Cash Crunch Forces Korat Foundation To Scale Down Ambulance Service

[webfact]

 

CHARITY FOUNDATION in Nakhon Ratchasima province (Korat) said today (July 3) it has stopped ambulance service at four to five stations because the National Institute for Emergency Medicine has not given any compensation for eight months, Amarin TV said.

 

Mr. Phisit Pongsirisuphakul, vice-president of Putthamhook Foundation 31, said not only his organisation but other rescue operations nationwide have not received any compensation from this institute for eight months.

 

This has led to his foundation shutting four to five stations out of 50 it operates in this province.

 

He added that this compensation is mostly used to cover fuel expenses for running the ambulances.

 

by TNR Staff 

Some Putthamhook Foundation 31 ambulances in Nakhon Ratchasima. Photo: Amarin TV

 

#news

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/07/03/cash-crunch-forces-korat-foundation-to-scale-down-ambulance-service/

 

-- © Copyright  THAI NEWSROOM 2023-07-04

 

- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

[richard_smith237]

That in 2023 in a nation as 'theoretically' developing as Thailand it's a pretty atrocious state of affairs that there isn't a nationwide ambulance service and a single number to contact them on. 

 

Quite embarrassing for Thailand really who are claiming the regional crown for standards in medical care yet its 'emergency and first aid response' is so shockingly poor in comparison to the standards of elective treatments.