The focus of medical staff will be on preventing communicable diseases, improving house and waters control, and improving water and sanitation.
PUBLISHED: 26 Apr 2025 at 18: 05
The Ministry of Public Health sent its third rotation of Emergency Medical Teams ( EMT ) to Myanmar on Saturday to assist the Mandalay earthquake-stricken victims.
A 30-member group led by Dr. Anek Mungaomklang, assistant director-general of the Department of Disease Control, may assist in the neighboring nation until May 2 with the assistance of a WHO representative, Ruam Katanyu Foundation participants, and health officials until May 2.
He stated that it’s intended to improve house and water management systems in earthquake-affected areas and increase surveillance of communicable diseases. A water purification system will also be installed.
According to him, the system’s low maintenance costs, which produce at least 600 gallons of potable water per minute, and its low maintenance costs, are intended to lower the risk of waterborne diseases for about 2, 000 people who are temporarily sheltered.
The EMT Thailand team’s next movement was scheduled to return to Thailand on Saturday night.
Emergency medical professionals table Royal Thai Air Force aircraft to travel to Myanmar on Saturday. Ministry of Public Health pictures
According to Dr. Anek, the next group provided health care to 1, 304 impacted people between April 19 and April 24.
According to him, the physical system was the source of the majority of major illnesses, followed by non-communicable diseases, eye-related conditions, body diseases, chronic respiratory infections, digestive disorders, and serious mental health issues.
Nine of these cases were serious and necessitated more medical care, he said.
Dr. Anek claimed that despite challenging circumstances, including deteriorated system and bad weather, standard healthcare needs have been satisfactorily met and no serious illness outbreaks have been reported.
However, the Royal Thai Armed Forces sent the fourth movement of its save unit to Myanmar on Saturday.
The device, which consists of command, cooperation, conversation, and security officers, aims to assist Myanmar’s authorities in their rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts and offer health care to the earthquake victims.
According to the Asean Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management, a complete of 3,800 people in Myanmar had been confirmed lifeless as of April 23. 116 of those who were still unaccounted for and 5,100 of those who were injured were also reported missing. Presently, 207 000 people are displaced, or about 207 000. In Thailand, 38 people have died and 38 have been hurt.