BANGKOK (NNT) - The Thai government has sent medical supplies by military aircraft to help fight the devastating surge of COVID-19 in India, before returning to Bangkok with infected embassy officials in need of treatment.

 

The Royal Thai Air Force Airbus A320 aircraft today departed Bangkok at 7 a.m. bound for New Delhi, India, on a mission to deliver medical supplies to India and retrieve embassy officials infected with COVID-19.

 

Onboard the flight were 30 small oxygen concentrators provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Royal Thai Embassy to India in New Delhi, which will be delivered to the Indian Red Cross Society to help support the country’s fight against COVID-19.

 

Siam Cement Group has provided 32 sets of cardboard bed frames out of 200 to be delivered by this flight to the Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi, along with medications and herbal products to help take care of Thai nationals in India, including green chiretta extract and Favipiravir pills.

 

After the delivery mission, the plane will bring back three officials from the Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi, plus one other person believed to have been exposed to the infection, all of whom require treatment in Thailand.

 

One of the patients has developed a lung infection and a high fever, and is to receive medical treatment on arrival in Bangkok. A decision was made to transport the officials back to Thailand due to the lack of beds and medical equipment at local hospitals.

 

According to the embassy, there are two other Thai nationals in New Delhi, and a Thai national in nearby Lucknow who currently have COVID-19. The embassy says however, that the three had declined repatriation, as they now have families in India.

 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thailand as a partner sharing good relationships with India, must provide help in the time of crisis.

 

Last year, the Prime Ministers of both countries discussed bilateral cooperation in their public health and COVID-19 pandemic responses, with India permitting the export of essential medications for the treatment of COVID-19 patients to Thailand.

 

 

 

 

 

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Good that the government is sending supplies/ help, but why post a photo of LARGE oxygen tanks when the supplies are being send on an A320?

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Well we can rest assured that would never happen here..........!

7 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Good that the government is sending supplies/ help, but why post a photo of LARGE oxygen tanks when the supplies are being send on an A320?

 

Because someone googled "liquid oxygen tanks" and thats the first image that came up ????

Call me a pessimist but what is Thailand's O2 reserve like?  I hope that there is also a pessimist in the government planning for a worst-case scenario in Thailand.  If that sort of thinking is allowed that is.

17 minutes ago, pseudorabies said:

Call me a pessimist but what is Thailand's O2 reserve like?  I hope that there is also a pessimist in the government planning for a worst-case scenario in Thailand.  If that sort of thinking is allowed that is.

You are making the rookie mistake of thinking ahead.

The medical supplies will be used for Thais in India. 

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After the delivery mission, the plane will bring back three officials from the Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi, plus one other person believed to have been exposed to the infection, all of whom require treatment in Thailand.

 

The real reason for the trip? Can't they do anything without self gain?
Even the oxygen generators were provided by the Indian Embassy.

 

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along with medications and herbal products to help take care of Thai nationals in India

 

Unbelievable and they make it sound like the sole mission was to provide help to India.

1 hour ago, DirtyHarry55 said:

 

Unbelievable and they make it sound like the sole mission was to provide help to India.

If they didn't bring anyone back on the otherwise empty plane:

 

"Idiots! Why didn't they bring back Thais on the plane who need to come back to Thailand? Now they are going to have to schedule another flight. I'll bet someone got a brown envelope for that decision".

Air Force is busy then.....Medical Supplies to India and weekly Rice Shipments to the Burmese Junta !

2 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

The medical supplies will be used for Thais in India. 

Rich ones

4 hours ago, pseudorabies said:

Call me a pessimist but what is Thailand's O2 reserve like?  I hope that there is also a pessimist in the government planning for a worst-case scenario in Thailand.  If that sort of thinking is allowed that is.

It's hard to even get vitamin D3 here and in India most people have low amounts of this vitamin ,which gives them a lower immune system to fight covid.

Edited May 2, 20215 yr by vandeventer

35 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

It's hard to even get vitamin D3 here and in India most people have low amounts of this vitamin ,which gives them a lower immune system to fight covid.

possibly D3 is sparse now because if America had to worry about people drinking Lysol following the commander in chief's suggestion, too many here might eat it like candy and create another health crisis ????

6 hours ago, colinneil said:

Good that the government is sending supplies/ help, but why post a photo of LARGE oxygen tanks when the supplies are being send on an A320?

It looks more impressive to those who don't know better.

8 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Siam Cement Group has provided 32 sets of cardboard bed frames out of 200 to be delivered by this flight to the Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi, along with medications and herbal products to help take care of Thai nationals in India, including green chiretta extract and Favipiravir pills.

Wot ! No Somtam

Why?  These are needed in Thailand.  Also, Indians brought this on themselves with huge crowded festivals.

China should hang their head in shame that they are doing NOTHING to help India.

All the help seem to come from the west and now also Thailand.

Just now, ExpatOilWorker said:

China should hang their head in shame that they are doing NOTHING to help India.

All the help seem to come from the west and now also Thailand.

They don't do democracy.

1 hour ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

China should hang their head in shame that they are doing NOTHING to help India.

All the help seem to come from the west and now also Thailand.

it is very likely that the CCP are closely examining ways in which they can turn the Indian need into a Chinese advantage.

Let's see if India reciprocates later this month when all the cases in Thailand over the last couple of weeks turn into hospitalisations or maybe even worse. 

Maybe uncle Xie from up the road can send some magic.

A little off topic but I see on Skyscanner.net yesterday return flights to Swampy from London with KLM/Air France £255, ???????????? Now that's a good price!!!

17 hours ago, colinneil said:

Good that the government is sending supplies/ help, but why post a photo of LARGE oxygen tanks when the supplies are being send on an A320?

Advertisement for Air Products.

8 hours ago, colinneil said:

Good that the government is sending supplies/ help, but why post a photo of LARGE oxygen tanks when the supplies are being send on an A320?

 

Transportation of oxygen in any form by air is a no no. Even chemical oxygen generators cannot. Oxygen concentrator basically remove the majority of gasses from atmospheric gasses, except oxygen, of course. But they do not have the photographic impact of enormous tanks on the back of lorry trailers. Nice advert for Air Products, though....

On 5/2/2021 at 2:01 PM, vandeventer said:

It's hard to even get vitamin D3 here and in India most people have low amounts of this vitamin ,which gives them a lower immune system to fight covid.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/vitamin-d-side-effects