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Yala Hospital โรงพยาบาลยะลา
The Ministry of Public Health Health District 12
Geography
Location	152 Siroros Road, Sateng Subdistrict, Mueang Yala District, Yala 95000, Thailand
Organisation
Type	Regional
Affiliated university	Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University Faculty of Medicine, Princess of Naradhiwas University
Services
Beds	513
History
Former name	Yala Health Station
Founded	1 January 1949
Links
Website	Yala Hospital website
Lists	Hospitals in Thailand

Yala Hospital (Thai: โรงพยาบาลยะลา) is the main hospital of Yala Province, Thailand. It is classified under the Ministry of Public Health as a regional hospital. It has a CPIRD Medical Education Center which trains doctors for the Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University. It is also an affiliated teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine, Princess of Naradhiwas University.

History

In 1942, following the establishment of the Ministry of Public Health, the policy of constructing hospitals in all provinces was initiated. Towards the end of 1948, Yala Health Station was elevated to hospital status as Yala Hospital, with its official opening on 1 January 1949. It reached regional hospital status on 15 July 1987. The hospital has an agreement to train medical students and act as a clinical teaching hospital with the Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University under the Collaborative Project to Increase Production of Rural Doctors (CPIRD) program.

Yala Hospital is the largest tertiary care referral hospital for injuries from the South Thailand insurgency within the three provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat where the conflict is most concentrated.

See also

• Healthcare in Thailand
• Hospitals in Thailand
• List of hospitals in Thailand