Bangkok Hospital Group 1 under BDMS organizes the event “RUN WITH THE FLOW 2024 presented by BANGKOK HOSPITAL #Run for Heart and Brain” in 5 provinces: Bangkok, Phetchaburi, Nakhon Pathom, Ratchaburi, and Prachuap Khiri Khan, between September 8 to October 27 , 2024 to promote awareness, alertness, and self-health care to prevent potential diseases, especially heart disease, strokes, and the nervous system. The net revenue will be donated to the Dusit Medical Services Foundation
Dr. Methinee Hayimpheng , Chairman of the Executive Board of Group 1 and Director of Bangkok Hospital , revealed that Bangkok Hospital Group 1 sees the importance of health care with a focus on prevention and care rather than treatment, through physical activities such as the health run event RUN WITH THE FLOW presented by BANGKOK HOSPITAL 2024 #Run for Heart and Brain, in collaboration with all 8 hospitals in the Bangkok Hospital Group 1 , including Bangkok Hospital Headquarters, with Bangkok Heart Hospital, Bangkok International Hospital, Bangkok Cancer Hospital, Wattanosoth Hospital, and in the western region, Bangkok Hospital Samut Prakan , Bangkok Hospital Muang Ratch, Bangkok Hospital Phetchaburi, and Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin. We prioritize diseases related to the heart, brain, and nervous system, which are increasingly prevalent every year and are silent killers that unexpectedly take the lives of our loved ones, hence the intention to raise public awareness and alertness for disease prevention. The best method of dealing is prevention, such as regular exercise , specialized health check-ups, or examinations with advanced tools, all of which are crucial. Our hospital group offers “CENTER of EXCELLENCE or CoE” for both heart disease, brain disorders and nervous system, including other specific diseases , ready to provide care by specialized doctors, interdisciplinary professionals, and modern equipment, to help diagnose and plan treatment precisely
The RUN WITH THE FLOW presented by BANGKOK HOSPITAL 2024 event features two running distances, namely 5 km. and 10.5 km. , held across 5 venues in 5 provinces, using beautiful locations of each province. Accompanied by a Medical Team consisting of doctors, nurses, medical personnel, officials running and taking care of you throughout the course, and the atmosphere is brightened with local food in a warm atmosphere, aiming to gather more than 6,000 runners in total at every venue
Registration fee 5 km. is 500 THB, and for 10.5 km. is 650 THB
Registration for the charity run starts from May 3 – September 27, 2024
For the Bangkok venue, please visit the website Runlah
Venue 1 Bangkok at Vachirabenjatas Park (Railway Park) on September 8, 2024
For other venues, follow on Facebook Page Run With The Flow 2024
Venue 2 Phetchaburi Province at Robinson Lifestyle Phetchaburi on September 22, 2024
Venue 3 Nakhon Pathom Province at Phra Pathom Chedi on September 29, 2024
Venue 4 Ratchaburi Province at Snake Mountain Park on October 20, 2024
Venue 5 Prachuap Khiri Khan Province at Rajabhakti Park Hua Hin on October 27, 2024
Dr. Methinee mentioned that all the registration fees, after expenses, will be donated to the Dusit Medical Services Foundation, under the royal patronage of HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra, to aid heart disease patients lacking financial resources to receive treatment with balloon angioplasty and stenting, or what is known as PCI: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Attend the event for running tips Celeb’s Talk with Fern- Suphanaree Suttavijitvong and her mother, who will share experiences of combining running with fashion for health care, along with Dr. Pichet Yiemsiri, a rehabilitation medicine physician at the Institute of Sports Medicine and Exercise (BASEM), offering advice on how to run with a fit heart without injury
Running for health is an activity you can do every day, or exercise for 7,000 -10,000 steps per day consistently, continuous 150 minutes per week, or 15-20 minutes per day for blood circulation, vascular expansion, which if done correctly, helps strengthen the heart, reduce high blood pressure and blood cholesterol, control weight, and notably reduce the risk of heart disease by about 30% and reduce the risk of stroke by 45%, However, heart disease patients should be under the care of a doctor
Furthermore, Bangkok Hospital Group 1 wishes for your sustained good health, thus has arranged special health check-up programs for runners participating in the Run with The Flow event, to help prevent heart and vascular diseases with 6 packages, namely
- Health check-up package for runners (Run with The Flow) priced at 1,500 THB
- Chest X-Ray (Chest X-Ray) priced at 590 THB
- Ankle-brachial index test (ABI) priced at 890 THB
- Bone density lumbar hip test priced at 1,800 THB
- Carotid artery test (Carotid) priced at 2,500 THB
- CT Calcium score test (CT Calcium score) priced at 4,500 THB
You can order and select Bangkok Hospital in the province of your interest for the check-up services through the website Runlah
Bangkok Hospital Group 1 hopes that this health run event will inspire Thai people of all genders and ages to become aware and alert and together take care of their health to prevent heart disease, brain and nervous system diseases, and maintain a strong health sustainably
