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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand

Volume XVI-2024 (Special Issue)

- The king donated 99.9 million Bahts to support schools, vocational institutions, and

universities on Queen Sirikit’s birthday, 12 August 2021.
- Power air purifying respiratory (PAPR) suits for surgeons and anesthesiologists to use in

order to protect them during patient care.
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical personnel to use, including

5,000 PPE suits, 50,000 face shields, as well as 2 million medical masks for medical personnels
and the public.

- Royal volunteer 904 Wor Por Ror provided royal survival kits to more than 130,000 families
in the underserved areas in Bangkok Metropolitan and rural areas during the pandemic under

the lock down measures.

Ratchathan Pun Suk Project (Good Health Good Hearts Project)

King Rama X set up a committee for the project on 11 November 2019 as he noticed that

the correction department “Ratchathan” hospital not only had been the only hospital under
the Ministry of Justice providing medical services to many inmates throughout the country,

but also was short on personnels, medical equipments and medications. In order to provide
equal access to quality health care for the sick inmates so they could return to the society in

good health once they completed the sentence. The king established the Ratchathan Pun Suk
Project or the Good Health Good Hearts Project. On 28 December 2019, the king and the queen

as consultants to the project along with Princess Bajrakitiyabha, the president of the project,
presided over the opening ceremony at the correction department hospital. Their Majesties the

King and the Queen donated medical equipments, tools, and supplies valued 190,072,863 Bahts
to 25 hospitals, including the correction department hospital and the network regional hospitals

and the state correction centers. Moreover, Their Majesties the King and the Queen advised
a systematic approach for problem solving of which led to collaboration among responsible

sectors in expediting medical services for the sick inmates according to the equality
in humanitarian principles. (Ministry of Justice, 2020) This Ratchathan Pun Suk Project is

an example of “enhancement” for the advancement of medical services and public health
according to the King Rama X’s initial royal command, “I will continue, preserve, enhance,

and rule the land justly for the perpetual benefit and happiness of the people.”

Bike for Mom Project and Bike for Dad Project

In 2015, King Rama X, the Crown Prince at that time, initiated 2 important projects–

Bike for Mom Project and Bike for Dad Project in order to encourage the public to bike for health.

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