About Us

Ratchaphruek Hospital, Khon Kaen, Thailand is widely known as the “Healing Environment Hospital” largely due to the unique, traditional architecture incorporated into a modern hospital building. Complimenting the warm “homelike” building are the trees and gardens surrounding the building with an abundance of gardens on the many balconies. This healing environment is enhanced by the skilled experienced staff utilizing up-to-date medical facilities and equipment. But we are best known for our humanized person-centered care which is our guiding principle.

Established in 1994, the Hospital has been growing continuously from the old location in the city center. In 2016 we had outgrown the demand for our medical services and a new building was designed and built on this new present location. The new building design was holistically drafted on the concept of creating a healing environment that promotes the wellness of body and mind at the same time. Modern medical facilities were artfully incorporated into a home-like hospital that reflects the wisdom from Buddha teaching “body can be sick but spared your mind” or “sick body, healthy mind.”
Ratchaphruek Hospital opened the newly built hospital in 2018 and now receives over 200,000 patients per year, and in 2022, there were 20,000 patients hospitalised in our beautiful modern wards. The hospital was accredited by JCI International Standards in August 2019, just one year after the building was opened. In September 2020, we joined the membership with Planetree International Organization, a very important step to enhance our patient-centred approach to healthcare for patients and their families. We were very pleased to announce that our hospital had been globally certified by Global Healthcare Accreditation, joining the prestigious list of only 14 internationally recognized healthcare facilities. What sets us apart is that out of these 14, only 5 have achieved the esteemed status of “Accreditation with Excellence”. As well we won the Silver Award for Architectural Design in 2020 from The Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage.
The senior management had created a definitive vision for the new hospital, which included maintaining accessibility for Thai Nationals, a fair pricing structure, a strong humanistic philosophy, and creating a new premise that encouraged a peaceful healing environment. Prior to commencing operations in 2018, management conducted a final review and was moved to declare, “We are determined to be a leading private hospital that provides international high-quality standards and humanized care.” Upon opening the new hospital, the Mission Statement was naturally established; “We are committed to improvement, to provide healthcare meeting international standards for quality, safety, with empathy, accessibility, leadership in humanized care, a healing environment, and a dedicated focus on excellent patient experiences. Being recognized by JCI, Planetree International, and Global Healthcare Accreditation served to reconfirm our vision and mission.

“Warm as home,
Care by expertise.
Healing by heart.”

Core Values

Integrity: Maintain the goodness of professional ethics
Happiness: Be attentive to the happiness of our staff so it is spread in the workplace
Humanized and Holistic Care: Work with all-embracing mercy
Thai Hospitality: Welcome with warmth and provide compassionate care
Professional: Be professional and accountable for any assigned responsibilities

Our History

1993	Founded Ratchaphruek Hospital under the name of Sithankarnpat Co., Ltd.
1994	Operated as a 50-bed-capacity hospital on 1 March 1994
2006	Received HA Accreditation from the Healthcare Accreditation Institute (Public Organization)
2010	Prepare for expansion by acquiring land that is now the location of our new hospital
2016	Registered as a public company and changed it’s name to Ratchaphruek Hospital PLC. And commenced construction of the new hospital complex with a capacity of 202 beds. Investment of 1,400 million baht.
2017	Listed on the SET (Thai Stock Exchange on 27 February 2017.
2018	The construction of the new of complex was complete and opened for services on 8 August 2018 with 35 examination rooms and 117 inpatient beds.
2019	Increased the number of inpatient beds to 171 and received the Joint Commission International (JCI) on 24 August 2019
2020	Increased the number of inpatient beds to 198.

Hospital Atmosphere

A collection of architectural design photos from Arsomsilp Company Limited, Community and Environmental Architects, the architects for Rachaphruek Hospital.