Published Siriraj Hospital uses the 5th Generation Network Technology (5G), Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), and Digital Disruption to bring more efficient and convenient experience to patients and be a role model for other hospitals in Thailand to develop and transform into smart hospitals.
On December 16th, 2021, General Prayut Chan-o-cha, the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, presided over the jointly launched project “Siriraj World Class 5G Smart Hospital” at Rachapanaddasirindhorn Auditorium, Siriraj Hospital. This event was well-attended by distinguished guests such as Mr. Chaiwut Thanakmanusorn, Minister of Digital Economy and Society, Dr. Kiattipoom Wongrachit, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health, Prof. Dr. Prasit Watanapa, Dean of Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Col. Dr. Natee Sukonrat, Vice Chairman of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), H.E. Mr. Han Zhiqiang, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Kingdom of Thailand, Mr. Abel Deng, CEO of Huawei Technologies (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Assoc. Prof. Visit Vamvanij, Director of Siriraj Hospital, Assoc. Prof. Cherdchai Nopmaneejumruslers, Vice Director of Siriraj Hospital, including the executive members of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital.
The Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, and Huawei Technologies (Thailand) Co., Ltd. have established long-term cooperation in 5G technology development and application by establishing a Joint Innovation Lab to incubate innovative 5G applications. Currently, Siriraj Hospital has started piloting 5G portable medical boxes, 5G unmanned vehicles, 5G medical carts, and 5G smart hospital beds. It is expected that 30 5G medical applications will be incubated and promoted in 2022!
In addition, The project “Siriraj World Class 5G Smart Hospital” has also established 9 innovative subprojects as shown in the list below, this will remark Siriraj Hospital as the first and largest 5G smart hospital in Thailand and the ASEAN region!
List of Siriraj World Class 5G Smart Hospital’s sub-projects:
1. Smart Emergency Medical Services
2. Smart Emergency Room
3. Pathological diagnosis system with 5G and artificial intelligence
4. 5G AI Platform for Non-Communicable Diseases
5. Smart Inventory Management
6. Permission based blockchain for personal health record
7. Smart Logistic with 5G Self-Driving car.
8. Multi-access Edge computing (MEC)
9. Hybrid Cloud
