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Thailand: Songkran Emergency Drill Conducted in Bueng Kan


Bueng Kan: The office of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation in Bueng Kan Province has cooperated with other related units in launching an emergency drill to lower the number of road casualties during the Songkran festival.  The training is intended to simulate a situation that a bus with 40 passengers crashed into a large truck and then swerved out to hit a student van where a large number of people died and got injured. Mobile medical teams and related units participating in the drill were sending victims to hospitals.  The drill is aimed to boost the efficiency of the province's emergency teams in preventing and lowering number
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Thailand: Emergency Line Hit by Prank Calls


The public health permanent secretary on April 15 Tuesday asked parents in Ayutthaya and Nakhon Sawan to warn their children after the 1669 medical emergency hotline in the provinces had been flooded with prank calls made by teenagers. Narong  Sahamethaphat said the hotline could have received the usually high number of emergency calls for road accidents during Songkran had it not been for the prank phone calls that blocked the line from callers in need of urgent medical services. This could mean life or death for them, he said.     
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Thailand: MOPH Sets up Teams for Medical Aid over Songkran, 5 Days Period


Bangkok: The Ministry of Public Health has prepared all of the 855 hospitals throughout Thailand, to help victims of road accidents, as needed. To this end 160,000 medical experts have been assembled, while authorities have taken firm measures aimed at reducing the number of road accidents during Songkran 2014. The measures in operation from 11th-17th April 2014, are: 1. The setting up of 14,000 mobile medical teams to help the injured within 10 minutes of an accident happening; 2. Preparing 160,000 medical experts to be stationed at hospital emergency centers around the clock, and 3. The breath testing of drunk drivers. 
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Thailand: Lifeguards walk off Phuket Beaches as PPAO Drops Ball on Contract


Phuket: Lifeguards abandoned the island’s tourist beaches on April 28 after the Phuket Provincial Administration Office (PPAO) failed to break the deadlock surrounding a 22-million-baht lifeguard contract that expired April 27. “Since the contract has ended, it is no longer our responsibility to patrol the beaches. All 108 lifeguards have quit their jobs,” Phuket Lifeguard Club President Prathaiyut Chuayuan told the Phuket Gazette this morning.  “We must find lifeguards to look after the beaches as soon as possible. We know how important it is to maintain safety for swimmers,” Mr Nararit said.
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Thailand: TakHealth and Rescue Workers Rehearse Response to Large Accident


Tak: Health and rescue workers in Tak province carried out a rehearsal for large accidents on May 02 Friday, after 2 road accidents just a couple weeks apart claimed 43 lives in the province.  Personnel from Mae Sot Hospital were giving first aid to the mock wounded, as well as evacuating them from the accident site and sending them to the hospital using both land and air channels. The mock accident on May 02 Friday involved a collision between a bus carrying workers and a military personnel carrying truck. The drill was conducted on a road at a reservoir in Mae Sot district.  Around 200 health and rescue workers, some coming from
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