Rural teacher honored for her heroic deed in rushing sick student to hospital

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Rural teacher honored for her heroic deed in rushing sick student to hospital

TAK, 21 January 2016 (NNT) - A rural teacher in Tha Song Yang District, Tak province, has been awarded by Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha for her bravery in taking a seriously ill student on foot to a hospital located 100 kms away from school.

Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha yesterday designated Mr. Kritsana Suksa-nguan, the provincial Chief Public Prosecutor, to present a specially designed shirt and bell made by the Princess’s Kamlangjai Project to Mrs. Ratchanok Ngern-ngammeesook, a village teacher of the Ban Sekra Hilltribe Learning Center.

The presentation was held at the Tha Song Yang District office to honor Mrs. Ratchanok’s heroic deed. The teacher, despite the difficult hilly terrain inaccessible by motored vehicles, carried an 11-year-old orphan student who was suffering from gastroenteritis, on foot down the hill to a village and sent her to the district hospital. The student is now safe and taking convalescence at home.


-- NNT 2016-01-21

[khwaibah]

On foot for 100 kilometers.

[DavisH]

On foot for 100 kilometers.

Should it read 10 km? 100km and no motorised vehicles...in Thailand....sounds like paradise

[colinneil]

Maybe 10ks not 100, but what the heck.

The teacher deserves credit for helping a sick child, whatever the distance

[Pib]

The article's last paragraph said the teacher carried the student down a hill (but did not specify that distance) to a village......that unspecified distance could been a hundred meters...a kilometer, etc. And then from the village the student was sent to a hospital 100kms away. But yea, the first paragraph makes it sound like the teacher carried the student on foot for 100km.

[lust]

Isn't gastro quite common?....

[jacky54]

Hardly heroic surely?

[JAG]

Hardly heroic surely?

Oh I don't know. I had Gastro Enteritis a while back. At its peak, I could sh*t through the eye of a needle at a hundred paces!

I wouldn't want some-one in that condition strapped to my back!

It's rather nice to hear such a good thing about a member of a profession which is not exactly swamped in praise on these pages!

Well done to her.

[dageurreotype]

Hardly heroic surely?

Rather telling that something anyone would automatically do in the West is deemed 'heroic' here. Oh, and a royal 'bell' to be presented as well

[ratcatcher]

The article's last paragraph said the teacher carried the student down a hill (but did not specify that distance) to a village......that unspecified distance could been a hundred meters...a kilometer, etc. And then from the village the student was sent to a hospital 100kms away. But yea, the first paragraph makes it sound like the teacher carried the student on foot for 100km.

A reasonable explanation considering the terrain and general remoteness of the area.

[Prbkk]

Well deserved recognition.

[Prbkk]

Isn't gastro quite common?....

Children can die from it in a relatively short time unless treated. It kills hundreds of thousands in poor and remote areas of the world.

[worgeordie]

Thailand needs any heroes it can get,

regards Worgeordie

[stickylies]

me thinks some of u haven't been in that particular area... i'm sure she didn't do 100km on foot but even 10km in hilly karen hills is very harsh...

[Johnniey]

Hardly heroic surely?

Just a lack of news Jacky. The average expat couldn't give a flying **** about this story.

[soalbundy]

Hardly heroic surely?

Hero is the most overused word since about 5 years now, help an old lady across the road you are a hero, the British gutter press are famous for it.

[LannaGuy]

good to hear but a shirt and bell...?

[nahkit]

Hardly heroic surely?

Oh I don't know. I had Gastro Enteritis a while back. At its peak, I could sh*t through the eye of a needle at a hundred paces!

I wouldn't want some-one in that condition strapped to my back!

It's rather nice to hear such a good thing about a member of a profession which is not exactly swamped in praise on these pages!

Well done to her.

"At its peak, I could sh*t through the eye of a needle at a hundred paces!

I wouldn't want some-one in that condition strapped to my back!"

Well I definitely wouldn't want them standing in front of me.

[Throatwobbler]

So somebody does a good dead and helps a sick child get through rough terrain and to a hospital and maybe saves her life. And as per usual we get the Thai haters commenting. You have to realize that in some parts of Thailand help is more than a phone call away, not like your favourite bar girl.

[mercman24]

if any thaivisa reader gets the runs try CA-R-BON charcoal capsules, works for me, i always got some in the old first aid box. good bit of kit.

[ResandePohm]

On foot for 100 kilometers.

Please learn to read and comprehend.