Vajira Hospital is funded and operated by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).

However at the time, there were already large numbers of religious sites in Bangkok, so H.M. the King Vajiravudh decides on building a hospital instead, as to improve the lives of citizens, providing efficient primary healthcare.

The hospital was built in an area once called “Himmapan Garden” located in the northern part of Bangkok, near the bank of Chao Phraya River.

In 1923, Prince Mahidol, the father of Thai modern medicine, was appointed director of the hospital.

It expanded from its historic site next to Samsen road to the edges of the Chao Phraya River.

Srinakharinwirot medical student attend clinical years training at Vajira hospital.