CHIANG MAI is still heavily flooded to go by Lanna 3 Hospital getting inundated in the middle of the night after knee- to waist-high floodwaters flowed into Soi Sukkasem in Chiang Mai city with this hospital now only accepting urgent cases till Monday Sep. 30, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Sep. 26).
With floodwaters in the hospital’s parking lot reaching shin level, doctors, nurses and other staff had to move various medical equipment and supplies to higher places.
Some staff and medical equipment were moved out of the building in six-wheel and tall pickup trucks.
The hospital issued an announcement saying, “Due to the flooding, Lanna 3 Hospital would like to postpone accepting non-urgent patients till Monday Sep. 30, 2024… we apologise for the inconvenience.”
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said 19 provinces totalling 72 districts, 268 subdistricts and 1,132 villages are still flooded with 26,250 households affected.
Aside from Chiang Mai other inundated provinces are Chiang Rai, Mae Hong Son, Nan, Lampang, Lamphun, Phrae, Tak, Phetchabun, Phitsanulok, Sukhothai, Loei, Nong Khai, Udon Thani, Khon Kaen, Chaiyaphun, Ubon Ratchathani, Prachin Buri and Ayutthaya.
However during Aug. 16-Sep. 26 floods spread across 36 provinces totaling 193 districts, 845 subdistricts and 4,355 villages with 170,780 households affected. There were a total of 49 deaths and 28 injuries.
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Lanna 3 Hospital in Chiang Mai badly flooded. Photos: Noo Ninew and published by Naewna
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