On 5 June 2024, the delegation of directors and doctors of Somdet Phra Yuppharat hospitals from all over Thailand led by Dr. Panumat Yannawetsakul, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand, and Dr. Wanchai Sattayawuthipong, Secretary General of the Foundation for the Crown Prince Hospitals, visited the Embassy and listened to the briefings on overall public health arrangement, referral system, and medical education in Belgium, as well as health and medical related cooperation with Belgium.
The Foundation for the Crown Prince Hospitals was founded in 1977 with a view to financing Somdej Phra Yupparat hospitals to help people in remote areas as token of gratitude in honour of H.M. King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua of Thailand (the then H.R.H. Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn). Since the commencement of construction projects in 1976, there are up to date 21
Somdej Phra Yupparat hospitals all over Thailand.