Many in North coming down with respiratory problems
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Some 2,200 Chiang Mai residents have come down with respiratory problems very likely due to the ongoing smog problem.
“We believe their symptoms are related to haze and forest fires here,” provincial deputy public health chief Surasing Wisaruthrat said Friday.
He said the number of patients with smog-related conditions was highest at Nakornping Hospital in Chiang Mai’s Mae Rim district, which has treated some 589 such patients so far.
As of Friday morning, the amount of small particulate matter up to 10 microns in diameter (PM10) stood at 138 micrograms per cubic metre of air in downtown Chiang Mai. Safety limits require that the PM10 does not go past 120 micrograms.
Surasing has advised people to stay indoors and turn on their air conditioners if possible.
The Nation
