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Tak -- The large amount of state spending for providing medical services to migrant workers and non-Thai citizens along the Thailand-Myanmar border - in excess of Bt100 million a year - has prompted the Public Health Ministry to seek cooperation from the
Public Health Minister Pradith Sinthawanarong said most of the hospitals in the five provinces along the border between Thailand and Myanmar are having to shoulder the financial burden of providing healthcare services to migrant workers and non-Thais crossing the border.
Each year, the ministry has to spend more than Bt100 million to provide medical services to migrant workers and non-Thai citizens in five Tak districts along the border.
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