Major U-Turn For Phuket's Roads; Life Delivered, Not Taken

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Major u-turn for Phuket's roads; life delivered, not taken
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- Phuket rescue workers, regular crusaders rendering assistance to all those involved in accidents on the island’s notorious roads, were called to a very different emergency before dawn this morning: the delivery of a baby girl.

Staff at the rescue operations center in Mai Khao received a call at 5:15am, asking for assistance to transport Jintara Butrarit, 24, from her home just south of the Tah Chat Chai Checkpoint to Thalang Hospital.

“We were nearly at her house when we saw Miss Jintara already in the back of a neighbor’s pickup truck about to head to the hospital, so we decided to escort the pickup instead of taking her there ourselves,” one rescue worker explained to the Phuket Gazette.

“We also radioed ahead to Thalang Hospital, asking them to send a medical team to meet us on the way. We didn’t think Miss Jintara would make it. The baby was about to come out,” the rescue worker said.

They were right.

As the pickup reached the intersection with the spur road that leads to Phuket International Airport, Miss Jintara’s contractions peaked – her baby was on the way.

The driver pulled over and the delivery of a new life began.

“The Thalang Hospital team met us at the intersection, where they assisted in delivering the baby,” the rescue worker said.

At 5:30am, Phuket welcomed a new resident.

Miss Jintara and her newborn daughter, who has yet to be registered a name, are now safely recovering from their early-morning ordeal at Thalang Hospital.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Major-u-turn-for-Phuket-s-roads-life-delivered-not-taken-21044.html


-- Phuket Gazette 2013-05-14

[eezergood]

Good luck to them both

[NomadJoe]

This story is <deleted>...messed up in more than one way. So not only did they decide to not give the mother aid but also allowed her to be dangerously transported at high speed to the hospital in a vehicle with no emergency lights or trained driver? <deleted> were they thinking?

Edited May 14, 2013 by NomadJoe

[JetsetBkk]

This story is <deleted>...messed up in more than one way. So not only did they decide to not give the mother aid but also allowed her to be dangerously transported at high speed to the hospital in a vehicle with no emergency lights or trained driver? <deleted> were they thinking?

There's no mention of "high speed" in the report - they were escorting the pickup to the hospital. And the driver probably had a license to drive.

[bangarang]

This story is <deleted>...messed up in more than one way. So not only did they decide to not give the mother aid but also allowed her to be dangerously transported at high speed to the hospital in a vehicle with no emergency lights or trained driver? <deleted> were they thinking?

There's no mention of "high speed" in the report - they were escorting the pickup to the hospital. And the driver probably had a license to drive.

Have you seen thai people move out of the way for an ambulance? Im sure it wouldnt have made any difference... rescue vehicle or not.

[NomadJoe]

This story is <deleted>...messed up in more than one way. So not only did they decide to not give the mother aid but also allowed her to be dangerously transported at high speed to the hospital in a vehicle with no emergency lights or trained driver? <deleted> were they thinking?

There's no mention of "high speed" in the report - they were escorting the pickup to the hospital. And the driver probably had a license to drive.

Have you seen thai people move out of the way for an ambulance? Im sure it wouldnt have made any difference... rescue vehicle or not.

Actually they do, just not as readily as in most western countries. But getting her to the hospital quickly was not my point. The point was this woman and her baby were not given the care they should have had with no explanation, and then left to ruch to the hospital in a civilian vehicle. People see lights and sirens and they know the vehicle is exempt from the rules of the road. Clearly it would safer in a marked ambulance with emergency lights and sirens on.