นสพ.คอม - Flooding sickens over 121,000 people

<body> <h1>Flooding sickens over 121,000 people</h1> <p> Pridiyathorn backs Virabongsa as economic minister(BangkokPost.com) - Flooding in upper and central Thailand sickened more than 121,000 people, the Ministry of Public Health reported.After mobile medical units under His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn were dispatched to different flood-hit provinces, 121,407 people were found ill, according to Permanent Secretary for Public Health Prat Boonyawongvirot. Most cases contracted athlete’s foot (tinea pedis) followed by flu and rash, he said.69,641 people were found ill in the inundated areas on Saturday.Meanwhile, Chaiyaphum Hospital in Chaiyaphum province was still opened even though the floodwater level in front of the hospital was about a metre high. Soldiers were delivering patients via carts and small boats while urgently pumping stagnant water out of the area. </p> </body>