More than 2 million people consult mobile medical units
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Public Health medical units providing services in flood-hit areas have been consulted by about 2,000 patients per day, Public Health Minister Witthaya Buransiri said Tuesday, with most patients suffering from colds and Hong Kong foot.
The ministry’s medical units were sent to flooded areas, particularly hard-hit Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani provinces to provide services, as people would find it difficult to travel to hospitals.
The units received about 2,000 patients a day and a total of 2,211,036 people had come for consultation, Witthaya said. However, there were no signs of any epidemics so far.
The ministry’s permanent secretary, Dr Paijit Warachit, said that with the floodwater receding in many areas, almost all the 561 hospitals closed by the flooding had resumed services. However, some departments were not functioning pending renovations.
