britmaveric Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 New 72 Million Baht emergency medical boat put through its paces. Last month we reported on a new emergency medical boat which will be used for the islands off the coast of Pattaya. The vessel cost the City a staggering 72 million Baht and is equipped with state-of-the-art rescue and medical equipment. We joined the Mayor of Pattaya, Khun Niran along with Khun Ronagit, Deputy Mayor of Pattaya and Khun Farooq, a City Councilor as they watched the boat being put through its paces. Some of the features on the boat include a three bed mini hospital with basic first aid equipment and provisions for more advanced life-saving procedures including small operations. There are further bunk beds for the boats crew, a fax machine, sonar equipment, and a power hose to fight boat fires. The Mayor was impressed with the boat and its facilities and we understand it will come into service in time for the on-set of high season when the Islands are expected to be full of tourists who may well need the services of the boat. -Pattaya City News Friday 4th November 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurgen Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 with fax machine.Pattaya has arrived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thetyim Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 A helicopter would be able to get patients to a proper hospital in minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurgen Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 a proper hospital in Pattaya ,you must be joking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 a proper hospital in Pattaya ,you must be joking <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Come on. Pattaya has several good Private hospitals and there is the Naval Hospital at Sattahip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 with fax machine.Pattaya has arrived <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The telephone line will be installed soon and Khun ripmeoffs cabling firm has won the contract to provide 40km's of telephone cabling to ensure that the boat is never out of contact. Khun ripmeoffs brother in law, consellor nevermissatrick, who awarded the contract has also stated that the city needs to budget another 86,000,000 baht for the winch to wind in the cabling which has been awarded to his cousins firm stating "we need a special kind of winch, one that works in all kinds of weather and will not tangle the cable" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxm88 Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 a proper hospital in Pattaya ,you must be joking I think I know where this is going...Hospital Ship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 How many islands are there to be serviced? How many people have needed evacuation over, say the last 5 years, to justify this cost? Any evacuation would be a good exercise for the Royal Thai Airforce........ Sorry, I forgot. The RTAF does not have any planes that fly, just 20 airframes and one engine between them............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya_Fox Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 I wonder who will be sailing the high seas in luxury.....in between emergencies ofcourse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 (edited) I had a71 ft fiberglass luxury yacht built in Thailand (the hospital boat was also built locally). So I kind of know what such a beast costs. They do have slightly more powerfull engines then the one I had built, and the so-called hospital equipment onboard. And a fax machine I would guess around 40 million has gone lost. And thats on the optimistical side! Probably even more satangs have been lost and as a result the boat is built below standards (pretty much like their roads are being built...) Heck, building it in the West and importing it into Thailand would not even cost close to 1.8 million US$... As an example, the following 80ft yacht (not an oversized speedboat but a real luxury yacht with all whistles and bells), Western designed and built in China to very high standards would cost 1.1 million US$ (44 million Thai Baht) Edited November 6, 2005 by monty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Neat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxm88 Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Where is this boat now? Has anyone ever seen it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john b good Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Where is this boat now? Has anyone ever seen it? It must be there "somewhere" as "someone" has spent (and someone "s") have received Baht 72M TIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 It's sometimes lying in Ocean Marina, next to the the one I've got built! With a captian pulling his hairs out on how to keep it running... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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