Such services would be provided from October 24 until the end of the cremation ceremony, he said. Dr Sopon Mekthon, permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry, said the Public Health Emergency Response Division had been assigned to open a central public health emergency operation centre (EOC) during the Royal Cremation. The Department of Medical Services (DMS) would coordinate with hospitals to provide manpower for medical treatment and public health services. At each province during the same period a provincial public health office head would open an EOC to manage medical services provided at each of the designated sites to collect funeral flowers. The already-running joint operation centre for medical and public health has so far provided medical and first-aid services to 3.2 million people who visited the Grand Palace’s Dusit Maha Prasart Throne Hall to pay respects before the Royal Urn.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 23, 2017 07:07 UTC