December 01 2008
Bangkok - Thai authorities said on Monday that 282 foreign tourists have sought medical treatment at a naval base from which travellers are being evacuated during an opposition blockade of Bangkok's airports.
Most were suffering from complaints including headaches, vomiting, fainting, cold, muscle sprains, skin irritation and food poisoning, the Public Health Authority said in a statement.
Foreign nations are scrambling to get their nationals out of the Vietnam-era U-Tapao airbase southeast of Bangkok while the capital's international and domestic airports remain occupied by protesters.
The health authority said both government-run and private-run hospitals across the country had been ordered to give "free medical service to trapped foreign businesspeople and tourists if they fall ill".
The ministry had also provided mobile toilets for the more than 5 000 passengers who are using the cramped U-Tapao base daily to escape the troubled kingdom, it said. - AFP
Bangkok - Thai authorities said on Monday that 282 foreign tourists have sought medical treatment at a naval base from which travellers are being evacuated during an opposition blockade of Bangkok's airports.
Most were suffering from complaints including headaches, vomiting, fainting, cold, muscle sprains, skin irritation and food poisoning, the Public Health Authority said in a statement.
Foreign nations are scrambling to get their nationals out of the Vietnam-era U-Tapao airbase southeast of Bangkok while the capital's international and domestic airports remain occupied by protesters.
The health authority said both government-run and private-run hospitals across the country had been ordered to give "free medical service to trapped foreign businesspeople and tourists if they fall ill".
The ministry had also provided mobile toilets for the more than 5 000 passengers who are using the cramped U-Tapao base daily to escape the troubled kingdom, it said. - AFP
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