{{Infobox hospital | name = Police General Hospital <br/> โรงพยาบาลตำรวจ | org_group = The [[Royal Thai Police]] | logo = Logo of Police General Hospital.png | logo_size = | image = โรงพยาบาลตำรวจ Thai Police General Hospital.jpg | caption = | pushpin_map = | coordinates = {{Coord|13|44|33|N|100|32|19|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | location = 492/1 [[Rama I Road]], Pathum Wan Subdistrict, [[Pathum Wan District|Pathum Wan]], [[Bangkok]] | address = | country = [[Thailand]] | healthcare = | type = [[Teaching hospital|Teaching]], Police | affiliation = [[HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science]] <br/> [[Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University]] <br/> [[Royal Thai Police Nursing College]] | patron = <!-- 'None' or the individual who acts as the hospital patron --> | standards = | beds = 650 | founded = 13 October 1952 (as Police General Hospital) | former_names = | website = {{URL|www.policehospital.org/}} }}
'''Police General Hospital''' ({{Langx|th|โรงพยาบาลตำรวจ}}) is a hospital located in [[Pathum Wan District]], [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. It is a police hospital for the [[Royal Thai Police]] and a teaching hospital for [[HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science]], the [[Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University]] as well as the [[Royal Thai Police Nursing College]].
== History == In 1897, a hospital was constructed near [[Phlapphla Chai]] for the treatment of [[sexually transmitted infection]]s in prostitutes in the area. The following year, the hospital was renamed Patrol Hospital and assigned to the Royal Thai Police Medical Division as a police hospital and as a place that official [[Autopsy|autopsies]] could be conducted. In 1915 the hospital was renamed [[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration General Hospital|Klang Hospital]] and was reassigned to the Medical Services Division of the [[Ministry of Interior (Thailand)|Ministry of the Interior]]. The police's medical division was moved to the Phra Ratchawang Metropolitan Police Station on [[Sanam Chai Road]].
In 1952, the division was elevated to a hospital status and renamed '''Police General Hospital''' and was allocated a site on [[Rama I Road]] in the grounds of the Royal Thai Police Headquarters. In 1979, the Medical Division became the Office of the Surgeon General, with Police General Hospital becoming one of its units.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ประวัติโรงพยาบาลตำรวจ |url=https://www.policehospital.org/content/hitstory.php}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=พระราชกฤษฎีกาแบ่งส่วนราชการ สำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติ พ.ศ. 2548 |url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2548/00156931.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504081428/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2548/00156931.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 4, 2011}}</ref>
It was previously a teaching hospital for the [[School of Medicine, Siam University]] between 2013 and 2015.
A viral video circulated online after a surgeon of the hospital performed outdoor surgery after an emergency evacuation due to the tremors felt from the [[2025 Myanmar earthquake]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Social media praises the Police Hospital team for performing an outdoor surgery to save a patient after an emergency evacuation due to the earthquake. Hero's doctor ensured that patient safety was the top priority. |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/blogs/news/general/40048014 |website=Nation Thailand}}</ref>
=== 14th Floor Scandal === {{Main article|14th floor case}} Upon the return of former prime minister [[Thaksin Shinawatra]] to Thailand and subsequent arrest on 22 August 2023, Thaksin was moved from [[Bangkok Remand Prison]] within 13 hours of his detention and taken to Police General Hospital, where he remained on the VIP 14th floor of the hospital until February 2024. He cited his severe health issues including [[spondylolisthesis]], [[hepatitis B]] and heart disease of which the Department of Corrections hospital claimed to not be equipped to handle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Much-awaited Supreme court ruling on Thaksin's VVIP hospital stay tomorrow |url=https://world.thaipbs.or.th/detail/muchawaited-supreme-court-ruling-on-thaksins-vvip-hospital-stay-tomorrow/58803 |website=Thai PBS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Supreme Court jails Thaksin for one year, rejects illness claims |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/3101452/supreme-court-jails-thaksin-for-one-year-rejects-illness-claims |website=Bangkok Post}}</ref>
On 8 May 2025, following investigations into the case, the [[Medical Council of Thailand]] suspended the medical licenses of two doctors and issued a warning to a third doctor at the hospital for providing false information regarding Thaksin's health and necessity for transfer from the correctional facility.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Much-awaited Supreme court ruling on Thaksin's VVIP hospital stay tomorrow |url=https://world.thaipbs.or.th/detail/muchawaited-supreme-court-ruling-on-thaksins-vvip-hospital-stay-tomorrow/58803 |website=Thai PBS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Two doctors face suspension in Thaksin hospital case |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/3020922/two-doctors-face-suspension-in-thaksin-hospital-case |website=Bangkok Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Thailand suspends 2 doctors over ex-PM Thaksin’s hospital stay |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3309605/thailand-suspends-2-doctors-over-ex-pm-thaksins-hospital-stay |website=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
== See also == * [[Healthcare in Thailand]] * [[Hospitals in Thailand]] * [[List of hospitals in Thailand]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
* This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Thai Wikipedia
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