The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Policy Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, yesterday greenlighted a 2-billion-baht investment to upgrade Pluak Daeng hospital 2 in Rayong.
Pluak Daeng hospital 2 will become the first hospital in the country in which the government will establish a joint venture with the private sector, with the bidding for its construction scheduled to be called early next month. Pluak Daeng hospital 2 is in Rayong province, one of the three provinces that comprise the government's flagship EEC development project. The hospital has only 60 beds at present.
According to Deputy Health Minister Satit Pitutecha, the joint investment will be formed under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract, under which the private sector will be tasked with designing, investing in and constructing the hospital and then transferring ownership to the government immediately once the construction has been completed.
