'Outstanding' Doctors honoured for rural work
4 awardees have focused on illness prevention, work with HIV and children
Four doctors have been named as the recipients of this year's Outstanding Rural Doctor and Outstanding Doctor awards in recognition of their work to improve medical services for people living in remote areas.
The Rural Doctors Foundation yesterday presented Outstanding Doctor awards to Dr Pattana Tansakul, a director of Ubon Ratchatani province's Piboonmangsaharn Hospital, and Dr Sompong Pattanakitpairoj, a director of Prachuap Khiri Khan's Bang Sa Phan Noi Hospital.
Outstanding Rural Doctor awards went to Dr Santi Labbenjakul, a director of Lop Buri's Lam Sonthi Hospital, and Dr Wiboonsak Wuttithanachote, a deputy director of Khon Kaen's Chumpae Hospital.
The awards were presented by Public Health Ministry Deputy Permanent Secretary Dr Siriwat Thiptharadol, a senior member of the Rural Doctors Foundation.
During the past several years, Pattana has devoted himself to proactive efforts to improve healthcare services, including diseaseprevention and healthpromotion campaigns in local communities.
He has also encouraged local people to get involved with hospital staff to improve healthcare services to their satisfaction.
" Public health personnel must know about the health problem in local community by learning from local people and allow them to be apart of their job," he said after receiving the award.
He added that put a lot of money into health care prevention is better than other investment.
Sompong also had given his effort to improve primary care services to serve people. He had developed the health care prevention program to meet local demand and behaviors.
The result from his program could reduce the number of patient at hospital.
Meanwhile, Santi said he had learned a lot of things from local people in rural area since he was in charged as the hospital director.
" It is my good luck to be here at this province and help people to improve their health condition," he said.
" A disable boy who could not even help himself had inspired me to work with my team to improve health care services to be more friendly with disable people,"he added.
Wiboonsak had dedicated his life to developed medical services provided to children living with HIV/Aids and children who suffer from thalassemia.
He also was a founder of the Ethic Network of Chumpae district's Health Care Service Provider which inviting medical workers and patients to practice dhramma together. This could improve mental health of medical workers and patients in their daily life.
