Year 2023
- We launched the Sleep Center to provide one-stop service to solve sleep problems.
- We launched the 9 Care Application to provide a new healthcare dimension to support decentralized healthcare services and raise the level of patient care at home, which is the healthcare trend of the future.
- We have been ranked as the 3rd most admired company among consumers in private hospital businesses in Thailand (Thailand’s Most Admired Company 2023-2024) by the BrandAge magazine
- We have been ranked as one of the top 10 of the world’s best hospitals by Newsweek 2023 in Thailand from among public and private hospitals in Thailand. The ranking was performed by Newsweek magazine.
- We have received a share sustainability evaluation by SET ESG Ratings for 2023 (which announced its evaluation results as ratings for the first year) with a AAA rating, which makes us one of the top 5 service companies with a AAA rating and one of 34 companies with this rating out of over 700 listed companies in the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
- We received the Commended Sustainability Awards by the SET Awards 2023 event, which was held by the Stock Exchange of Thailand. The event handed out awards to listed companies that stood out in terms of overall sustainable business development with consideration to all 3 ESG principles (Environmental, Social and Governance) to provide role models that inspire other listed companies.
- We received the “Customer Centric Bronze Award” for speed, quality and understanding about the needs of customers. This award was given to us for being a hospital with a customer-centric vision and an aim to deliver the best experiences to our customers. The award was given at the Muang Thai Life Assurance Hospital Awards 2022 event held by Thai Life Insurance Public Company Limited.
- We received the “Best Hospital for Excellent Customer Service Award 2023” for being a successful hospital with excellence in delivering impressive customer service in health insurance and in representing Krung Thai-Axa in providing excellent insurance from Krung Thai-Axa Life Insurance Public Company Limited.
- We signed in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SensAi, a developer and researcher in artificial intelligence (AI), to study and cooperate with allies to support modern medical technologies for future health. We will be starting a trial use of our B-Sense pioneer product, consisting of sensors and AI for monitoring breathing quality during sleep, such as by monitoring sleep apnea, etc. to effectively improve healthcare provided to our patients.
- We held the Digital Healthcare Transformation Conference Bangkok 2023 or DHTC Bangkok 2023, No. 1 and No. 2, in collaboration with Naver Cloud Corp. Co., Ltd., a leading technology service provider from South Korea, in order to exchange knowledge about medical technologies and to adopt knowledge acquired for the benefit of the Thai public health sector in the future, not to mention demonstrating the progress of Thailand’s initiative in telemedicine services via Line Messenger in the transition of services to become a digital medicine and telemedicine hub with the implementation of AI technology in medicine.
- Facility Renovations:
- OPD of the 2nd floor of Building A at the emergency room, Internal Medicine Department and Orthopedic Surgery Department, to support increasing numbers of outpatients.
- IPD on the 10th floor of Building A to improve the scenery for accommodating inpatients.
- 8th floor of Building A to create a Praram 9 Hospital Learning Center that provides academic knowledge to hospital personnel.
Year 2022
- The Hospital opened the Vaccination and Travel Medicine Center.
- The Hospital opened the Thyroid and Thyroid Surgery Center.
- The Hospital was ranked 8th for the World’s Best Hospital 2022 of Thailand and 5th in the Private Hospital Category by Newsweek Magazine.
- The Hospital was ranked 3rd in the Thailand’s Most Admired Company 2022 in the Private Hospital Category by Brand Age magazine.
- PR9 was one of the three companies operating hospital business (Services) and listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand that was selected to be in the 2022 THSI (Thailand Sustainability Investment) list.
- The Hospital won the “Sustainability Excellence Award” in the category of “Rising Star Sustainability Awards” at SET Awards 2022. This award reflects the Hospital’s commitment to all three dimensions of sustainable development, environmental, social and corporate governance.
- The Hospital was accredited JCI 7th Edition and received Accredit Effective Status by JCI.
- The Hospital received Certification of Conformance with GHA COVID-19 Guidelines for Medical Travel Services.
- The Hospital received Best Healthcare Provider Partnership Award 2022 at KTAXA Signature Hospital Awards 2022 organized by Krungthai-AXA Life Insurance Public Company Limited.
- The Hospital achieved the “Excellent” recognition level for the assessment of Corporate Governance Report of Thai Listed Companies, (CGR) 2022 and was one of the Top Quartile of listed companies with market values of Baht 3,000 - 9,999 million for the fourth consecutive year from the first year of its listing on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
- The Hospital was certified as a member of Thai Private Sector Collective Action Against Corruption (CAC).
- The Hospital received 100 full score or excellent rating for the 4th consecutive year of the 2022 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting (AGM) Assessment.
- The Hospital’ s Medical Laboratory Section was awarded laboratory certification for its management System quality in accordance with Thailand Medical Technology Standard : 2017 on November 27,
- The Hospital signed a Cooperation Agreement with Naver Cloud Corp, a Cloud Service Provider (CSP), for the purpose of exchanging knowledge about the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the development of Telemedicine or Decentralized Healthcare services.
Year 2021
- The Hospital was certified as a member of Thai Private Sector Collective Action Against Corruption (CAC) for 3Q/2021.
- On 4 October 2021, PR9 was one of the three companies operating hospital business (Services) and listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand that was selected to be in the 2021 (THIS) or Thailand Sustainability Investment list. Being selected to the THSI list is considered the most important first step to success of PR9 in operating its business in accordance with the principle of sustainable development and being committed to continuous building stakeholder confidence and delivering value to its stakeholders.
- The Hospital was ranked No. 9 for the Best Hospital 2021 - Thailand and No. 5 in the Private Hospital Category by Newsweek Magazine.
- The Hospital opened Praram 9 LASIK Center.
- The Hospital opened the Chest and Respiratory Center.
- The Hospital collaborated with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) as one of the cooperative COVID-19 vaccination service units under SAFE BANGKOK Project: “Thai Ruam Chai, Krungthep Plod Phai”, providing 76,232 vaccine doses at the Street for 5 months.
Year 2020
- The Hospital opened Praram 9 Medical Center (Building B)
- The Hospital received Certification of Conformance with GHA COVID-19 Guidelines for Medical Travel Services
- The Hospital was ranked 10th in the Thailand’s Most Admired Company 2020 in Hospital Category by Brand Age magazine
- The Hospital received a trophy in recognition as an outstanding organization which correctly, completely and timely remitted company contribution and transmitted the contribution through electronic channel in support of Thailand 4.0 policy
Year 2019
- Accredited JCI 6th Edition and received Accredit Effective Status by JCI
- Accredited Clinical Care Program Certification (CCPC) for Kidney Transplant by JCI
- Praram 9Kidney Disease & TransplantationInstitute performed exceedinglyup to84 casesof kidney transplant per year and performed totaling more than 900 cases of kidney transplant since 1992.
- The Hospital received Thailand Top Company Award 2019 presented by University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Business+ magazine of ARiP Public Co., Ltd. (“ARiP”).
- The Hospital was ranked No. 8 in the Hospital category and No. 4 in the Private Hospital Category by Brand Age magazine in Thailand’s Most Admired Company 2019.
- The Hospital received the Good Governance Hospital (GGH) Certificate for being the good governance hospital with the transparent and reasonable price of drug & services from the Department of Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce.
Year 2018
- The Hospital received AXA Provider Award: Best Utilization Award of 2017 presented by AXA Insurance Public Co., Ltd.
- The Hospital received Thailand Top Company Award 2018 presented by University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Business+ magazine of ARiP Public Co., Ltd. (“ARiP”).
- The Board of Directos No. 3/2018 on 12 March 2018 and the 2018 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders resolved to approve the dividend payment in excess of retained earnings to its sharholders, which paid THB 84 per share in total of 6,000,000 shares (before changing the par value) with the total amount of THB 504,000,000.
- The Hospital changed the par value from THB 100 per share to THB 1 per share and increased its registered capitals from THB 600,000,000 to THB 800,000,000 for supporting the first issuance of new ordinary shares to the public. According to the resolution of the 2018 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 28 March 2018, the Company applied to list its ordinary shares on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
- The Hospital registered its conversion to Public Company Limited and changed its name to Praram 9 Hospital Public Co., Ltd, on 29 March 2018.
- The Memorandum of Agreement for the referral of Kidney transplants’ patients from 9 leading private hospitals, including, Rajyindee Hospital (Hat Yai), Rajyindee Hospital network, Paknampo Hospital network was made. This helped increase access to care for patients with kidney disease living in remote areas.
- The Hospital changed its Vision, Mission, and Logo for the first time in 26 years for rebranding to reflect the potential and quality of its healthcare services, according to the resolution of the Board of Directors No. 5/108 on 14 August 2018.
- The Hospital was ranked No. 8 in the Hospital category and No. 4 in the Private Hospital Category by BrandAge magazine in Thailand’s Most Admired Company 2018. For the first year of its Hospital that was recognized the top 10 Hospitals of the aforementioned survey.
Year 2017
- Praram 9 Kidney Transplantation Institute performed exceedingly up to 82 cases of kidney transplant per year since starts of the operation in 1992.
- The Hospital was the first private hospital providing 640-slice CT Scanner. (640-slice CT Scanner)
Year 2016
- Accredited JCI 5th Edition and accepted Accredit Effective Status by JCI
- Accredited Clinical Care Program Certification (CCPC) in 2 specialty by JCI as follows:
- CCPC for Kidney Transplant
- The Hospital received Excellence in Healthcare Award by Muang Thai Life Assurance Hospital Awards
Year 2014
- The Hospital received Gold Award Hospital Quality presented by American International Assurance Co., Ltd. (“AIA”)
Year 2013
- The Hospital increased its licensed bed capacity to 166 beds, including 6 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) beds
- Accredited JCI 4th Edition and accepted Accredit Effective Status by JCI
- Praram 9 Kidney Transplantation Institute performed 500 cases of kidney transplant
Year 2011
- The Hospital received Gold Award Hospital Quality presented by American International Assurance Co., Ltd. (“AIA”)
Year 2010
- Accredited JCI 3rd Edition and accepted Accredit Effective Status by JCI
Year 2009
- The Hospital received Gold Award Hospital Quality presented by American International Assurance Co., Ltd. (“AIA”)
Year 2007
- Accredited HA (Hospital Accreditation) by the Healthcare Accreditation Institute.
Year 2005
- The Hospital was the first private hospital providing 64-slice CT Scanner.
Year 2004
- Accredited HA (Hospital Accreditation) by the Healthcare Accreditation Institute.
- 4D Ultrasound technology was available.
Year 2003
- Certified to ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System.
Year 2001
- The capital structure was adjusted by increasing its registered capital from THB 400,000,000 to THB 600,000,000 with issuing 2,000,000 new ordinary shares at a par value of THB 100 and offering to its existing shareholders in order to finance its working capital and settle its liability.
Year 2000
- Certified to ISO 9002:1994, which is the standardization of healthcare and environmental management system.
Year 1997
- Praram 9 Kidney Transplantation Institute performed 100 cases of kidney transplant.
Year 1992
- The Hospital initially operated inpatient care under the name of “Praram 9 Hospital” with 160 licensed beds.
Year 1989
- Existing founders purchased all equity of Spac Co., Ltd. and increased its registered capital to THB 400,000,000, divided into 4,000,000 ordinary shares at a par value of THB 100 to its existing and new shareholders, and changed its name to Praram 9 Hospital Co., Ltd. for operating private hospital.
- The aforementioned capital was used for facilities construction and operating working capitals.