Bangkok Post
Two Thai people had been killed and 34 others injured in the Thai-Cambodian border clashes from Feb 4 to 7, Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanavisit said on Monday.
Mr Jurin said one of the dead was a soldier and the other was a civilian.
Of the injured, 30 are soldiers and four are civilians. Most of them have only minor injuries.
Twenty-seven people are admitted to hospitals - 26 soldiers and a civilian.
One of the soldiers was severely wounded.
Most of the injured, including the serevely hurt solder, were now being treated at Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital. Only four of the wounded, three soldiers and a civilian, remain at Kantharalak Hospital near the border in Si Sa Ket .
Mr Jurin said he ordered the establishment of a medical and health centre to supervise Thai-Cambodian border areas. Dr Pornthep Siriwanarangsan, deputy permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry, was head of the centre and had gathered the needed specialists from health agencies and the Royal Thai Army Medical Department.
All hospitals and staff along the Thai-Cambodian border were on full alert.
Mr Jurin said Kantharalak Hospital was now functioninging as a forward post health facility for the military.
Other hospitals are operating as referral hospitals, including Si Sa Ket Hospital, Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital in Ubon Ratchathani province and another Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital run by the army.
The Public Health Ministry has arranged for three teams of surgeons from Si Sa Ket, Sunpasitthiprasong and Suranaree Camp hospitals. They have been taking turns to stand by at Kantharalak Hospital since Saturday. The ministry has also put blood supplies and operating rooms on stand by at local hospitals.
The Public Health Ministry was sending its mobile medical and first aid units to all shelters. They include psychiatrists. People under stress often exhibit mental problems and cannot sleep, while patients with physical health problems often develop respiratory problems, he said.
Two Thai people had been killed and 34 others injured in the Thai-Cambodian border clashes from Feb 4 to 7, Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanavisit said on Monday.
Mr Jurin said one of the dead was a soldier and the other was a civilian.
Of the injured, 30 are soldiers and four are civilians. Most of them have only minor injuries.
Twenty-seven people are admitted to hospitals - 26 soldiers and a civilian.
One of the soldiers was severely wounded.
Most of the injured, including the serevely hurt solder, were now being treated at Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital. Only four of the wounded, three soldiers and a civilian, remain at Kantharalak Hospital near the border in Si Sa Ket .
Mr Jurin said he ordered the establishment of a medical and health centre to supervise Thai-Cambodian border areas. Dr Pornthep Siriwanarangsan, deputy permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry, was head of the centre and had gathered the needed specialists from health agencies and the Royal Thai Army Medical Department.
All hospitals and staff along the Thai-Cambodian border were on full alert.
Mr Jurin said Kantharalak Hospital was now functioninging as a forward post health facility for the military.
Other hospitals are operating as referral hospitals, including Si Sa Ket Hospital, Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital in Ubon Ratchathani province and another Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital run by the army.
The Public Health Ministry has arranged for three teams of surgeons from Si Sa Ket, Sunpasitthiprasong and Suranaree Camp hospitals. They have been taking turns to stand by at Kantharalak Hospital since Saturday. The ministry has also put blood supplies and operating rooms on stand by at local hospitals.
The Public Health Ministry was sending its mobile medical and first aid units to all shelters. They include psychiatrists. People under stress often exhibit mental problems and cannot sleep, while patients with physical health problems often develop respiratory problems, he said.
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