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Flood-hit Thailand's Maharat Hospital ready to resume outpatient service
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Oct 24 - Maharat Nakhonratchasima Hospital will be ready to offer services for outpatients on Monday after it halted services due to flooding in this hardest-hit province of Nakhon Ratchasima, Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said.
According to Mr Jurin, the waters surrounding Maharat Nakhonratchasima Hospital is now about 50cm deep, but the floodwaters will be pumped out of the hospital within two days.
The regional army also helped fill and place sandbags to prevent more water from entering the hospital in order that the hospital's overall water system can function.
The ministry has prepared helicopters with a 24-hour access to move patients in critical condition in other hospitals nearby where roads were cut due to floodwaters for further treatment at Maharat Nakhonratchasima Hospital.
There are currently 441 in-patients at the hospital, of whom 120 need respirators. The medical teams have been using operating rooms of Fort Suranari Hospital and Bangkok Hospital Ratchasima in case of emergency.
The operation services of Maharat Hospital are expected to resume Tuesday depending on the readiness of the hospital's wastewater treatment system. (MCOT online news)
According to Mr Jurin, the waters surrounding Maharat Nakhonratchasima Hospital is now about 50cm deep, but the floodwaters will be pumped out of the hospital within two days.
The regional army also helped fill and place sandbags to prevent more water from entering the hospital in order that the hospital's overall water system can function.
The ministry has prepared helicopters with a 24-hour access to move patients in critical condition in other hospitals nearby where roads were cut due to floodwaters for further treatment at Maharat Nakhonratchasima Hospital.
There are currently 441 in-patients at the hospital, of whom 120 need respirators. The medical teams have been using operating rooms of Fort Suranari Hospital and Bangkok Hospital Ratchasima in case of emergency.
The operation services of Maharat Hospital are expected to resume Tuesday depending on the readiness of the hospital's wastewater treatment system. (MCOT online news)
