Rajavithi Hospital evacuates 18 critical patients to Hua Hin Hospital
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Eighteen critical patients, accompanied by medical teams, and necessary medical supplies were transported Tuesday from Bangkok's Rajavithi Hospital to Hua Hin Hospital in Prachuap Khiri Khan after the National Flood Relief Center warned people in nine Ban
As a precaution before the flood would hit the hospital, the caravan of rescue workers’ 30 off-road trucks and some ambulances from Ruam Katanyoo and Por Tekteung foundations started the transport Tuesday afternoon until today (October 26). The critical patients would be at Ban Pong, Photharam, Ratchaburi and Hua Hin hospitals.
Hua Hin Hospital director Dr Niran Chantrakul said the main building’s fifth floor, which could support 31 beds, were prepared to support Rajvithi patients. The 200bed Hua Hin Hospital was currently supporting 350 inpatients, as many flood-hit patients were moved there.
The Nation
