Emergency medical units in deep South to be improved
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PATTANI, Nov 10 -- Emergency medical units in Thailand's three insurgency-affected southern provinces will be improved by the Public Health Ministry to reduce the number of casualties at the hands of insurgents in the region.

Public Health Minister Dr Rajata Rajatanavin and his deputy Dr Somsak Chunharas early Sunday led ministry officials to inspect facilities and visit medical personnel at Koke Po Hospital here. They presented money and visited 66 patients wounded by insurgents and who are being treated at the hospital.

They later inspected Pattani Public Health Office and saw how the wounded are treated and how the Defence Ministry and other concerned agencies cooperate.

Some 5,000 people have been killed in the three provinces -- Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat -- since renewed violence erupted in January 2004.

Dr Rajata told journalists later that emergency medical units in the three provinces would be improved with initial treatment being given to insurgency victims in the field before being sent to hospital.

Every doctor stationed at community hospitals will be given a special training programme named the southern trauma and emergency care project, he said.

The programme is jointly conducted with Prince of Songkla University.

Surgical doctors will be given expanded training on providing treatment to patients in critical condition and on transferring patients via land and air to better-equipped hospitals for treatment, Dr Rajata added. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-11-10

Instead of more empty gestures and pressconferences, what about trying to adress the rootcause of the problem??

Has anyone else noticed, that in the reporting from the deep South the last couple of months, the number of people who have been killed has gone down??

" ...reduce the number of casualties... "

A better way would be to reduce the number of attacks.

Instead of more empty gestures and pressconferences, what about trying to adress the rootcause of the problem??

Has anyone else noticed, that in the reporting from the deep South the last couple of months, the number of people who have been killed has gone down??

Is it that the reporting has changed along with the government? Army was just talking about sending 2,700 weapons down there.

The root cause is known and will likely never be satisfied by the / a Thai Government.

Instead of more empty gestures and pressconferences, what about trying to adress the rootcause of the problem??

Has anyone else noticed, that in the reporting from the deep South the last couple of months, the number of people who have been killed has gone down??and

<<"address the root cause of the problem">> ............... any suggestions then?

Instead of more empty gestures and pressconferences, what about trying to adress the rootcause of the problem??

Has anyone else noticed, that in the reporting from the deep South the last couple of months, the number of people who have been killed has gone down??and

<<"address the root cause of the problem">> ............... any suggestions then?

For starters a public apology from the Thai government for the Tak Bai murders!!

I suppose then that there will also be apologies for the 5,000 civilians killed with hugs and kisses all around? Jesus.

Back on topic improving medical units...

What about arming civilians with syringes, morphine, defibrillator machines etc. If untrained locals can carry around H&K's, i am sure untrained locals could put them to good use to.