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Emergency units staff crisis

There are far too few emergency response medical personnel in the public health system to deal efficiently with the increasing number of medical emergencies, the National Institute of Emergency Medicine (NIEM) said in a statement released Thursday.

An ambulance from Chulalongkorn Hospital stands ready for any emergency. Bangkok Post file photo

It said there were about 12 million medical emergencies each year with 30% involving patients who require immediate or urgent treatment.

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  • bluebottle

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    Discussion 3 : 14 Mar 2013 at 20.393

    Cut out some corruption and you could afford more and better trained.

  • pete

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    Discussion 2 : 14 Mar 2013 at 19.292

    Pay them a respectable salary then they wouldn't have to work part-time in private hospitals just to make ends meet.

  • Victor

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    Discussion 1 : 14 Mar 2013 at 19.271

    Why not train those volunteers working for scores of private foundations around the country to be able to provide basic emergency medical treatments beside what they are doing now?

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