None of Tham Luang survivors seriously ill: Governor

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None of Tham Luang survivors seriously ill: Governor

By Thai PBS

 

 

None of the 12 young football players and their coach are found to be seriously ill even though they have been trapped without foods in Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district for over 10 days, Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn said this morning.

 

Narongsak said the boys and their 25-year-old coach were found about 400 metres from the area called Pattaya Beach in the cave at 9.45pm on Monday.

 

He said credit must go to a team of three British rescuers who were the first to locate the 13. The three were later identified as John Volanthen, Richard Stanton and Robert Harper, who are described as world-renowned cave divers who joined the rescue efforts almost from the beginning.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/none-tham-luang-survivors-seriously-ill-governor/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-07-03

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Boys will soon be able to speak to families by phone

By The Nation

 

A phone cable is being rigged up inside Tham Luang Cave from Chamber 3 to the location where the 12 young footballers and their assistant coach are trapped, Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn said on Tuesday.
 

He said it had not yet been decided how soon they could be evacuated.

 

Narongsak told a Nation TV reporter at 10am the phoneline would enable the trapped youths to talk to their families.

 

He said the Navy Seal divers attending to the youths had not yet returned to report on their condition.

 

It would take about six hours for them to make their way out from the place the trapped boys have been huddling for nine days.

 

Water was still flowing into the cave, Narongsak said, but drainage efforts were controlling the water level and the footballers were safe on high ground.

 

He said the boys have been fed high-calorie gels because taking in normal food remains difficult due to the flooding and narrow passageways.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30349199

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-07-03

[darksidedog]

That they are all in reasonably good health is excellent news. I am sure the families outside will be overjoyed to talk to their kids on the phone.

It will be a very emotional moment for them. I don't know when they will get them out, but I am absolutely positive, this is all going to end well. Well done to the rescuers and those on this forum who stood up against the doom mongerers.

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Smiles reappear among lost boys’ classmates

By Sakaorat Sirima 
The Nation

 

 

Students and teachers at Mae Sai Prasitsart School in Chiang Rai, the school attended by six of the 12 youths trapped in the flooded cave, were delighted to hear they’d been found safe.
 

School director Khanet Pongsuwan said on Tuesday everyone was now sending their best wishes for the football squad’s swift and safe extraction from the cave.

 

Khanet said parents of the six boys didn’t have to worry about their academic standing because a tutor would be assigned to get them caught up on their studies.

 

He extended everyone’s thanks to Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osottanakorn and all the officials and volunteers participating in the mission.

 

Khanet said he had phoned the parents of his six missing students on hearing they’d been found and assured them the boys’ education wouldn’t suffer. They need to focus on the youngsters’ physical and mental recovery first, he said.

 

Mathayom 2 classmate Nitipat Pattanapat sang a song he’d composed, “Courage in the Darkness”, at a school assembly on Tuesday morning, prompting tears and smiles.

 

Smiles have been in short supply at the school in the past week as the cave search continued.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30349200

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-07-03

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Medical team has evacuation plan ready

By Supira Sangharanont 
The Nation

 

Thirteen ambulances have been assembled in front of Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai, ready to transport the 12 young football players and their assistant coach to hospital as soon as they emerge and receive first-aid, a source on the medical team said on Tuesday.
 

The source said an initial assessment of the football squad in the cave found that 11 of them were in normal health and the other two were in moderate shape but should be fully restored soon now that food and drinking water have been supplied.

 

Their transfer to hospital will follow an eight-step plan, the source said. If deemed strong enough, they will be brought out of the cave and placed in an ambulance.

 

If immediate treatment is required, they’ll go to a field hospital near the mouth of the cave with triage and resuscitation teams ready.

 

They’ll be taken to Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital either by ambulance or helicopter.

 

The helicopter, if needed, would come from an airstrip at the Prince Chakraband Pensiri Centre for Plant Development with doctors aboard from police or military medical facilities.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30349202

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-07-03

[bluesofa]

36 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thirteen ambulances have been assembled in front of Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai, ready to transport the 12 young football players and their assistant coach to hospital as soon as they emerge

I'm honestly not trying to detract from the good news, but thirteen ambulances on standby?

 

As looks like it could be days or perhaps weeks of waiting , I'm baffled as to how any hospital could afford to have that many emergency vehicles out of normal service, waiting for something that by its very nature will have an enormous amount of notice before the kids emerge?

 

[Briggsy]

Just now, bluesofa said:

I'm honestly not trying to detract from the good news, but thirteen ambulances on standby?

 

As looks like it could be days or perhaps weeks of waiting , I'm baffled as to how any hospital could afford to have that many emergency vehicles out of normal service, waiting for something that by its very nature will have an enormous amount of notice before the kids emerge?

 

Many ambulances here are funded by Rescue Foundations. These Rescue Foundations usually started out as Chinese body-collecting charities. These foundations are often still funded today by the Thai-Chinese community and are some of the best-funded charities in Thailand.

 

Also the term ambulance here is not comparable to a Western nation. Ambulances in the UK are packed with expensive equipment. Often an ambulance in Thailand has nothing bar a stretcher.

[Maestro]

Removed a troll post. Further troll posts will be removed without separate mention.

[BangkokSausage]

Great news. Speaking to their families and friends through what could be a lengthy stay is good for the spirit.
Most farang will disagree but a call from the PM would be a nice boost. Thais kids have no reason to hate the guy.

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Footballers in cave stronger than expected’ : chief mission

 

 

The 13 missing members of Mu Pa Academy FC stranded in a Chiang Rai cave for 10 days are stronger than expected, the province's governor Narongsak Osothanakorn said on Tuesday.

 

The footballers aged between 11 and 16 and their coach, 25, were found by two British divers on Monday night.

In the video clip shot by the British divers, they looked exhausted after having gone without food and water inside the cave since June 23.

 

The boys are strong physically and mentally despite being trapped in the dark and flooded cave for many days, he said.

 

The operation is still waiting for the SEAL teams to evaluate the actual condition of the 13 although they appeared to be fine in the video clip, the governor said.

 

If we had to choose between green as the best, yellow as mild, and red as the most serious, they look to green,” Narongsak said. Two or three of them looked yellow to me, he said.

 

“Last week, we labelled our operation to find the missing team as mission impossible, but now we have achieved a level of success,” the governor, who heads the rescue operations, said.

 

The boys have taken refuge on a ledge about 600 metres from Pattaya Beach in the Tham Luang cave. The SEAL divers will take for them power gels, as they have gone without food for 10 days, and some medicines such as antibiotics and painkillers.

 

They will be evacuated from the cave when they are ready, the governor said. The method of evacuating them will be determined after taking into account several factors, including their health condition.

 

When they are brought out of the cave, they will be transferred to Chiang Rai Prachanukroh hospital by separate ambulances. Four relatives of each footballer will be allowed to accompany them in the ambulance while being taken to the hospital.

 

During the days in the cave, they must have felt lonely and abandoned but now they will know that they were not and we will not let that happen, the governor said.

 

With cooperation from all authorities in and out of the country, we are creating a new chapter in the history of rescue operations, the governor said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30349216

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-07-03

[bluesofa]

2 hours ago, Briggsy said:

Many ambulances here are funded by Rescue Foundations. These Rescue Foundations usually started out as Chinese body-collecting charities. These foundations are often still funded today by the Thai-Chinese community and are some of the best-funded charities in Thailand.

 

Also the term ambulance here is not comparable to a Western nation. Ambulances in the UK are packed with expensive equipment. Often an ambulance in Thailand has nothing bar a stretcher.

I take your point, especially as in a later article here it has just been said:

"Four relatives of each footballer will be allowed to accompany them in the ambulance while being taken to the hospital."

It makes it sound more like a social event, rather than an emergency vehicle as used in the the West.

Ref:

https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045965-none-of-tham-luang-survivors-seriously-ill-governor/?tab=comments#comment-13136202

 

Edited July 3, 2018 by bluesofa