Thammasat University Hospital (; ) is a

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subsidiary to the Office of the Rector,

Thammasat University Thammasat University (TU; ; , ) is a public university, public research university in Thailand with campuses in the Tha Phra Chan area of Bangkok, Rangsit, Pattaya and Lampang Province. , Thammasat University has over 39,000 students enrolled in ...

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. It is located in the Rangsit Campus,

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. The construction of the hospital complex began in 1986 and King

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presided over the ceremony of laying the

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of the main building on 3 November of that year. The hospital commenced its operation on 5 December 1987, on which the king turned 60 years of age. However, the hospital was formally opened on 29 March 1988. On 19 March 1990, a royal decree was issued to establish a

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in Thammasat University and the royal decree took effect as from the following day. On 10 April 1990, the hospital formally became a subsidiary of the Faculty of Medicine. On 19 February 2003, the hospital was transferred to the Office of the Rector. Apart from providing medical services to the general public, the hospital serves as a

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for the Faculty of Allied Health Science,

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, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Nursing and

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. At present, it provides every type of medical services, receives at least 1,500

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s a day and has 844 beds for

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s. The current director of the hospital is Associate Professor Chittinad Havanond (จิตตินัดด์ หะวานนท์) who has taken the office since 2014.

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