Queen gives more cash aid

Written by changthai11 on Friday, October 10th, 2008

Her Majesty the Queen yesterday granted another 300,000 baht to two hospitals to cover the treatment of people injured in the clashes between anti-government demonstrators and police on Tuesday.

Of the total, 100,000 baht went to Siriraj hospital and the remaining 200,000 baht went to the Police hospital.

Four people injured in the clashes are still being treated at Siriraj. Officials said the hospital has treated 65 people.

The Police hospital has treated 35 police officers. Eight of them remain hospitalised. Two of the eight are in serious condition. One was shot in the chest and another hit by a car.

The Narenthorn Emergency Response Centre said two people died and 478 were injured in Tuesday’s clashes. Nine of the injured lost arms, legs, hands, toes and eyes.

The two dead victims are Angkhana Radappanyawut, 28, a People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) supporter, and Pol Lt-Col Methee Chartmontri, a former police officer who became a leading PAD security guard. He was killed in a suspected car bomb explosion in front of the Chart Thai party headquarters.

Among the injured, 85 remained hospitalised at the BMA Medical College and Vajira (32), Central (3), Chulalongkorn (3), Siriraj (5), Rajavithi (2), King Mongkut (13), Ramathibodi (17), Police (8) and Lerdsin (2) hospitals.

Doctors are worried about the condition of Rungthiwa Thatniyom, a 45-year-old PAD supporter who sustained a broken skull and serious wounds to the left side of her face. Her brain suffered serious injury and doctors give her only a 5% chance of survival.