Public outcry stops demolition of Vachira Hospital buildings

Sukawin Tanthavanich

 

 

PHUKET:-- Vachira Hospital administrators have reached an agreement with concerned community members and employees over the proposed demolition of historic 100-year-old buildings and their surrounding mahogany trees.

The plans to demolish the existing structures in order to make way for a new 298-bed hospital wing were halted after a public outcry from doctors and community members reached a fever pitch on August 25.

Vachira Hospital Deputy Director Somboon Wangtaetham announced today that the buildings will not be demolished, following a meeting with members of the national Fine Arts Department.

 

Full Story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Public-outcry-stops-demolition-Vachira-Hospital-buildings/65478?desktopversion#ad-image-0

 

-- © Copyright Phuket Gazette 2016-08-30

And they call it progress

I think it has nothing to do with progress to demolish old buildings, I think it's just the opposite: the preservation and renovation of such buildings is showing progressive thinking. 

You'd have the same problems in most developed countries demolishing old buildings and trees, and for good reasons.