Govt Launches One-stop Emergency Health Service

[george]

Govt launches one-stop emergency health service

PATHUM THANI: -- The Ministry of Public Health yesterday revealed plans to launch emergency one-stop health services in provincial hospitals across the country, which will serve to give medical advice and advice to victims of violence.

Dr. Vichai Tienthavorn, the Permanent Secretary for Public Health, told a meeting of doctors, nurses and paramedics yesterday that the extension of emergency medical coverage across the entire country was considered by the Ministry of Public Health to be one of its seven urgent policies.

Noting that injuries are the second highest cause of death in Thailand after cancer, he said that the new emergency service was designed to reduce death, disability and suffering.

Figures from 2000-2003 show that traffic accidents alone caused 20 deaths per 100,000 population, while 8 people per 100,000 were victims of violent attacks.

Under the new policies, 92 provincial and central hospitals nationwide will establish centres which will provide service relating to all types of injury, offering a one-stop service which will include ambulance provision.

Staff at the centres will also offer telephone advice on how to treat injured people at home, while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.

Anyone wishing to use the centres can simply phone 1669, which will put them through to the Ministry of Public Health.

Operators of the 24-hour telephone hotline will determine what help the callers require, and will be able to offer emergency medical advice.

--TNA 2005-04-08

[Sphere]

Looks like "one stop" is the new catch phrase following in the steps of "hub" and "crackdown".

I always thought that any decent hospital worth its salt, would most likely be "one-stop" for treatment of injuries and emergency care.

[ovenman]

I always thought that any decent hospital worth its salt, would most likely be "one-stop" for treatment of injuries and emergency care.

This story is a bit confusing. How many stops does it currently take to get treated for some malady in Thailand?