Centers of Excellence Expanded to 21 Sites Supporting Emergency Medicine, Sports, Kidney, and Sexual Health

Advancements in healthcare technology continue to accelerate, aiming to expand the number of Centers of Excellence (CoEs) from 15 to 21 by this year and next. These centers support advanced services such as robotic-assisted surgery, telemedicine, artificial intelligence (AI), precision medicine, and genomics.

Four new CoEs will be established in emergency medicine, sports medicine, nephrology, and sexual health. Plans are in place to ensure public access to these services. Hospitals under the system, including Rajavithi Hospital and Lerdsin Hospital, have been upgraded to manage specialized patients and provide comprehensive care in these new fields—particularly sexual health, one of the recently added CoEs.

The original 15 Centers of Excellence include:

1. Thoracic Diseases – Thoracic Disease Institute
2. Neurology – Neurological Institute
3. Ophthalmology – Metta Pracharak Hospital (Wat Rai Khing)
4. Pediatrics (Neonatal Surgery) – Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health
5. Rehabilitation Medicine – Sirindhorn Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
6. Occupational Health and Environment – Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital
7. Orthopedics – Lerdsin Hospital
8. Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose, Throat, Head & Neck Surgery) – Rajavithi Hospital
9. Monk and Novice Healthcare – Sangha Hospital
10. Dentistry – Dental Institute
11. Pathology – Pathology Institute
12. Cancer—National Cancer Institute
13. Substance Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation – Boromarajonani National Institute of Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation
14. Dermatology – Dermatology Institute
15. Geriatric Medicine – Somdet Phra Sangkharat Yanawara Institute for the Elderly

The focus is on developing both tools and personnel to be ready for the use of modern technology, while also ensuring data security and reducing inequality in access to medical services in the future.

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