Apart from a 100,000-U.S.-dollar aid fund, the Thai government on Tuesday said it will dispatch medicines and syringes worth almost 10 million baht (about 314,960 U.S. dollars) to treat cyclone victims in Myanmar and plans to send 19 teams of doctors to the country upon request.
Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsup said on Tuesday that the pharmaceuticals and kits would be sent by a C-130 military transport aircraft to cyclone-hit areas in Myanmar soon with the help of Thai Foreign Ministry, Thai News Agency reported.
Meanwhile, Permanent Secretary for Public Health Dr. Praj Boonyawongvirot said his ministry had coordinated with the Thai Red Cross and the Foreign Ministry on a plan to send 19 teams of doctors along with necessary medicines to Myanmar immediately if requested by the country.
Another team of Thai medical personnel also is prepared to respond to the crisis in Myanmar in the coming weeks, Praj said.
The latest death toll from the disaster as reported by Myanmar's state media on Tuesday has passed 22,000, and many more are missing.
Praj said common diseases which could occur after the disaster are diarrhea, conjunctivitis (red eye) and malaria, all related to the scarcity of clean drinking water and food.
Earlier, Thailand's Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama said his ministry will donate 100,000 U.S. dollars through the Ambassador of Myanmar to Thailand U Ye Win to assist Myanmar with disaster relief after it was hit by Cyclone Nargis over the weekend.
The Thai Army on Monday sent dry food and medical supplies to cyclone-hit areas by a C-130 military transport aircraft.
Source:Xinhua
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