Thailand's Hospitals Are Blossoming

Most people want to be comforted by a peaceful and calming environment when there ill and in pain in hospital but for patients in Thailand they are often met with stressed-out faces, dull white walls and fluorescent lights in the country’s public hospitals.

That’s not to mention the long queues, the huge crowds, and the limited space. But what if we can turn that around?

What if recovering from your sickness was less like a tough hurdle, and more like a walk in the park? Welcome to the Ramathibodi Healing Garden.

On the 10th floor of the Somdech Phra Debaratana Medical Center at the Ramathibodi Hospital, a green lawn flourishes amidst the other grey concrete rooftops of Bangkok’s buildings. Once a helipad, the hot cement surface was transformed into a lush and colorful 2,400 square meter garden by landscape architecture firm LANDPROCESS.

Kotchakorn Voraakhom, founder of LANDPROCESS and a highly-active advocate for green public space, believes parks like this should not only serve as a recreational space, but also as a productive one. What if one park could heal, not only sick hospital patients, but also Bangkok’s deteriorating environment? By utilizing the hospital’s unused concrete rooftop, the garden creates a healthy environment for both the people and the city.

Healing people