Phuket: Chalong to gain new hospital by 2018

PHUKET: Construction of the long-awaited Chalong Hospital is expected to begin next year with a budget of B105 million, Phuket health officials have announced.

Monday 6 July 2015, 06:41PM
Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) chief Dr Kajornsak Kaewjarat. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot
The four-floor hospital, like the one pictured, will offer inpatient and outpatient services. Photo: PPHO
Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) chief Dr Kajornsak Kaewjarat. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

The four-floor building will be located on the plot of more than 10 rai behind Chalong police station, where the old fresh market once stood and including where the Chalong health centre is now.

The facility will provide 6,230 square metres of interior space for outpatient and inpatient services, Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) chief Dr Kajornsak Kaewjarat said.

“The Chalong Hospital will take about two years to complete and will help to alleviate the workload on Vachira Hospital (in Phuket Town),” he added.

“Some equipment will come from Vachira and we hope to have at least 30 beds for inpatients.”

Source: The Phuket News