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Mon, 03/14/2011 - 09:57
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Teams of Thai doctors and nurses will leave for Japan tomorrow
BANGKOK, March 14 (TNA) - Teams of Thai doctors and nurses from the Public Health Ministry will leave for Japan at 2am tomorrow to offer health care to Thai and Japanese victims.
Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanavisit said his ministry would send doctors experienced in emergency medicine, and experienced nurses from Rajavithi Hospital. After arriving at Narita airport in Japan at 7am, the teams will travel to Sendai city right away.
Meanwhile, the Public Health Ministry has also prepared a mental health treatment team and another emergency medicine team. Both backup teams can leave if Japan needs more assistance.
Dr Narong Sahamethapat, deputy permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry, is coordinating help for Japan with the Foreign Ministry.
At present, there has been no report of any Thai casualty in Japan.
In the mean time, the Thailand Post office in Hat Yai district of Songkhla province was encouraging people to write their words of concern and moral support to Japanese earthquake and tsunami victims. The post office will send such letters through its express mail service free of charge to the Thai embassy in Tokyo.
A number of people have written letters.
Phra Arjan Mitsuo Kwesko, the abbot of Wat Sunantha Wanaram temple in Kanchanaburi, who was born in Iwate prefecture on Honshu island, expressed his concern over Japanese tsunami victims. He will raise a fund through donations and the sale of products and books of the Maya Gotami Foundation, and his own foundation to help tsunami victims in Japan. (TNA)
Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanavisit said his ministry would send doctors experienced in emergency medicine, and experienced nurses from Rajavithi Hospital. After arriving at Narita airport in Japan at 7am, the teams will travel to Sendai city right away.
Meanwhile, the Public Health Ministry has also prepared a mental health treatment team and another emergency medicine team. Both backup teams can leave if Japan needs more assistance.
Dr Narong Sahamethapat, deputy permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry, is coordinating help for Japan with the Foreign Ministry.
At present, there has been no report of any Thai casualty in Japan.
In the mean time, the Thailand Post office in Hat Yai district of Songkhla province was encouraging people to write their words of concern and moral support to Japanese earthquake and tsunami victims. The post office will send such letters through its express mail service free of charge to the Thai embassy in Tokyo.
A number of people have written letters.
Phra Arjan Mitsuo Kwesko, the abbot of Wat Sunantha Wanaram temple in Kanchanaburi, who was born in Iwate prefecture on Honshu island, expressed his concern over Japanese tsunami victims. He will raise a fund through donations and the sale of products and books of the Maya Gotami Foundation, and his own foundation to help tsunami victims in Japan. (TNA)
