The Emergency Center at Bangkok Hospital Phuket
on 26 December, 2004
Early moring, December 26, 2005 an earthquake in the midst of the oceans of Sumatra, Indonesia. Strength: 9 on the Richter scale 4th occurrence in history. It produced a disaster "The Tsunami".
 Disaster Management. This hospital, a private hospital with comprehensive clinical resources, expressed the overall belief that it had coped with the challenge of the disaster. It was emphasized by the management team17 that despite being a private hospital
"…the aim was to save life and limb…irrespective of the apparent ability to pay” and that “foreigners were not treated at the expense of injured local population." Bangkok Hospital Phuket hospital director Dr Kongkiat Kespechara said.
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