PUBLISHED: 24 Apr 2025 at 03: 39
In addition to providing cutting-edge technology for diagnostic imaging, a less invasive process for a specifically targeted medical treatment, Siriraj Hospital has been promoting this area of technology.
The doctor urged the government to take this into account, claiming that investing in such technology would save more clients ‘ life.
The Siriraj Center of Interventional Radiology ( SiCIR ), which is currently one of 19 Siriraj Medical Centers of Excellence, was established in 2017 by Dr. Yongyut Sirivatanauksorn, the director of Siriraj Hospital, to promote advanced technology so that patients can receive the best medical care possible.
According to Dr. Yongyut, the technology has helped over 5, 000 cases annually and is expected to increase in line with Thailand’s age community.
However, some hospitals have a lacked interventional radiologists ( IR ) and insufficient tools to meet the growing demand, he said.
” Siriraj has provided the technology to all clients, regardless of their medical health insurance,” said the doctor. Some people receive free medical care because they can’t manage them.
” Alas, some clinics only have access to the technology. We would like to see the teaching facility expand more. He claimed that this branch of imaging needs to be more visible.
The procedure is performed with a specially made device.
A group of doctors achieves the goal through an image-guided treatment. Recovery is quicker as a result of the little wound. Patients who have experienced a strokes, cancer, uterine arteries embolization, or other complications can benefit from this treatment. There are only 140 Tax working across the country at seven centers, according to Dr. Somrach Thamtorawut, vice president of Siriraj Center of Interventional Radiology.
Around 15 specialists receive training each year to become IRs, but this is still insufficient need. Due to the president’s limited resources, some hospitals are unable to get the most expensive equipment.
We hope to have an IR crew at our hospital’s health center at the very least so that people can have better exposure to safe health care, said Dr. Somrach.