Our Story
Founder of wiribed
Pokkrit Jeerapat
Co-Founder
Project Management and Marketing
Patcharipa Jeerapat
Being a part of this project allowed me to witness various patients during the covid-19 situation, where they lack the money to buy hospital beds. This design is inspired by Japanese paper folding and origami, so the bed can bend to suit the patient’s needs. As the marketing position in this project, I strive to make a change and make “Wiribed” known more in society. Patients with lower income would be able to access these hospital beds with similar prerequisite functions once compared to the regular ones.
Our Goals
Poor or low-income patients to have the complete access to standardized hospital bed
wiribeds to be used in field hospitals or bought for donations
Before becoming wiribed
“Everything started from a story told by a friend of mine at school. He told me that his dad was a bedridden patient, but they could not afford a hospital bed to put in their house. This triggers my curiosity about how come a basic healthcare resource like a hospital bed can hardly be accessible by anyone. As I did some research, whether searching on the internet or asking multiple doctors I know, I had an idea to make a more affordable version of the hospital bed. This could be done by choosing the right material and extracting the core functions of a typical hospital bed that already exists in the market.”
Why the name “wiribed”
“In the beginning, I had no clue what my project name would be. However, there was a specific moment when my dad sarcastically said, “We should use mom’s name.” Everyone laughed, but in the end, everyone came to the same conclusion that we should use it as it is meaningful, and sounds beautiful and sweet.”
