The Medical Supply Department has operated since the opening of the hospital. It was previously called “Drug Storehouse Division”. Poy Raksasuk, M.D. who had graduated with a medical graduate diploma from the Royal Medical College (Batch 20), Siriraj Hospital in 1914, was the head of the division. The medicine mixing room, which mixed and remixed foreign medicines, as well as the medicine compounding room were located downstairs, while the medicine storage room was in the basement of the Administrative Building.

Later, in 1925, the department was moved to the ground floor of the Chakrapong Building. When the Army Medical Field Service School and Club moved out of Chulalongkorn Hospital in 1932, the medical supply storehouse and liquid drug room (where large batches of medicine were mixed) were moved to the Laundry Building, but on a separate side from the Laundry Division. In 1961, the medical supply building was constructed behind Chakrapong Building, thus the department was moved to this bigger building. After that, the medical supply storehouse building was built around the back, aligning with Vachirunahis Building. It officially became the department’s office on 1^st September 1964, in 1989, and up to 2020.

In addition, the Medical Supply Department has been renamed 6 times:

Heads of the department are listed below.

Vision 

To serve with high quality and standards, widely accepted by various organizations. 

Mission

To provide services in medical supplies and medical devices with quality and standards and to meet client satisfaction by giving patient-centered care.

The department is divided into 4 units, which are;

1. Administrative and Accounting Unit.

Responsible for collecting statistics, receiving and submitting documents, recording staff leave records, and managing the procurement process including tenders, price quotations, price negotiations, special purchases of medical supplies, medical devices and equipment repairs. Its role also includes submitting payment vouchers, budget, off-budget expenditures and working capital from medical supply sales.

2. Medical Device Support Unit.

Manages the purchase and procurement of medical devices and diagnostic equipment to support medical services. It also prepares asset records and maintains an up-to-date database of medical devices in the hospital.

3. Medical Supply Storehouse Unit. 

Receives, stores, and keeps medical supplies available for distributing to medical institutions, laboratories and service support units, in order to be used for examining and treating patients in the hospitals.

4. The Medical Supply Distribution Unit.

In charge of purchasing and procuring medical supplies and providing medical supply services to patients, including both inpatients and outpatients. This unit also prepares the database of medical devices, where the information can be used in medical treatment, medical expense reimbursement, and other supported services. can be divided into 3 minor unit;

4.1 Inpatient Medical Supplies.
4.2 Outpatient Medical Supplies.
4.3 Quality Drug Store (Vechaphan Khunnaparb).

Services

The Medical Supplies Division, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, provides the following services:

1. Procurement and sourcing of medical supplies, medical equipment, and diagnostic tools according to the Thai Red Cross regulations, ensuring timely availability, reasonable pricing, and high quality.
2. Dispensing medical supplies to various hospital departments for service use.
3. Dispensing medical supplies to patients receiving services, both inpatients and outpatients.
4. Managing the asset registry for the hospital’s medical equipment.
5. Providing information services on medical supplies and medical equipment.