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Emergency teams on standby for New Year's
Rescuers and medical workers across the country will be on 24-hour standby to deal with road accident victims during the New Year holidays, Public Health Minister, Dr Mongkol na Songkhla said yesterday.
Published on December 28, 2007
Mongkol said the ministry has ordered 30,000 rescuers and 4,000 emergency medical workers to be prepared for accidents from yesterday until January 2.
He urged members of public to call the emergency phone number 1669 to inform them of any accidents during this period and said a rescue team and medical workers will reach the accident site "within 15 minutes".
According to the health ministry's records from January to September 2007, about two million people across the country were involved in road accidents. The highest rate was in Nakhon Ratchasima province with 26,557 cases.
The Nation
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