Public hospital, Wang Krachae, Trat town (mainland).
Trat Hospital
The province’s big public hospital — a 312-bed Ministry of Public Health general hospital in Trat town, given the royal name Phra Piyamaharaj Hospital in March 2026.
Ambulance and medical emergency: 1669. Tourist Police: 1155. Police: 191.
Show this to your driver
โรงพยาบาลตราด
Say “rong phayaban Trat”. On Sukhumvit Road at the edge of Trat town, a few minutes from the bus terminal; the new name, Phra Piyamaharaj, is on the signs, but the old one is what people use.
The name every driver knows. The official name since 23 March 2026 is โรงพยาบาลพระปิยมหาราช (Phra Piyamaharaj Hospital).
- TypePublic — Ministry of Public Health provincial general hospital; renamed Phra Piyamaharaj Hospital on 23 March 2026
- BedsAbout 312
- Address108 Sukhumvit Road, Wang Krachae, Mueang Trat, Trat 23000
- Switchboard+66 39 513 555
- Websitetrathospital.go.th
- LanguagesThai; some English
- Opened1953
- On the mapOpen in Google Maps
The referral hospital for the whole province, islands included. Trat Hospital has 312 beds by its own count — the health ministry’s latest tally is closer to 400 — every major department, and an emergency department that receives the serious cases the island hospitals send across on the ferry. In March 2026 it was formally renamed Phra Piyamaharaj Hospital, after King Chulalongkorn; the signs are changing, but everyone still calls it Trat Hospital.
What it is known for
Size and reach. Trat Hospital is the Ministry of Public Health’s general hospital for the province, open since 1953 on a 33-rai site on Sukhumvit Road, with 312 beds on its own count and the full set of departments: an accident unit, operating theatres, X-ray, intensive care, maternity and a cancer unit among them. It is where the district hospitals of Koh Chang, Koh Kood and the mainland districts send what they cannot handle, and where a 1669 ambulance from the ferry pier will usually take an uninsured patient. In February 2026 the King granted it the name Phra Piyamaharaj Hospital, after King Chulalongkorn, with effect from 23 March 2026; the old name is still the one everyone uses.
Who it suits
Travellers without insurance who need real hospital care at a price they can pay, anyone brought in by a 1669 ambulance, and anyone whose case is beyond the community hospitals but who does not want a private bill. It is not the place for a quick English-language consultation: outpatient queues are long, the forms are in Thai, and English is limited to the emergency room and some of the doctors. Bring a Thai-speaking friend if you can. Long-stay residents on Thai social security are registered here, and it is the hospital the island health stations mean when they say “Trat”.
Cost and insurance
Public prices: foreigners pay a little more than Thai citizens, but a consultation with tests and medicine is still a few hundred baht and an admission a fraction of the private equivalent. Pay at the cashier before you leave, in cash or by card. Insurers almost never direct-bill a public hospital, so expect to pay and claim, and ask for an itemised receipt and a medical certificate in English while you are there — both are routine, but they are issued in Thai unless you ask. The out-of-hours special clinic charges a modest premium for a quicker, quieter consultation on weekday evenings and Sundays.
Getting there
On Sukhumvit Road at the edge of Trat town, at the corner of Wiwatthana Road, a few minutes from the bus terminal and about half an hour by road from the Koh Chang ferry piers; the boats for Koh Kood and Koh Mak leave from Laem Sok and Laem Ngop, thirty to forty minutes away. Bangkok Hospital Trat is on the same highway a few minutes north, so name the right one. From the islands, a 1669 ambulance meets the ferry at Ao Thammachat or Centrepoint. Say “rong phayaban Trat” — the new name, Phra Piyamaharaj, is on the signs but not yet in most drivers’ heads.
Details checked against the hospital’s own website, September 2026. Call before a non-urgent visit; in an emergency call 1669 or the hospital’s own emergency line above. Travel information, not medical advice.
The other 3 hospitals in Koh Chang and Trat
- Bangkok Hospital TratPrivate, about 114 beds, Sukhumvit Road, north side of Trat town, mainland.
- Koh Chang HospitalPublic, about 24 beds, Dan Mai, east coast, on the island.
- Koh Chang International HospitalPrivate, Southern end of White Sand Beach, on the island.