วันเสาร์ที่ 1 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2553

Chula transfers patients to other hospitals


Medical workers at Chulalongkorn Hospital yesterday were chaotically rushing to move over 600 patients including elderly people and children from buildings where located near the antigovern?ment rally site at Saladaeng Intersection to other buildings and hospitals where faraway from the demonstration as the hospital worried that the violent incident that would affect to patient.

Patient's relatives were rushing to pick up their family member who admit at hospital while the hospital had deployed wheelchairs and ambulances to moved patient who stay at Phor Por Ror, Sor Kor and Jong Konnee Wattana building where located near Ratchadamri road and near the demonstration site to other buildings which near Henri Dunant road and other hospitals where faraway from rally site.


His Holiness Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, the Supreme Patriarch of the Kingdom of Thailand, was also moved from Vachirayannasamakeepayabarn building near Ratchadamri Road to other building to avoid any violent incident that would affect the medical treatment.


While more than 100 of them had been transferred to other hospitals in Bangkok and some of them went back home.


Most of patients who admit at Sor Kor building were children and patient who were waiting for brain surgery which need to take rest with friendly environment.


" The hospital worried about the safety of patients who are now undergoing treatment at hospital," Hospital director Dr Adisorn Patradul said, adding that the hospital also asked other hospital to temporary receive patient who was transferred from Chulalongkorn University until the situation will turn to normalcy.


According to the tweeted messages reported by local radio FM100.5, a patient was in cardiac arrest while transferring from Chulalongkorn Hospital to Kasemrat Prachachuen Hospital.


Now this patient was safe after medical worker implanted a pump to help his heart work normally.


While the Erawan Centre of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.Centre had also sent hospital to support Chulalongkorn to transfer patients to other hospital.


Centre director Dr Phetpong Kamjornkitjakarn said the center had transferred 124 patients from Chulalongkorn hospital to other hospitals in Bangkok and nearby provinces.


The move came after some of 200 antigovernment Democratic Alliance against Dictatorship (DAAD) led by DAAD coleader Payap Panket had stormed to the hospital complex to search hospital building and compound as they suspected that soldiers were hiding in hospital.


Adisorn on Thursday night has allowed a group of representatives of DAAD to searching inside hospital as he afraid that any violent incident would be occurred if he refused the proposal of anti government protesters.


"I insist that there were no any soldiers or polices inside hospital," he said.


As the hospital is a member of Thai Red Cross Society, Adisorn said the hospital must take the neutral position amid the political conflict. The hospital has to provide medical treatment to all people without bias and discrimination. Moreover, the hospital will absolutely not allow anybody to use hospital for political object as the hospital realized that this will lead to the incitement among protesters and government.


However, he said the hospital has suspended the medical services for outpatient unit as there was an explosion in front of hospital a few days ago which cause panic and chaos among patient and medical workers inside hospital.


" The hospital worried people would be injured from panic if the hospital still open the outpatient unit," he said.


The hospital also suspended surgery for emergency patients and has temporarily stopped receiving patients from other hospitals.


The special clinic will be closed from today until Sunday. The emergency unit is still open. Meanwhile all classes for medical students will be closed today.


Adisorn had also asked the antigovernment protesters to keep at least 100 metres away from hospitals to reduce the impact on patients.


DAAD demonstrators have violently clashed with security officials at least twice during their monthslong rally. In the latest clash on Wednesday, one soldier was killed. The incident also injured 18 other victims, including soldiers and the demonstrators.


Their Majesties the King and the Queen have graciously paid the medical bill of all these victims. The family of the killed soldier will also receive financial help from Their Majesties.

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