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Bangkok hospital sets up kidney centre for flood victims
Nov 13, 2011, 3:12 GMT
Bangkok - A Bangkok hospital has opened a kidney disease centre to service thousands of Thais whose medical treatment has been disrupted or threatened by floods, news reports said Sunday.
The Priest Hospital in central Bangkok set up the centre to treat patients affected in recent weeks by the worst floods to hit Thailand in decades, the Bangkok Post reported.
Suphat Vanichchakarn, chairman of the centre, estimated that in Bangkok and neighbouring provinces there were up to 10,000 kidney disease patients in need of haemodialysis three times a week.
'Lacking access to essential treatment could be fatal for kidney disease patients,' he said.
Bangkok has been hard hit by monsoon floods this year that swamped the central plains and the northern parts of the capital and suburbs.
Several hospitals have been forced to close as 32 of Bangkok's 50 districts have suffered floods.
At least 533 deaths were attributed to the disaster, mostly by drowning and electrocution.
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