Two Thai provinces to open border for Cambodians seeking emergency medical help

[geovalin]

While Cambodia and Thailand are continuing a lockdown of their common border to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, low-level negotiations between both sides at the Oddar Meanchay international checkpoints have yielded a compromise – The Thais will allow residents in the province needing medical attention to cross the border and seek emergency treatment in Thailand.

 

However, the Thais have made it clear that this does not apply to patients with symptoms of COVID-19. Provincial governor Pen Kosal told a press conference today talks on border cooperation to prevent the virus spread have been ongoing between provincial authorities and their counterparts in Thailand’s Surin and Sisaket provinces.

 

“Both sides have agreed to work together to strengthen preventive measures at the border,” he said. The Thais also agreed to allow people from Oddar Meanchay to seek emergency medical treatment across the border,” he said.

 

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[prakhonchai nick]

Immigration Officers at the border will not be able to decide whether a persons condition is an emergency or not. Severe pain or an abnormal heartbeat will not be evident.  They will no doubt be waved through in their car with some 3/4 family members accompanying them.

 

Then its straight up to Surin to the big Makro Hospital!