Mahidol University Gathered in the Celebration of the 15 Years of Partnership with Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University, the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

On 21^st – 24^th March 2024, Clinical Prof. Emeritus Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn, M.D., Chairman of Mahidol University Council, Prof. Banchong Mahaisavariya, M.D., President of Mahidol University, Assoc. Prof. Nopraenue Sajjarax Dhirathiti, Vice President for International Relations and Corporate Communication, Mahidol University, along with Clinical Prof. Artit Ungkanont, M.D., Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Prof. Dr. Chartchalerm Isarankura-Na–Ayudhya, Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Assoc. Prof. Weerapong Phumratanaprapin, Dean of the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sarawut Thepanondh, Dean of the Faculty of Public Health, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ameporn Ratinthorn, Dean of the Faculty of Nursing, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Poolsuk Janepanish Visudtibhan, Director of Ramathibodi School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chuthamanee Suthisisang, Acting for Director of ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Prof. Suroj Supavekin, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Prof. Patcharee Lertrit, M.D., Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, as well as the executives, lecturers and staff of Mahidol University, visited Dhulikhel Hospital, a university hospital where run under Kathmandu University in the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, for a strategic discussion on further cooperation with Dhulikhel Hospital. In this regard, the delegation also went for a courtesy visit with H.E. Upendra Yadev, Honorable Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal and Minister for Health and Population, Ministry for Health and Population (MoHP), and H.E. Mr. Suwapong Sirisorn, Ambassador-Designate of Thailand to Nepal, to report the past cooperation and discuss the possibility of future collaboration in the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.

On this occasion, the executives and the team of Mahidol University gathered in the celebration of the 15 years of partnership between Dhulikhel Hospital of Kathmandu University and Mahidol University and was welcomed by Dr. Ram K.M. Shrestha, Executive Director of Dhulikhel Hospital, and the executive team of Dhulikhel Hospital. In this matter, Mahidol University also had the opportunity to visit the departments and the laboratory of Dhulikhel Hospital, including the Operating Room (OR), the Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Orthopedics and the Infectious Disease Laboratory, with the lead by the executive team of Dhulikhel Hospital, to jointly exchange knowledge and learn more about the hospital, as well as to explore the possible collaboration on academic, research and student exchanges. In addition, the Mahidol University delegation also met up with a group of the Nepalese Mahidol University Alumni who studied and graduated from Mahidol University and the representative from the public sector of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal for more than 200 people.

Photo credit: International Relations Division of Mahidol University