- Saint Louis Hospital
"Saint Louis Hospital" - private
non-profit general hospital inBangkok ,Thailand . It organizes inpatient and outpatient treatment in the majority of medical specializations. Situated in South Sathorn Road. Total area - about 32.000 square meters.History
The Hospital was founded by
Archbishop Louis Vey,Apostolic Vicar ofRoman Catholic Mission inSiam in1898 and since than managed by Sisters of Saint Paul de Chartres with their philosophy of "Where there's mercy, there's the God."In
1975 and in middle seventies, two new inpatient buildings were opened. Saint Louis Hospital first successfully performed open heart surgery as a private facility in1979 .Modern medical equipment, e.g. computerized
X-ray machine, computerizedhemodialysis system, computer data management system were applied in1988 . In1994 , the hospital was helped by CESO organization of Canada to introduceTotal Quality Management (TQM). In1997 -1998 years, it was givenISO 9002 andISO 14001 certificates.Present functions
It is well equipped with modern medical technique including Digital
Catheterization Lab, Exercise Stress Test,Mammogram and Bone Densitometry. Inpatient rooms all have air-conditioning.Intensive Care Unit andCardiac Care Unit are separated into private rooms.Operation rooms and surgical theaters have ready-made equipment fromGermany with disease control sterilization.Saint Louis Hospital declares its patient centered approach and provides 24 hour service for 500 inpatients and 2000 outpatients per day. It ensures emergency patient transport service by air.
The main divisions of the Hospital are:
*Heart Institute
*Dermatology and SkinLaser Center
*Obstetric Gynecology
*Nephrology Clinic
* Health Check Up Center
* Child Development DepartmentFor help in gathering donations in the process of needy and poor patients treatment Saint Louis Hospital established its own charity organization - "Foundation for Saint Louis Hospital" in
1995 .External links
* [http://www.saintlouis.or.th/main_page.php Official page of Saint Louis Hospital]
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