Established in January 2018 as an emergency response centre for marine incidents, capable of providing medical services for sea-related emergencies and advanced disease diagnoses, the medical centre coordinates patient transfers to capable hospitals for immediate treatment.
It currently provides a range of primary services, namely emergency accident care; radiology with preliminary CT scan services; and general health check-ups for both communicable and non-communicable diseases. It also serves as a provincial-level medical marine operations centre and is a referral point for sea and island disaster victims, in coordination with relevant agencies including the Similan Islands National Park, disaster prevention and mitigation agencies, Kuekkak Municipality, Navy Base 3rd Fleet, and the police.
Since 2022, the centre has seen a continuous increase in the number of service recipients,…
