Public Health Ministry says 10 district hospitals in border provinces remain closed
Public Health Ministry says 10 district hospitals and 180 tambon facilities remain closed, while evacuees drop to 167,395 across 848 shelters.
The Public Health Ministry on Monday updated the status of health services in seven provinces bordering Cambodia, saying the situation had improved but 10 district hospitals remained closed.
Dr Ekkachai Piansriwatchara, deputy permanent secretary and spokesman for the Public Health Ministry, briefed reporters after a meeting of the ministry’s Health Emergency Operations Centre chaired by Public Health Minister Patana Promphat.
Ekkachai said 180 tambon health-promoting hospitals remained closed.
He added that the following 10 district hospitals were still shut:
Ubon Ratchathani
• Nam Yuen Hospital
Si Sa Ket
• Kantharalak Hospital
• Phu Sing Hospital
Surin
• Kap Choeng Hospital
• Phanom Dong Rak Chalerm Phrakiat Hospital
Buri Ram
• Ban Kruat Hospital
Sa Kaeo
• Ta Phraya Hospital
• Khok Sung Hospital
• Khlong Hat Hospital
• Aranyaprathet Hospital
He said the number of evacuation shelters had decreased to 848, while the number of evacuees had fallen to 167,395, including 52,549 vulnerable people.
The spokesman said the ministry had also used the evacuations as an opportunity to survey children aged nine months to five years to check whether they had received their scheduled vaccinations, and to administer vaccines where needed.
On mental health care, proactive and ongoing screening has been conducted among 204,058 members of the public, identifying 1,494 people with accumulated high stress and 286 assessed as at risk of self-harm. Among 10,517 medical personnel, 595 were found to have accumulated high stress and 184 were assessed as at risk of self-harm.
All have received psychological first aid, and those with high stress levels and at risk of self-harm are being monitored and followed up until their conditions improve and return to normal. Mental health support is also being provided, with close follow-up, to the families and relatives of every fallen soldier.
