On the 25th of April, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Suphachai Srila, Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Education of Thailand and Chairman of the Working Group on Vocational Education Strategy and Policy, and his delegation from the Ministry of Education to our facilities in Aarhus.
Dr. Suphachai’s delegation visited Denmark with the purpose of strengthening collaborations within the two countries. Denmark has close collaborations with Thailand, in particular in Agriculture development. A major joint-venture project called Thai Danish Dairy Farm, which started in 1962, attempted to transfer Danish knowledge and experience in farming and milk production to Thailand. The country has a significant industrial sector and is an integral part of the global supply chain. In addition, EKF announced that need of Thailand to increase the need for health infrastructure, creating thus a huge potential for Danish export companies.
The delegation followed up on the training program of Thai students from College of Agriculture and Technology in livestock farms in Denmark, and met with UV Medico’s Executives to discuss about cooperation on science, technology, and education.
Visit to Aarhus and Kolding Hospital
UV Medico also organised trips for the delegation to visit Aarhus University Hospital (AUH) and Kolding Hospital. Both institutions have been pioneers in using Far UV-C in their facilities. AUH decided to use UV222™ lamps in the lung department since last year, and Kolding Hospital has installed 55 lamps as part of a research study that investigates their impact on staff sick leave, and hospital-acquired infections among patients. Christian Holm, our Chief Virologist, guided the members of the delegation, who were very interested in the technology and how the personnel had received the lamps.
Visit to Aarhus University
A member of the Delegation, Assoc. Prof. Pomgrama Ramsoota from Mahidol University, visited the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Aarhus University. He met with Nicolas Volet, Asst. Prof. of Photonics and CTO of UV Medico, to discuss about boosting scientific collaborations and student exchange between both countries.
Visit closure at the Thai Embassy
The visit ended at the Thai Embassy of Copenhagen, where the Ambassador of Thailand, Sirilak Niyom, hosted dinner for the Thai Delegation and Executives from UV Medico.The Ambassador invited UV Medico to explore business and investment opportunities in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (EECi) which promotes devices in healthcare as one of the targeted industries.
“The visit of Dr. Suphachai and his delegation was very positive and we are very optimistic about future collaborations with the Thai Ministry of Education.”
