Former national footballer dies waiting for ambulance
Boontham Booranathammanant, a former national football player, died on Tuesday while waiting some 15 minutes for an ambulance. He is believed to have suffered a heart attack.
Ironically, the former defender had collapsed right after playing a game at a pitch located opposite the National Institute for Emergency Medicine, which oversees the 1699 hotline for medical emergencies.
Boontham reportedly took a break from the game to catch his breath and was later found unconscious on the field by his friends, who called 1699 for help.
After having waited about quarter of an hour for an ambulance, they decided to take the former defender to a hospital nearby themselves. Sadly, it was too late.
This incident has sparked widespread criticism of the country’s emergency medical services.
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