Health volunteers’ gruelling journey to vaccinate people in village near Myanmar border

[Jonathan Fairfield]

 

A team of health volunteers from Sangkhla district, in Thailand’s western province of Kanchanaburi, spent six days and five nights of camping in the jungle to reach a remote forest, close to the Thai-Myanmar border, to inoculate 164 members of an ethnic Karen community.

 

Although the distance from Sangkhla district to the Ban Jakae village, in Laiwo sub-district, is just 80km, the gruelling journey, through the rugged terrain of the tropical rain forest, took six days.

 

The convoy of three pickup trucks had to struggle along muddy roads and through the raging current of a creek. On various occasions a winch was used to pull the vehicles out of the thick mud.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/health-volunteers-gruelling-journey-to-vaccinate-people-in-village-near-myanmar-border/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2021-09-12

 

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[Denim]

No clearing for a helicopter to land ?

[rskdev21]

1 hour ago, Denim said:

No clearing for a helicopter to land ?

This should be your clue>

 

"through the rugged terrain of the tropical rain forest"

[Denim]

25 minutes ago, rskdev21 said:

This should be your clue>

 

"through the rugged terrain of the tropical rain forest"

Yes....until.....they arrived at the village . From the full article :

 

 for which treatment would be almost impossible, due to the rugged terrain, and the only means of rapid transport being by helicopter.

 

 

A long time ago , people who lived in forests invented these ingenious things called ' clearings '. Damn clever thinking.

 

 

 

 

[rbkk]

I think they are at more risk from Covid-19 from the outsiders arriving.

[toofarnorth]

8 minutes ago, rbkk said:

I think they are at more risk from Covid-19 from the outsiders arriving.

Spot on .

[WhiteBuffaloATM]

and then repeat for second jab……

[NeoDinosaw]

1 hour ago, WhiteBuffaloATM said:

and then repeat for second jab……

for the 2nd trip it might be a good idea to make it when it is not raining.  The route will be easily to manage then.

[WhiteBuffaloATM]

and the more efficient helicopter option probably one hundred times more expensive than the jungle trek…….

[Postmaster]

Would it have been impossible for the Karen’s to get to the 3 Pagoda Pass?

[brianthainess]

Hats off to ALL health volunteers who are helping their local communities and some not so local.