Bangkok: The Public Health Ministry has ordered public hospitals nationwide to go on full alert to cope with an expected influx of accident victims during Songkran. Hospital readiness is one of the two main measures the Public Health Ministry is implementing to try and curb the usually high number of casualties that result from Songkran road accidents, Deputy Public Health Minister CholananSrikaew said Tuesday.
Dr Cholanan said he has asked more than 10,000 public hospitals nationwide to double the number of their medical staff - doctors in emergency rooms, surgeons and nurses - during the festival. The hospitals have also been asked to prepare emergency rooms, make more beds available and stock up on blood supplies during the holiday period.
People can telephone the 1669 hotline and emergency teams will be at accident scenes within 10 minutes, he said. |
