News Forum - Flooded hospital in Chaiyaphum had to evacuates 40 patients

[Thaiger]

Around Thailand, heavy rains and flooding have ravaged the country. Earlier this morning, 40 patients were emergency evacuated from Bamnet Narong Hospital in Chaiyaphum by rescue workers as the facility flooded. The hospital suffered severe damage as floodwaters caused the urgent evacuation as one of the buildings on the hospital campus was flooded up to 80 centimetres. An X-ray room and several labs were heavily damaged and unusable. Outside the hospital buildings, 4 vehicles and 7 ambulances were damaged, submerged in the rising floodwaters. With the medical facilities rendered unsafe and unusable, 14 patients with more minor ailments were discharged […]

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[gummy]

That is very unfortunate for a hospital especially to get flooded. Lets hope that funds will be made available to replace the damaged equipment as soon as practicably possible  for the benefit of the locals.

[riclag]

I remember  the floods in Sakon Nakhon 4 years ago. The worse flooding in 2 decades. When I searched areas  to buy land to build a house, I made sure it wasn’t in a low lying area around the city.

The rains lasted for many days as a result caused a breach in the reservoir ,that flooded the city and the villages around it.

Many of Thailand’s provinces  will be susceptible to floods  because of poor drainage and natural conditions imop.

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

2 minutes ago, riclag said:

Many of Thailand’s provinces  will be susceptible to floods  because of poor drainage and natural conditions imop.

Or maybe in some areas poor local / regional Government ability to plan and put in place realistic measures to attempt to inhibit flooding to a degree. Unlike Pattaya beach fiasco. 

[riclag]

36 minutes ago, AdvocatusDiaboli said:

Or maybe in some areas poor local / regional Government ability to plan and put in place realistic measures to attempt to inhibit flooding to a degree. Unlike Pattaya beach fiasco. 

Your spot on .It’s also worth mentioning the reservoirs are suspect and in need of alternative plans to help prevent breaches 

Edited September 27, 2021 by riclag