that there are simply not enough nurses available in Thailand and the region as a whole.
But the hospital, which will be run by Thonburi Hospital Public Company Ltd, does have eight of 13 doctors already hired.
The ''soft'' opening will include a ''Phuket Love'' campaign to provide health checkups for 300 people, at 650 baht for women and 800 baht for men. (Details 076 212000).
And by the time the doors open in earnest on July 1 for admissions, with 129 beds available, the hospital should be fully outfitted. There will be five operating rooms, a CAT scanner that takes 64 slides, and 14 stations for kidney dialysis.
Dr Yee says the new hospital will help to alleviate some of the pressure on Vachira Hospital Phuket, the island's largest hospital in Phuket City.
The new hospital is to the east of Phuket City on Anuphas Phuket Karn Road, the main route to Koh Sireh.
Photography was not permitted inside but we were taken with the signature PPAO pink elevator doors and the pink alcove at the entrance.
The Phuketwan photographer also found workers unpacking new stainless steel wheelchairs in large numbers nearby.
One innovation the hospital will introduce, said Dr Yee, is a hotline for people who are in need of counselling. The hotline number will be 076 358888.
As for pricing, the PPAO will not be free of charge but fees are expected to be somewhere between Vachira and Mission, probably the least expensive of Phuket's private hospitals.
The hospital's opening is a sign of the continued commitment of the PPAO under chief executive Paiboon Upatising to the provision of improved infrastructure for Phuket.
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