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Thailand's death toll in nationwide flooding rises to 41
BANGKOK, Oct 25 - The death toll in Thailand's nationwide flooding has risen to 41 persons Monday with Lop Buri province registered with the highest casualties at eight deaths, followed by six each in the northeastern provinces of Nakhon Ratchasima and Buri Ram.
The Public Health Ministry's Emergency Medical Institute on Monday reported casualties from widespread flooding between October 10-25 as 32 men and nine women dead in 16 provinces hit by floods.
The elderly of over 60 years old were recorded as the highest age group tallied in the death toll, eight out of 41, according to the institute. Seven persons of age under 14 are among the dead.
The Ministry of Interior's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Monday that the flood situations in five provinces have been eased including Rayong, Chanthaburi, Trat, Tak and Chon Buri.
Other 27 provinces, mostly in the Central and Northeast, remain under floodwaters, 225 districts and more than 2.6 million households have been affected, while about 2.8 million of rai of farmland have been damaged.
The 27 provinces are Phichit, Chai Nat, Sing Buri, Ang Thong, Suphan Buri, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Sa Keao, Nakhon Ratchasima, Prachin Buri, Lop Buri, Nakhon Sawan, Chaiyaphum, Saraburi, Phetchabun, Nakhon Nayok, Si Sa Ket, Surin, Buri Ram, Khon Kaen, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Pathom, Uthai Thani, Chiang Mai, Lamphun and Sumut Prakan.
Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said that 408 medical centres and hospitals under the ministry's supervision have been damaged by floods yet the medical services remain open in every place, including Maharaj Hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima province, which was closed earlier due to the high level of floodwater, also reopened its services for outpatients.
Three hundred thirty-four medical mobile units have served flood victims nationwide from October 20-24 and found that more than one hundred thousand residents are suffering physical illness, with more than half having athletes and cold.
Tabulating mental checkups, the units registered 816 people with tension, stress and insomnia. Ninety-nine were sent for treatment at hospitals.
Mr Jurin said he has instructed concerned officials to closely monitor flood situation at 19 hospitals located in the lowlands of the Chao Phraya River by preventing the flow of water into the hospitals, preparing alternative medical resources and transport of emergency patients, as well as adjusting appropriate medical services to be able to treat flood victims. (MCOT online news)
The Public Health Ministry's Emergency Medical Institute on Monday reported casualties from widespread flooding between October 10-25 as 32 men and nine women dead in 16 provinces hit by floods.
The elderly of over 60 years old were recorded as the highest age group tallied in the death toll, eight out of 41, according to the institute. Seven persons of age under 14 are among the dead.
The Ministry of Interior's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Monday that the flood situations in five provinces have been eased including Rayong, Chanthaburi, Trat, Tak and Chon Buri.
Other 27 provinces, mostly in the Central and Northeast, remain under floodwaters, 225 districts and more than 2.6 million households have been affected, while about 2.8 million of rai of farmland have been damaged.
The 27 provinces are Phichit, Chai Nat, Sing Buri, Ang Thong, Suphan Buri, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Sa Keao, Nakhon Ratchasima, Prachin Buri, Lop Buri, Nakhon Sawan, Chaiyaphum, Saraburi, Phetchabun, Nakhon Nayok, Si Sa Ket, Surin, Buri Ram, Khon Kaen, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Pathom, Uthai Thani, Chiang Mai, Lamphun and Sumut Prakan.
Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said that 408 medical centres and hospitals under the ministry's supervision have been damaged by floods yet the medical services remain open in every place, including Maharaj Hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima province, which was closed earlier due to the high level of floodwater, also reopened its services for outpatients.
Three hundred thirty-four medical mobile units have served flood victims nationwide from October 20-24 and found that more than one hundred thousand residents are suffering physical illness, with more than half having athletes and cold.
Tabulating mental checkups, the units registered 816 people with tension, stress and insomnia. Ninety-nine were sent for treatment at hospitals.
Mr Jurin said he has instructed concerned officials to closely monitor flood situation at 19 hospitals located in the lowlands of the Chao Phraya River by preventing the flow of water into the hospitals, preparing alternative medical resources and transport of emergency patients, as well as adjusting appropriate medical services to be able to treat flood victims. (MCOT online news)
